Digital therapeutics toolkit improves respiratory outcomes in Wales
28 February 2025
A respiratory digital therapeutics toolkit is improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with asthma and COPD in Wales.
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GP appointments to be booked online to end ‘8am scrabble’
28 February 2025
Patients will be able to request GP appointments online from October 2025, under changes to the GP contract.
Universal Care Plan expands to dementia, frailty and autism
28 February 2025
The Universal Care Plan now includes new care planning sections for patients with dementia, frailty, learning disabilities, and autism.
Croydon Sexual Health to implement Inform Health PHR
27 February 2025
Croydon Sexual Health has announced plans to implement Inform Health’s personal health record, as part of plans to manage increasing demand.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
27 February 2025
This Coffee Time Briefing includes new guidance from MHRA on digital mental health technologies and the launch of CharmHealthHub.
Value of IBM’s NHS App contract increased to £78.6m
27 February 2025
NHS England has increased the value of a contract with IBM for additional work on the NHS App to support the government’s NHS App programme.
HSE launches Health App for patients in Ireland
27 February 2025
The Department of Health and Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched the first version of the HSE Health App for patients in Ireland.
Cera hits 10 million healthcare visits during Covid pandemic
16 September 2021
Cera said early on it spotted the need to support certain cohorts in their own
AI trial for prostate cancer expanded across five hospitals
15 September 2021
They will be trialling Ibex Medical Analytics AI technology which aims to reduce diagnostic errors
Healthcare professionals ‘failing to prescribe tech’ to older patients
15 September 2021
Older patients are being overlooked by healthcare professionals who are failing to recommend health apps
PRSB officially launches vendor-backed scheme to promote standards
15 September 2021
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has officially launched a scheme to help support the
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
