New performance data on private healthcare providers published
3 May 2017
The first of a new set of performance measures on private healthcare providers has been published by the Private Healthcare Information Network.
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Imaging and pathology IT restored at Barts Health
2 May 2017
Imaging has finally been restored at Barts Health NHS Trust, nine days after a computer failure downed several IT systems.
Patients Knows Best lets Surrey view single care record
2 May 2017
Surrey is using Patients Know Best (PKB) technology to allow clinicians to view a single digital care record across four NHS trusts, all GPs and four CCGs.
Mobile and app news in brief
28 April 2017
This month’s mobile and app news in brief takes a look at AI, patient controlled records, and explores various health app comparison sites – an area NHS England is also getting into with its recently launched App Library.
Babylon Health raises £50m for AI diagnosis tool
27 April 2017
Digital healthcare company, Babylon Health, have raised about £50 million to create an artificial intelligence (AI) diagnosis tool.
Citizens’ juries find patients willing to share data
27 April 2017
The multi-million Connected Health Cities’ project’s citizens’ juries find patient data sharing accepting if there is a direct patient benefit.
Connected Health Cities creates blockchain patient consent model
26 April 2017
Connected Health Cities has produced a prototype that uses bitcoin technology to create a patient consent model which gives specific permissions.
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
