NHS AI Diagnostic Funding Five Things to Consider if you are Applying
As NHS organisations bid for their share of new government funds, Sectra’s Guilherme Carvalho considers ways to make the most of opportunities available in diagnostic…
Opinion
Getting the Fundamentals Right – Ensuring the Success of Digital Projects through Solid Foundations
In March, NHS England launched a campaign to ensure all acute trusts give patients the ability to make appointments and receive messages online. This new…
Data Security, Regulatory Compliance, and Process Automation: The Three Biggest Challenges to the UK’s Healthcare Sector
The healthcare sector in the UK is under a tremendous amount of pressure. According to one source, in the last five months, nearly half a…
TLC, not A&E: Reducing Emergency Situations through Proactive Communications
It’s clear to see that the healthcare sector is under strain. The waiting list for routine treatments in the UK is currently at 7.33 million, whilst those…
Some Challenges in the NHS Acute Tech Market: And How to Navigate Them
NHS trusts need a lot of tech, but they face complex, structural challenges when it comes to procurement, and these tend to work against smaller…
Awareness is Key: Educating Executives on Cybersecurity Risks in Healthcare
As the Chief Information Officer of Palomar Health, the largest healthcare district in California, I believe it is crucial to strike a balance between technology,…
The 5 W’s of Virtual Patient Engagement
Direct pharma-patient engagement used to be considered largely a “nice to have,” and was, at best, a rare occurrence at specific times during the pharmaceutical…
Virtual Nurses are the New Key to Improved Patient Education, Experience, and Outcomes
How remote Virtual Nurses can improve patient satisfaction and reduce hospital readmissions. Patients frequently need help understanding health information to navigate care in our complex…
Digitising Hospitals to become Hubs of Innovation
As an industry that has historically been slow to innovate, the pandemic has dramatically accelerated technology adoption across the healthcare sector. IoT and wearables, AI…
Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Clinicians – The Importance of Clinical Procurement
In healthcare, every patient interaction involves the use of a product, piece of equipment or service that has been subject to a procurement exercise at…