We Can’t Solve Healthcare Equity Until We First Solve ‘Health IT Equity’
Right now, rural providers are facing “a perfect storm.” Rural hospitals continue to close, leaving many residents without access to healthcare. At the same time,…
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Driving a New Era of Personalised Healthcare
The Plan for Digital Health and Social Care, published by Sajid Javid last month, sets out the government’s ambitious vision for transforming health and social…
Cross-functional Innovation must Drive Pharma Commercialisation
Successful pharma companies are adapting commercialisation strategies to align with transformation in healthcare delivery. Vintura’s Richard Ogborne and Chris Reynolds provide practical guidance as to…
Benefits of Digital Transformation in Health and Social Care
The long-term sustainability of our health and social care services is dependent on a number of key issues, including staffing, funding and having the right…
Current Trends in the Digital Health Marketplace
The momentum behind the move to all things digital shows no sign of abating. Digital health tools were already on the rise before Covid, but…
Why Healthcare Must Embrace Patient-centric Data
What is patient-centric data? In simplest terms, patient-centric data is the specific medical information gathered about an individual patient from different sources to create a…
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….
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…