Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
19 August 2025
This edition of Coffee Time includes a NICE consultation on updates to its HealthTech programme manual and Epic launching an AI scribe.
News
Digital Health Unplugged: The award winners driving digital transformation
19 August 2025
Three of the 2025 Digital Health Awards winners discuss how they are driving digital transformation and discuss the NHS 10 year health plan.
OneAdvanced purchases INPS Vision EPR
19 August 2025
OneAdvanced has purchased certain assets of In Practice Systems (INPS) relating to the Vision electronic patient record (EPR) system.
AI-assisted tool on FDP will help write hospital discharge letters
18 August 2025
The NHS federated data platform will host a new AI-assisted discharge summaries tool, the government has announced.
Patchwork Health welcomes 17 new partnerships in eight months
18 August 2025
Digital health firm Patchwork Health has welcomed 17 new partnerships since its acquisition of L2P last year.
AI used by local authorities may introduce gender bias in care
18 August 2025
Large language models used by local authorities in England may be introducing gender bias into care decisions, according to researchers.
Dorset Care Record accessed record 175,000 times in July 2025
15 August 2025
The Dorset Care Record (DCR) was accessed more than 175,000 times by patients in July 2025.
Poor data flows ‘throttled’ timely response to Covid-19
14 January 2021
Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee labelled the speed at which public health data was first
Poole Hospital launches check-in app to support Covid-19 control
14 January 2021
Patients that check in to Poole Hospital using the app will also receive an alert
Addenbrooke’s Hospital turns to AI to cut cancer wait times
13 January 2021
The hospital has cut radiotherapy preparation tasks by up to 90% using artificial intelligence (AI)
HealthHero acquires Irish telehealth company MyClinic
13 January 2021
European telehealth company HealthHero was previously only able to offer services to patients in Ireland
Pilot looks into the alignment of NHS and private care data
13 January 2021
A pilot, led by NHS Digital and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), is looking
