E-consent company founded by Welsh surgeon receives Ā£350k funding
29 April 2019
Concentric provides a paper-free consent process and still ensures patients facing surgery can still make shared decisions with their clinicians.
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ORCHA launches survey to improve digital health tech offerings
29 April 2019
The survey, aimed at medical and clinical professionals, will bridge the question: what matters when offering technology to patients.
Digital portal helps reduce patient do not attend rates in Lincolnshire
29 April 2019
The portal, from Healthcare Communications, allows patients to receive appointment letters straight to their smartphone and can accept, cancel or re-book.
‘Biggest obstacle’ in digitising healthcare is privacy, Wachter warns
26 April 2019
Digitising healthcare was āessentialā but it will be āincredibly hardā to take advantage of the digital revolution if data canāt be shared, he said.
St Helens Care goes live with Graphnet shared records system
26 April 2019
Social care teams, hospital staff, GPs, mental health workers and other teams now have access to the records of the boroughs 178,500 residents.
Cyber security news round-up
26 April 2019
This month’s round up from the world of cyber security features news that analysis has suggested the US healthcare cyber security market could hit Ā£6.75bn ($8.7bn) by 2023.
Matt Hancock faces backlash for collaborating on TaxPayers’ Alliance report
25 April 2019
The Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA) report claims Ā£18.5 billion could be saved by 2030 across NHS budgets if more automated services are used.
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSEās handling of information provided to the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
18 June 2026
Today’s briefing features Doctify launching in Saudi Arabia and a Scottish medical management platform for
University Hospitals Sussex EDs switch to digital observations
18 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has now rolled out digital observations and prescribing in
