Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
30 October 2023
Today’s briefing reports that patients preparing for surgery in Hull can get on-demand VR resources and that an AI-powered lamp is reducing care home falls.
News
Accurx launches five-point plan for modern general practice access
30 October 2023
Accurx, the communications platform powering 98% of GP practices, announces today a commitment to help 1,000 GP surgeries tackle the 8am rush.
New £100M fund to use AI’s potential in life sciences and healthcare
30 October 2023
A new mission announced by the Prime Minister will accelerate the use of AI in life sciences to tackle the biggest health challenges of our generation.
Sustainable population health requires getting “everyone in the same room”
30 October 2023
Sustainable and inclusive population health requires a number of prerequisites, including good leadership and appropriate technology.
Palantir CEO acknowledges FDP could aid NHS data being sold in future
30 October 2023
In an interview Sunday, Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir, said the (FDP) could make it easier for a future UK government to sell off NHS data.
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
27 October 2023
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives includes the biggest single go-live of Epic’s EPR and a PEP go live at North Tees.
Oxford Health goes live with Access Rio EPR in just eight weeks
27 October 2023
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with the Access Rio electronic patient record (EPR) in just eight weeks.
NHS staff to face sack or prison for unlawful patient data access
8 July 2026
NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has said NHS staff face the sack or
Birmingham trusts launch InterSystems shared patient portal
8 July 2026
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health and Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trusts have launched a
Uni Hospitals of Leicester upgrades EPR and begins AVT rollout
7 July 2026
University Hospitals of Leicester has upgraded its Nervecentre EPR system and begun the phased deployment
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
7 July 2026
Today’s briefing features acoustic gut monitoring technology and a contraction timer to support women during
NICE recommends two technologies for endometriosis diagnosis
7 July 2026
NICE has said that two new non-invasive technologies can be used in the NHS to
