Winter Planning Puts a New Focus on Virtual Wards
Jill Ireland, the Chief Executive and Clinical Director of HomeLink Healthcare, welcomes NHS England’s early guidance on creating additional capacity and resilience this winter. Virtual…
Digital Transformation
Does Digitisation Spell the End for Hard Copy Medical Records?
The increased use of digital records is helping healthcare providers improve their services but caring for those old paper medical records is equally important, explains…
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…
Building the Right Foundations to Deliver a ‘Digital Revolution’ in Health and Care
The Department of Health and Social Care has published ‘a plan for digital health and social care’ that focuses on the fundamentals of electronic patient…
RFID Project at Plymouth NHS Trust Wins Global Award
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has won ‘Best Global Implementation in Healthcare’ at the internationally renowned RFID Journal Awards, for the implementation of a radio frequency…
Why Security is the Most Overlooked Part of Digital Transformation in Healthcare
The healthcare sector is witnessing rapid digital transformation, and while flashier trends like interoperability, digitalisation and connectivity are important, one of the key areas that’s…
Plotting a Roadmap for Primary Care Network Migration to Cloud Telephony
With Primary Care Networks the future cornerstone of primary care delivery within evolving integrated care systems, sophisticated digital communications will be essential for supporting delivery…
Trusts to HIMSS5 by December 2023: Will they make it this time?
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid has announced a new target to complete the digitisation of the acute sector. The Highland Marketing advisory board…
What Process Mining Brings to Healthcare
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the international healthcare industry over the past two years. And the stress of COVID-19 comes even as the sector faces…
Practical Steps for Using Technology to Improve Stroke and ABI Patient Outcomes
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is a leading cause of death and disability affecting over 1.3 million people and costing £15 billion to the UK economy…