Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s health event at Ipswich Town Football Club and a merger to create a unified care management platform.
News
GPs and hospitals to share patient data for single patient record
12 May 2026
NHS hospitals and GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government legislation to create a single patient record.
Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its FDP.
GP IT supplier Optum acquired by US equity firm TPG
11 May 2026
Optum UK, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that owns EMIS, has been acquired by US private equity firm TPG.
King’s College rolls out AI to enhance cardiac care
11 May 2026
AI software that helps cardiologists make quicker and more accurate decisions has been rolled out at King’s College Hospital.
App helps more than 260 cardiac arrest witnesses in Essex
8 May 2026
An Essex support service, which includes an app, has helped more than 260 bystanders who saw over 200 out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).
Midlands hospital uses endoscopy tech to examine small bowel
8 May 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has begun using capsule endoscopy technology to examine the small bowel.
Scottish hospital pilots AI tech for cervical cancer screening
4 March 2022
University Hospital Monklands is piloting cervical screening technology that uses AI to speed up the
Industry news in brief
4 March 2022
The latest Digital Health News industry round-up includes NHS approval for Verto 365, an ophthalmology
Dedalus to replace Lorenzo EPR with Orbis software
3 March 2022
Dedalus has announced that it will cease offering the Lorenzo electronic patient record (EPR) system
Final line-up of Digital Health Rewired 2022 keynotes confirmed
3 March 2022
The global medical director for an online primary care company and the CDIO for the
OMRON app now able to integrate with Patients Know Best
3 March 2022
OMRON Healthcare has announced its app is now able to integrate with Patients Know Best
