Bill to provide legal basis for digital health records in Ireland
24 July 2024
Stephen Donnelly, minister for health, has published legislation which will provide a legal basis for digital health records in Ireland.
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HSE awards funding for Innovate Health chronic pancreatitis app
24 July 2024
Tallaght University Hospital has secured funding of more than €300,000 for four projects, including an app for chronic pancreatitis.
Midlands GP surgery reduces ‘8am rush’ through online triage
23 July 2024
A GP practice in the West Midlands has reduced the ‘8am rush’ for appointments by using an online patient triage solution.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 July 2024
This edition of Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing includes news from the public inquiry into pandemic preparedness.
DMA must be ‘useful and usable’, says NHS England CIO
23 July 2024
John Quinn, chief information officer at NHS England said that the digital maturity assessment (DMA) needs to be “useful and useable”.
University Hospitals Plymouth begins digital prehab trial
23 July 2024
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is trialling a digital ‘prehab’ service for liver transplant patients.
Queen Victoria Hospital invests £750,000 in CT scanner
22 July 2024
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has bought a new CT scanner, which is aimed to help reduce diagnostic waiting lists.
Manchester University NHS FT goes digital to validate wait lists
21 October 2021
Through using a digital first approach Manchester University NHS FT has saved 2,100 staff hours,
Guy’s and St Thomas’ teams up with TestCard for new Covid test app
21 October 2021
A collaboration between Guy’s and St Thomas’, TestCard and SureScreen is helping improve the reporting
Midlands Partnership launches 5-year digital strategy to ‘enhance care’
21 October 2021
The Midlands Partnership strategy falls into three main categories, digitising care pathways; connecting people with
New information added to NHS Digital’s cyber security campaign
20 October 2021
The Keep IT Confidential cyber security awareness campaign from NHS Digital has been updated with
New £1.4m AI funding aims to reduce racial health inequalities
20 October 2021
The funding, from the NHSX AI Lab and Health Foundation, aims to ensure healthcare solutions
