Healthcare Under Attack – The Rise of Email Fraud and How to Protect your Employees
According to the FBI, email fraud attacks on businesses have resulted in worldwide losses of at least $26bn (£21bn) since 2016 and are fast becoming…
Opinion
The Prognosis is Positive for the Healthcare Industry’s Big Migration to the Cloud in 2020
2019 was an important year in advancing healthcare IT initiatives in the cloud, spurred by healthcare organisations’ growing acceptance of cloud computing benefits – from…
Tomorrow’s World – Why 2020 is Tech’s Time to Shine
From improved mental health provisions to the age of telecommunications, Dr Ian Jackson, Medical Director and Clinical Safety Officer at Refero, discusses what 2020 might…
Executive Leadership – Being Open About Open Source
IMS MAXIMS broke new ground in 2014 when it made the code for its patient administration system and electronic patient record open source. However, some…
Building a Connected Healthcare Service
The government’s new joint organisation for digital, data and technology, NHSX, has been created to give NHS employees and patients access to the cutting-edge technology they…
NHS Prescribing – Where Does Tech Fit?
Dr Simon Hendricks, clinical strategy lead at FDB (First Databank), is excited by the recent attention from Whitehall to improving NHS prescribing. He asks what…
NHSX – What is Needed to Make a Real Difference in the NHS
The newly launched NHSX could bring much-needed stability and perhaps finally an incremental plan that builds IT across the NHS, but it will only work…
Playing to Type: Why Diabetes Education isn’t One-Size-Fits-All
Structured diabetes education works. Evidence increasingly shows that timely, relevant and accessible educational programmes can play a significant role in helping type 2 diabetes (T2D)…
Healthcare Data: A Puzzling Game in Need of a Change
There is no arguing that healthcare involves a prodigious amount of data. According to an IDC report, 4.4zb of data was produced in 2013, and…
Why we can’t Afford to let Healthtech Companies hold Data to Ransom
By Dr Philip Ashworth, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of PatientSource There is a need, now more than ever, for organisations to be able to…