Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
18 March 2025
Today’s news briefing covers a VR pilot study at East Kent Hospitals and the factors most likely to prompt negative reviews by UK patients.
News
Heart monitoring brought into patient homes through virtual wards
18 March 2025
Inhealthcare and FibriCheck have expanded their partnership to bring hospital-grade heart monitoring into patients’ homes.
AI robots carry out 3,000 care visits a week for vulnerable people
17 March 2025
Health tech company Cera says that it is using droid-like robots to carry out 3,000 care visits a week to elderly and vulnerable people.
Careology and Entia partner to enhance cancer care pathways
17 March 2025
Careology and Entia have partnered to help patients living with cancer to safely self-manage more of their treatment from home.
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust trials AI transcription tool
17 March 2025
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) is piloting an AI tool during clinical consultations to allow consultants more time with patients.
Abolition of NHSE sends shock waves across digital health sector
14 March 2025
We asked digital health leaders to respond to the abolition of NHSE and how it will impact NHS technology and innovation.
Northumbria Healthcare acquires software provider Health Call
14 March 2025
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has acquired Health Call Solutions Limited to increase its range of software products.
University of Oxford establishes institute for data science
29 September 2021
The Data Institute will bring together academics from a range of disciplines including policy experts,
GPs in the South West turn to robots to access Dorset Care Record
29 September 2021
GPs in the region are being given click through access to the Dorset Care Record
Chelsea and Westminster to explore digital tools for HIV
29 September 2021
Working with Gilead Sciences, Cheslea and Westminster will also look at the potential impact of
Dr Tim Ferris: Digital change is ‘really difficult’ but ‘essential’
28 September 2021
The new director of transformation at NHS England and Improvement has said digital change in
Barts Health rolls out new app to support cognitively impaired
28 September 2021
Barts Health NHS Trust, working with UCLPartners and Maldaba, has rolled out a new app
