Virtual Wards: Tech matters, but so do people
Emily Wells is the first Chief Nursing Information Officer to be appointed by Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and was the Digital…
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Digital Referrals Reduce Waiting Times in North East London
Marie Loizides, associate director of performance analytics at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, explains how switching to digital referrals has reduced waiting…
Empowering Young People with Digital Mental Health Tools
Earlier this year, NHS Gloucestershire’s children and young people’s mental health services launched its digital support finder. On Your Mind Glos aimed to get young people to the…
Withings Announces U-Scan – The World’s First Hands-free Connected Home Urine Lab
Consumer digital health leader Withings has this week launched one of the company’s most technologically advanced devices to date, U-Scan is a miniaturized health lab…
The Crippling Impact of Cyberattacks in Healthcare: How Can Organisations Boost Resilience
Since the onset of Covid-19, the global healthcare sector has faced significant instability. And as organisations struggle to meet soaring service demands, the current economic…
2023: The Year to Focus on Creating a Better Patient Experience
The past three years have necessitated quick thinking and a willingness to adapt to change across every industry. But recent economic and geopolitical turmoil has…
What is the Role of Infographics in Healthcare?
Infographics are one of the most powerful ways to communicate complex data, and an important tool in teaching, giving inspiration, presenting information, and business. They…
New Referral Methods for Social Prescribing Programmes can Transform the Delivery of Care for People with Long-term Conditions
Gill Bruce, Development Manager of Lorn & Oban Healthy Options Ltd, a Scottish social prescribing and self management project, has seen first-hand how social prescribing…
QMS — The Key to Medical Device Risk Management
When it comes to medical device QMS (quality management system), creating a great product is about more than appearance or durability. Pacemakers, contraceptives, wheelchairs and…
Communication is Key to Fighting Health Service ‘Tripledemic’
The NHS is under extreme pressure this winter, with warnings of an incoming ‘tripledemic’ of COVID-19, flu and overwhelmed urgent care services. This is threatening to inundate…