New Radar-based Technology Allows ‘Contact-free’ Vital Signs Monitoring
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have developed a technique that monitors a patient’s vital signs completely touch free. By using a continuous wave radar-based system to…
Digital Health
Health IT: Centring Care on Patients, not Process or Place
Jon Reed, Chief Digital Officer at healthtech consultancy Future Perfect Healthcare has made instigating change in the NHS his life’s work – but it’s his…
How the Unthinkable Led to the Unimaginable
When the novel coronavirus arrived in the UK, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust advanced its IT by “four years in four months” to support…
NHS Trust Chiefs Warn Funding Needed for Post-Covid Digital Uptake
A major survey of NHS IT chiefs has revealed that despite more positive attitudes and uptake towards technology as a result of Covid-19, the long-term…
Health Professionals have to ask: “What’s next?”
The COVID-19 pandemic came as a shock but not a surprise. Bodies around the world have been warning for years of a novel disease that…
Glucose Earring could Transform the Way Patients Manage Type 1 Diabetes
A product design graduate from the University of Huddersfield has defeated thousands of entries from around the world to become one of the finalists of…
What comes next for Healthcare? 2021 Predictions
As we fast approach the end of a year which has seen every industry struggling, it’s time to reflect on what we have learnt in…
Patients and Charities to Benefit from Additional Free Media Services in Christmas Offer to Hospitals
Hospital radio, interviews with iconic musicians, BBC archives and more than 600 healthcare information videos are among the services that patients will be able to…
Getting the NHS Ready for Digital
The Highland Marketing advisory board wanted to discuss how health and care organisations can make sure they are ready to implement technology and get the…
A Reduction in Preventable Harm is needed to help NHS Trusts cope with Covid-19
As winter pressures combined with Covid-19 create more stress for the NHS, hospitals could look at reducing exacerbating factors such as acute kidney injury, says…