Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
News
Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded £100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost £100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to £400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Ireland’s health trusts has soared to £400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
Mobile health apps news in brief
11 September 2020
This month’s mobile apps round up features news that design company Sigma has partnered with
Hyland continues acquisition spree with Alfresco deal
10 September 2020
Content services provider, Hyland, has signed an agreement to acquire Alfresco later in the year,
‘Technical error’ left suppliers ‘omitted’ from remote monitoring framework
10 September 2020
The framework is designed to expand access to remote monitoring services once Attend Anywhere’s contract
Kettering General Hospital goes live with System C’s Patient Flow software
10 September 2020
Kettering General Hospital has gone live with a new real-time clinical system which aims to
Hampshire and Isle of Wight CHIE go live date ‘unfortunately delayed’
9 September 2020
The replacement of the software supplier for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Care and
