Power to the Patient: The Value of Longitudinal Data
It’s no secret that the digitisation of healthcare services and smarter use of patient data can have a transformative impact on the NHS. In the…
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Health Consumerism is not a Disruption, it’s a Revolution
We’re in a new era of empowered health consumerism with the widespread use of technology, smartphones, and the internet permitting millions to make more informed…
Enter the Third Sector: A 24/7 Solution to Mental Health Care
Ian Jackson, Medical Director and Clinical Safety Officer at Refero, explains how teaming telecommunications tech with third-sector services could enable joined-up, personalised mental healthcare Events…
How Digital Technologies and AI are Changing Healthcare
In the near future, having an appointment with your doctor online will become as normal as making a payment on an app or booking a…
Focus on the User & Don’t Break Anything – How to Scale Health Tech Sustainably
Professor Mike Trenell, co-founder of Changing Health, a specialist provider of personalised behaviour change programmes for Type 2 diabetes management, prevention and weight loss, discusses…
Innovation in Healthcare – Are We Looking for Phoenixes When We Are Seeing Butterflies?
By Alison Houghton, Progress The term “innovation” is fraught with nuance and means different things to different segments of healthcare. Leonardo da Vinci wrote: “Simplicity…
Augmenting Healthcare Delivery with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
By Colleen Cunningham-Greene, Global General Manager – Healthcare, DataRobot The healthcare industry is changing at an astronomically fast pace. It has never been under more…
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)…
Can Blockchain Help to Deliver the NHS Long-term Plan?
The first NHS Electronic Patient Record systems were introduced over 20 years ago. Since then, we have seen technological advances never imagined. Yet, still, only…
The NHS fax ban: Progress not perfection
The NHS has a problem. For decades the humble fax machine has been a cornerstone of communication within the health service. Yet due to Health…