Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
18 September 2025
Today’s Coffee Time includes funding news for Salient Bio and ArcaScience, plus a virtual patient developed by Coventry University.
News
Pocketalk and Zebra partner to advance healthcare communication
18 September 2025
Translation tech firm Pocketalk has launched an app on Zebra Technologies’ mobile computers, tablets and kiosks found in healthcare settings.
Could an AI breath test speed up COPD diagnosis?
18 September 2025
A study will assess whether an AI breath test can help speed up the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the NHS.
Imperial NHS MRI scanning pilot cuts DNA rates and waiting lists
17 September 2025
An out-of-hours MRI scanning pilot at Imperial College Healthcare has helped to reduce Did Not Attend (DNA) rates and cut waiting list times.
Patients Know Best secures funding to expand single patient record
17 September 2025
Patients Know Best has announced a strategic investment from DNV to expand its single patient record functionality.
Google invests £5bn to help power the UK’s AI economy
17 September 2025
Google has opened a data centre in Hertfordshire to meet growing demand for AI services, as part of a two-year £5bn investment in the UK.
Trust carries out robotic-assisted HIT list to reduce waiting times
16 September 2025
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has carried out a robotic-assisted high intensity theatre (HIT) list to reduce patient waiting times.
Phillips Ives Review will help the nursing profession to ‘think collectively’
15 July 2022
Speaking at Summer Schools 2022 in York on July 15, Natasha Phillips introduced the review,
Winners of the Digital Health Awards 2022 are revealed
14 July 2022
The latest crop of Digital Health Award winners have been announced, with categories ranging from
Simon Bolton says NHS centre can be run more efficiently with less people
14 July 2022
NHS Digital’s interim CEO has said he believes the centre of the NHS can be
Somerset Integrated Digital e-Record being used 13,000 times a month
13 July 2022
Launched in 2019, the record aims to give healthcare professionals across Somerset a complete overview
Induction signs software reseller agreement with System C Healthcare
13 July 2022
As part of the agreement, System C will sell Induction Zesty to new and existing
