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.
Dr Nicola Byrne says data initiatives need to prove they are trustworthy
15 March 2022
Dr Nicola Byrne has said data initiatives and organisations must ensure they can demonstrate what
NHS’ Ayub Bhayat speaks all things data ahead of Rewired 2022
14 March 2022
The director of insight and data platform at NHS England and NHS Improvement has spoken
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear achieves GDE accreditation
14 March 2022
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has been officially recognised as an accredited
Digital Health launches brand new website for the Networks
14 March 2022
A new dedicated website for Digital Health’s community of NHS IT leaders has been launched,
Chase Farm Hospital achieves HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7
14 March 2022
Chase Farm Hospital has been awarded EMRAM Stage 7 from the Healthcare Information and Management
