Why Digital Interoperability is Key to Mental Health Reform
Successful mental health care requires large-scale collaboration between a whole host of different services. But the current paper-based systems can make this a near-impossible task….
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The Role of Technology in Improving Patient Care
Liam Canavan, Healthcare Specialist at the eponymous Loadbalancer.org, explains how technology can play an important role in improving the patient care experience, including reduced waiting…
Why Now is the Crucial Time for Social Care and Healthcare Professionals to Unite and Join Forces
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges for people and society and has shown that sharing information is necessary to help inform clinical decision-making; making…
The Patient-centred Cloud
Fred Walker, joint managing partner – commercial, at ICT consulting firm Atlantic Technologies, looks at how advances in cloud-based technology can address some of the…
Connecting Emergency Services with Technology to Boost Productivity
With Integrated Care Boards (ICB) moving onto statutory footing from 1 July, it’s time to use digital connectivity and technology to join up care –…
Population Health Starts with a Holistic Approach to Health and Wellbeing
Good health is a life-long process. Many of the most critical behaviours are established in early childhood and need reinforcing at each life stage. The…
When and Where to use Virtual Engagement for Face-to-face Life Science Congresses
COVID-19 disrupted and redefined the structure of life science congresses – large annual meetings where HCPs and drug and device developers come together to exchange…
5G has the Power to take Remote Healthcare to the Next Level
Digital healthcare is revolutionising the way we treat patients and the arrival of 5G technology now has the potential to take remote healthcare and telemedicine…
The Data Security and Protection Toolkit and Healthcare Cyber-security
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a surge in the uptake of healthcare technology and digital health solutions as health and care organisations look for ways to…
Helping the NHS Guard against Cybercrime
It may not have been considered an early adopter sector, but healthcare is now embracing digitalisation. It was always coming – as demonstrated by the…