Health IT news in brief
12 May 2017
This week’s health IT news in brief covers a new sharing device for NHS Trusts in West Midlands to British Telecommunications new public sector strategy.
News
Birmingham Children’s goes live with paediatric e-prescribing
11 May 2017
Birmingham Children’s has gone live with PICS e-prescribing, the clinical software created by local University Hospitals Birmingham trust.
UKCloud launches dedicated health division
11 May 2017
Fast-growing cloud services specialist UKCloud has launched a new dedicated healthcare division UKCloud Health.
Derby Teaching worries for its legacy systems with CSC’s redundancies
10 May 2017
Derby Teaching has voiced its concerns that CSC’s redundancies will affect support for the trust’s legacy IT clinical systems.
Humber signs with My Health Guide for three years
10 May 2017
People with learning disabilities have benefited from a new app allowing them to easily access all their health and well-being information.
TPP and Emis Health share data across SystmOne and Emis Web
9 May 2017
Emis Health and TPP launched the London based study on 2 May that connects The Orchard Practice’s Emis Web with Hillingdon Diabetes Service’s SystmOne.
Hyland acquires Lexmark’s EDM business, Perceptive Software
9 May 2017
US firm Hyland is to acquire Perceptive Software, an enterprise content management business currently owned by printer maker Lexmark.
Uni Hospitals of Leicester upgrades EPR and begins AVT rollout
7 July 2026
University Hospitals of Leicester has upgraded its Nervecentre EPR system and begun the phased deployment
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
7 July 2026
Today’s briefing features acoustic gut monitoring technology and a contraction timer to support women during
NICE recommends two technologies for endometriosis diagnosis
7 July 2026
NICE has said that two new non-invasive technologies can be used in the NHS to
Isle of Man minister: Single patient record will be ‘revolutionary’
6 July 2026
Speaking to Digital Health, the Isle of Man’s health minister described plans for a single
NHS backs rollout of integrated AVT as part of £10bn tech funding
4 July 2026
NHS England is rolling out AI tools across the health service, including integrated ambient voice
