How AI Helps Diagnose Rare Diseases
Rare diseases pose a significant challenge for health care professionals. These conditions — often complex and elusive — lead patients through a lengthy journey before…
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The Darzi Review: The NHS “is in Serious Trouble” but what comes next?
Lyn Whitfield, content director at Highland Marketing, takes a look at the Lord Darzi review of the NHS, immediate reaction, and next steps. The review…
Ensuring Reliability and Value in EPR Systems
Richard Baylor, COO at St. Vincent’s Consulting and former Cerner (now Oracle) executive, and Paul Charnley, Luminary advisor and former NHS CIO of the Year…
Routinely Collected Data Fuels a Route to Better Stroke Care and Research
Improvements in the stroke care pathway have been catalysed by nationwide routinely collected data, standardised through the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP). However, Professor…
Digitising isn’t Enough to Drive Clinical Transformation in Musculoskeletal Care
Musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and conditions impact approximately 20 million people in the UK, making them the leading cause of disability. They affect peoples’ daily lives,…
It’s Time to Create Accountability for Improving Healthcare Communication
Working as an NHS midwife, I’ve seen firsthand how care experiences are affected when the person being cared for doesn’t speak or speaks limited English….
The NHS doesn’t just need New Funds, it needs New Delivery Models
In the election campaign earlier this summer, all parties promised to reform the NHS. In its manifesto, the new Labour government has pledged to get…
Royal Bolton Hospital Delivers Patient Flow Tech Upgrade with Alcidion
A new patient flow system has been deployed at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to help healthcare professionals enhance patient safety and make the most of…
Taking a Collaborative Approach to Delivering Community Diagnostic Centres
The Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) programme was introduced in 2021, and since then, it has enabled 7 million appointments to be delivered. The programme intends…
Reducing Misdiagnosis with Right Imaging, Right Place, Right Time
As resource pressures continue in Emergency Departments across the country, patients with relatively minor injuries are increasingly redirected to Minor Injuries Units or triaged by…