Two trusts trial AI to diagnose breast cancer sooner
22 August 2019
The trial aims to help develop, test and ultimately deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the breast cancer screening programme in the East Midlands.
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Hundreds of patients wrongly told they had cancer due to ‘IT error’
22 August 2019
NHS Forth Valley confirmed to Digital Health News that the glitch occurred after updating their Trakcare electronic medical record system.
Dr Google ‘diagnoses’ 100m health concerns as GP wait times rise
22 August 2019
More people are turning to Google to self-diagnose their boo-boos and ailments, with Londoners proving the biggest ‘cyberchondriacs’.
GP at Hand’s cap on Birmingham patient registrations set to be lifted
21 August 2019
The provider must ensure configuration to national screening systems and processes by 15 September, or the cap remains in place.
Microsoft adds to health team with chief medical officer
21 August 2019
David Rhew, who had the same position at Samsung, joins a growing health team at Microsoft which includes Google Cloudâs former health lead, Greg Moore.
Applications for cohort three of NHS Digital Academy now open
21 August 2019
The Academy was set up in response to Professor Robert Wachterâs 2016 Making IT Work report, which said the NHS lacked sufficiently-trained leaders.
Digital tools prevent hundreds of sepsis deaths across three hospitals
20 August 2019
Cambridge University Hospitals and Royal Berkshire have implemented a digital sepsis blueprint released in Febriary as part of the GDE programme.
MFT to launch data platform to support research and patient care
10 June 2026
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is launching a data platform to support research and
Royal Cornwall Hospitals delays Oracle EPR go-live
9 June 2026
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has delayed its Oracle EPR go-live to ensure it will
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
9 June 2026
Today’s briefing features an app designed to help people manage physical ageing and a health
Stockport trust completes rollout of new pathology LIMS
9 June 2026
Stockport NHS Foundation Trustâs pathology department has gone live with a laboratory information system to
NHSE to roll out Microsoft AI assistant to 505,000 NHS staff
8 June 2026
NHS England is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff across
