Trusts to HIMSS5 by December 2023: Will they make it this time?
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid has announced a new target to complete the digitisation of the acute sector. The Highland Marketing advisory board…
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Time to Stop the Bleeding: Why Healthcare Boards must Engage Further and Deeper with Cyber Risk
During the past two years, healthcare organisations (HCOs) have been battling an invisible adversary that has stretched clinicians to their limits. At the same time…
Paperless Pharmacies can Deliver Life-saving Benefits to the Healthcare Sector
NHS hospital pharmacy services are constantly preparing medicines for treatments, such as IV transmitted antibiotics and chemotherapy. These drugs – often supplied in ready-to-administer (RtA),…
Why Doctor Rostering is in Desperate Need of Digital Transformation
It’s no secret that our healthcare system is under massive strain. Before the pandemic, problems caused by staff shortages, patient waiting lists, and a desire…
Entertainment, Communications and Information: What are you Doing for Your Staff?
The NHS has made a big investment in entertainment and communications infrastructure aimed at patients. Here Matt O’Donovan, the Chief Executive of WiFi SPARK asks…
NHS Tayside Sign up to Early Warning System Miya Observations
NHS Tayside has signed a five-year agreement with smart health tech provider Alcidion to deploy Miya Observations, an electronic monitoring system that will help thousands…
A Conversation about Technology, Nursing, and the Future of Healthcare
Ken Wooding and Rebecca Gates are clinical consultants at Orion Health with nursing backgrounds. They recently met up online to talk about nursing and technology…
Privacy Worries Getting in the Way of HealthTech Growth? There is Another Way
Nigel Jones, ex Head of Legal at Google EMEA and co-founder of the award-winning Privacy Compliance Hub, shows how HealthTech startups that understand the importance…
Five Steps to Creating Effective Data Governance in Healthcare
Data is changing healthcare. From improving patient outcomes to streamlining operations and inventory efficiency, data and analytics present a major opportunity to tackle modern challenges…
Medical Artificial Intelligence: 5 Use Cases for AI in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the world’s most disruptive technologies. Intelligent systems frequently populate headlines and board conversations, but the medical industry requires…