Manchester’s Nightingale hospital goes live with Patientrack
30 April 2020
Patientrack alerts doctors and nurses when a patients vital signs are deteriorating, letting them know if they need urgent attention.
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NHSX differs with Apple and Google over contact-tracing app
30 April 2020
NHSX has chosen to take a ‘centralised’ approach to collecting data on potential Covid-19 contacts, compared to Apple and Google’s ‘decentralised’ approach.
NHSX CEO dismisses private sector involvement in contact-tracing app
29 April 2020
Matthew Gould has said he wants to “knock on the head” any suggestion that data from the NHS contact-tracing app will be shared with the private sector.
NHS Fife extends use of Alcidion’s Patientrack software
29 April 2020
NHS Fife has extended the use of Alcidion’s Patientrack early warning technology to community hospitals and paediatrics in a 5-year deal.
University Hospital Southampton staff using Teams for Covid-19 results
29 April 2020
Staff at University Hospital Southampton are using Microsoft Teams on their mobile phones to quickly find out who has Covid-19 and who does not.
Clinical IT supplier Microtest acquired by venture firm PUBLIC
28 April 2020
Cornwall-based Microtest has worked closely with the NHS to provide primary care software in England, Scotland and Wales.
Yeovil District Hospital receiving medical data from Dorset Care Record
28 April 2020
Staff working at Yeovil District Hospital are receiving information feeds from the Dorset Care Record for the first time.
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
Oxford AI studies secure NIHR funding to tackle NHS waiting times
25 June 2026
Two studies have received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research as
