Bioprinting Holds Wealth of Promise for Future of Healthcare
In June 2018, US-based biotech company BIOLIFE4D successfully demonstrated its ability to 3D bioprint human cardiac tissue in patch form in just a few days,…
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Expert Opinion: Work with the Willing to Achieve Digital Transformation
By aligning people, process and technology, chief information and technology officer Dr Graham Evans outlines how North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has created…
Disruptive Technology in Dentistry – Rethinking the Model
By Dr Aalok Y Shukla New technologies mean new paradigms are possible. This raises questions: Can a health specialty evolve beyond its previous business model?…
Digitising Continuing Healthcare from Hospital to Home
Digitising paper and automating the workflow around the Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Assessment process promises to help reduce Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC); improve the quality…
Integration is Everything: Why Joined Up Care Requires Joined Up Systems
Hicom’s Mark Vizard outlines why integrating diverse datasets is key to effective pathway design. But in the rush for a ‘single version of the truth’,…
Nervecentre Launch Next Generation EPR Designed by Clinicians for Clinicians
Nervecentre Software has called for a radical new approach to NHS digitisation with the launch of its Next Generation EPR The platform – the first…
Diabetes Tech to be a Key Focus of DPC2018
“The time to be technology laggards is over,” says Dr Partha Kar, DPC2018 keynote speaker and National Associate Clinical Director Diabetes, NHS England, in his…
World’s First Hand-held Infrared Devices for COPD & Other Conditions
A hand-held device that would give early warning of ‘acute events’, and so avoid the hospitalisation of thousands of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
How Robots are Changing Community Pharmacy
Reports suggest that nearly 70 per cent of community pharmacies in Denmark use automated or robotic dispensing technology. This figure drops to between 30 to…
How Digital Health Is Taking the Industry by Storm
We’ve digitized calling a cab, getting our groceries and communicating with friends, so it’s only a matter of time before we totally digitize health, too….