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.
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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 GoogleĀ Cloudās 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 Wachterās 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.
Fast follower Royal Oldham digitises dietetic referrals
20 August 2019
The team currently receive 180 adult referrals every months and, though they arrive electronically, they are processed manually.
Ashford and St Peterās opt for RLDatix electronic rostering
12 June 2026
Ashford and St Peterās Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed RLDatix to deliver its electronic
Digital Healthās monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
12 June 2026
This roundup includes EPR go-lives, following delays, at both North Cumbria Integrated Care and York
Digital Health Summer Schools 2026 full programme published
11 June 2026
Digital Health has published the full Summer Schools 2026 programme, featuring some of the NHS’s
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
11 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a 3D model for an eye centre in London and investment in
Govt pledges Ā£20m to roll out AI X-ray tools across NHS by 2029
11 June 2026
The government has announced Ā£20 million of funding to expand AI chest X-ray tools to
