Mobile health and apps news in brief
16 August 2019
This month’s mobile apps round-up features news that myGP has launched medical record access, meanwhile cancer care app Careology has launched in the UK.
News
Royal Devon and Exeter select CliniSys for electronic lab results
15 August 2019
A pilot of the CliniSys ICE, expected to begin in November, will allow GPs at five practices to order tests electronically for the first time.
New cross-sector partnership to boost health tech in Leeds
15 August 2019
More than three million people are set to benefit from the partnership, which includes the NHS, local authorities and five universities.
NHS trust IT spend up more than Ā£150m since WannaCry
15 August 2019
Research by Parliament Street revealed that NHS trusts spent a collective Ā£612m on IT in 2018/19, compared to Ā£460m in the year directly preceding WannaCry.
Digital solutions ‘should be encouraged’ to ease pressure on GPs
14 August 2019
Simply ‘peddaling faster’ to keep up with demand is unsustainable when technology can ease patient demand, according to the Digital Healthcare Council.
GP IT Futures: first stage of procurement process now complete
14 August 2019
NHS Digital has completed the first phase of the GP IT Futures procurement process, with 73 suppliers submitting tenders for the new, Ā£484m framework.
Online GP provider LIVI expands with new NHS partnerships
14 August 2019
Online GP provider LIVI has expanded its services to Birmingham, Shropshire, Northamptonshire, and parts of the South-East.
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
