Mobile health and apps news in brief
22 February 2019
The latest roundup features Push Doctor partnering with Datix to improve their patient safety software and a food app that uses AI to analyse nutrition.
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Ten principles of NHS AI code of conduct published
21 February 2019
The principles, which tech companies are expected to follow, include understanding user need as well as being fair and transparent.
POLL: Will NHSX improve digital transformation in the NHS?
21 February 2019
Overseeing digital transformation, the organisation brings together the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement.
New AI is four times more accurate at predicting ovarian cancer deaths
21 February 2019
The software examines four biological characteristics of tumours – structure, shape, size and genetic makeup – which influence a patient’s survival rate.
GP at Hand given green light to expand to Birmingham
20 February 2019
Digital Health News understands NHS England is now working with Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull CCGs to agree on a start date after a solution was reached.
Line ‘needs to be drawn’ to establish accountability in healthcare AI, report warns
20 February 2019
Clinicians may find themselves incorrectly trusting decisions made by AI more than they trust their own, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges report found.
GDE blueprints will be ‘useless’ without resources to teach them, CCIO claims
20 February 2019
The blueprints contain timelines for implementation; web links; website content; advertising content; terms of reference and fair processing information.
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
