Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 January 2025
Today’s news roundup covers Dictate.IT’s new AI clinical assistant and an ORCHA-approved gardening app to support mental wellbeing.
News
Digital health startup Behold.ai enters administration
28 January 2025
UK-based digital health start-up Behold.ai has entered administration after failing to win any contracts under the AI Diagnostic Fund.
Scotland’s ‘Digital Front Door’ to launch this year, says first minister
27 January 2025
John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end of 2025.
Digital staff vacancies at Wirral ‘impacted significantly’ on capacity
27 January 2025
Digital healthcare staff vacancies were at 12.5% and “impacted significantly on operational capacity” at Wirral Uni Teaching Hospital NHS FT.
Pitchfest finalist Surgery Hero acquired by Sword Health
27 January 2025
Digital Health Pitchfest competition finalist Surgery Hero has been bought by global AI care company Sword Health.
SurgeOn social networking app for doctors launches in the UK
24 January 2025
SurgeOn, a social networking platform aimed at improving patient care across the globe, is now available in the NHS.
Service launched to manage NHS weight loss medication demand
24 January 2025
A self-referral service has been launched to help healthcare organisations manage demand for new weight loss medications.
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital rolls out pilot openEPMA system
30 March 2022
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital has gone live with a pilot of an open Electronic
Lyniate and NextGate enter definite merger agreement
30 March 2022
Healthcare interoperability company, Lyniate and digital identity solutions provider, NextGate, have entered a definitive merger
X-on acquired by Southern Communications Group
30 March 2022
X-on, a cloud telephony provider, has been acquired by Southern Communications Group, giving it access
NHS Wales and CMR Surgical join forces for national robotics programme
29 March 2022
NHS Wales has signed a multi-year contract with CMR Surgical (CMR) as part of a
Digital Health Unplugged: CardMedic win Pitchfest 2022
29 March 2022
Following a successful Digital Health Rewired, Jordan Sollof chats to Dr Rachael Grimaldi, co-founder and
