NHS Covid-19 app ‘more privacy-centric than original model’
30 September 2020
Five months on and a government U-turn to a decentalised operating model, Professor Eerke Boiten said the revamped app is more privacy friendly.
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Black Country Pathology Services pushes through with lab info go-live
30 September 2020
Black Country Pathology Services has gone live with a laboratory information system despite coronavirus threatening to “turn everything upside down’.
Care homes to receive thousands of iPads to tackle loneliness
30 September 2020
The Department of Health and Social Care will provide up to 11,000 iPads to care homes to reduce the risk of Covid-19 from people visiting homes.
Trials of the NHS Covid-19 App ‘not a waste of time’
29 September 2020
Wolfgang Emmerich, founder of Zühlke Engineering, said “I don’t think it [the trial] was wasted” and provided valuable insights for the NHS Covid-19 App.
Chelsea and Westminster partner up with The Burdett Trust for fellowship
29 September 2020
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered up with The Burdett Trust for Nursing to create a Nursing Innovation Fellow position.
Liverpool University chooses Better way to teach e-prescribing
29 September 2020
The university is set to use Better’s OPENeP electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) solution as part of student’s learning.
South London and Maudsley deploys digital care assistant
28 September 2020
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has begun using Oxehealth’s digital care assistant on its Eileen Skellern 1 ward.
AI underused where it could deliver productivity gains, says RCR
29 June 2026
The NHS is failing to capitalise on productivity benefits by underusing AI for admin tasks,
Frimley Health achieves HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6
26 June 2026
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only seven NHS organisations in the
NHS hospitals declare critical incidents as heat causes IT failures
26 June 2026
NHS hospitals have declared critical incidents and reported failures affecting cooling systems, diagnostic equipment and
Omega 365 platform selected for Frimley hospital programme
25 June 2026
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has selected Omega 365’s system to support its major hospital
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
25 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a rise in the use of translation services driven by high petrol
