Digital NHS faces ‘optimism bias’ risk after past IT failures
13 January 2026
The government has acknowledged that its flagship digital reforms face significant delivery risks, citing the history of NHS IT programmes.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
13 January 2026
Today’s briefing features features a partnership between Holly Health and GLL, and an NHS trust adopting Wolters Kluwer’s CDS solution.
Melanie Ivarsson appointed CEO of Health Data Research Service
13 January 2026
Dr Melanie Ivarsson has been appointed chief executive of the government’s Health Data Research Service (HDRS).
What NHS trusts get wrong in EPR rollouts
13 January 2026
Beverley Bryant, chief digital officer at three Dorset NHS trusts, discusses the challenges faced at different stages of EPR implementation.
Northern Ireland deploys AI tool through Sectra to spot fractures
12 January 2026
AI that helps clinicians identify bone fractures has been deployed across Northern Ireland through Sectra Amplifier Services.
Details of NHS digital productivity programme leaked online
12 January 2026
A major NHS programme to support the frontline to maximise productivity through the use of digital technology is expected to launch in April.
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital goes live with Epic EHR
12 January 2026
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust has gone live with an Epic electronic health record (EHR) across its three sites.
EMIS tech supports remote monitoring of cardiac patients
6 August 2021
Cardiac patients in East Sussex are benefitting from EMIS’s tailored clinical systems enabling specialist remote
Sunderland Royal Hospital first to achieve all GDE requirements
6 August 2021
Sunderland Royal Hospital has become the first within the NHS to achieve all requirements of
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
6 August 2021
Our latest roundup of contracts and go lives features Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and
Hampshire Hospitals to launch digital pre-op platform across three sites
5 August 2021
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to roll out a digital platform to manage
Better and Visiba care added to growing list of Network sponsors
5 August 2021
The Digital Health Networks, the biggest independent community of NHS IT leaders, is pleased to
