Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
6 May 2025
Our coffee briefing covers an AI agent for cataracts patients at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells, plus a new milestone for Patients Know Best.
News
Child-friendly app launches in neonatal ICU at Lister Hospital
6 May 2025
A child-friendly app from Little Journey is now available for patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Lister Hospital.
AI-driven heart scans speed up diagnosis and save millions
6 May 2025
AI-driven heart scans which cut the need for invasive tests have saved millions of pounds for the NHS, according to a new analysis.
DHSC announces launch of FDP tool to improve cancer diagnosis
5 May 2025
A cancer diagnostic tool will be rolled out across the NHS to help cut treatment delays and boost survival rates, DHSC has announced.
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
2 May 2025
This contracts and go lives roundup features Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust integrating a video service with its EPR.
54% of Brits unaware AI is being used in healthcare, finds survey
2 May 2025
More than half of the British public (54%) have not heard of AI being used in healthcare, according to a survey of over 1,000 adults.
Patient record errors caused by ‘lack of integration’, finds report
2 May 2025
Lack of integration between the NHS App and other health data sources has contributed to patient record errors, according to Healthwatch.
AI could lead to ‘overdiagnosis’ of breast cancer, tech body warns
15 September 2021
The technology is often seen as “like magic” in healthcare but there is little scientific
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust expanded EPR helps reduces wait times
14 September 2021
Bolton NHS FT has implemented a new digital solution for tracking patient referrals which has
Devon patients save thousands of hours with virtual appointments
14 September 2021
In the 12 months up to 22 August 2021, Devon held 350,015 hospital appointments virtually
Hampshire Hospitals to explore the use of AI to identify prostate cancer
14 September 2021
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) has teamed up with Lucida Medical Ltd for a
Plans for Covid passports in England scrapped, Sajid Javid confirms
13 September 2021
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show Sajid Javid said the government had decided not
