Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
27 August 2024
Our latest Coffee Time Briefing includes new scanning tech at Royal Free Hospital and a report linking EPR design to nurse burnout.
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West London Children’s Healthcare uses tool for safe prescribing
27 August 2024
West London Children’s Healthcare has deployed a clinical decision support tool to safeguard prescribing for young patients.
NHS 111 extended to mental health crisis support
27 August 2024
Patients experiencing a mental health crisis can now access support through calling 111, the NHS England has announced.
Drones can successfully fly blood packs, study finds
23 August 2024
Drones can be used as a safe mode of transport for delivering blood packs, according to a study run by NHS Blood and Transplant.
NHS England signs digital urgent and emergency care contracts
23 August 2024
NHS England has signed two contracts to support the digital transformation of urgent and emergency care, totalling £86 million in value.
North London Mental Health Partnership goes live with PHR
23 August 2024
North London Mental Health Partnership (NLMHP) has gone live with a personal health record from Patients Know Best.
Hull hospital to trial video triage to assess stroke patients
22 August 2024
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has announced plans to trial a pre-hospital video triage scheme for stroke patients.
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
