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.
Babylon launches AI-powered triage tool in Rwanda
13 December 2021
Digital health provider Babylon has launched its AI-powered triage tool in Rwanda to further digitise
Cambridge University Hospitals pens research deal with Sensyne Health
10 December 2021
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year non-exclusive Strategic Research Agreement (SRA)
‘Lessons to be learned’ for NHS following PAC report into digital challenges
10 December 2021
NHS Providers have said there are “lessons that can be learned” for the NHS after
Industry news in brief
10 December 2021
The latest Digital Health News industry round up includes an award-winning patient observation app and
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT celebrates GDE accreditation
9 December 2021
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has become the first mental health trust to
