Digital Identities in Healthcare: Balancing Efficiency with Security
Digital identity in the healthcare sector is one of the most exciting and interesting topics in the tech world. Although the topic had been hotly…
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Record-breaking Waiting Times can be Eased with Innovative Healthtech
The NHS is in crisis, ambulance waiting times are at an all-time high, and doctors and experts are expressing their concerns for the coming winter…
Using Technology to Help Geographically Distanced Families be Involved in Care
Gavin Bashar, UK managing director at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses how technology can help geographically distanced families connect and be more involved with care provision. Like…
Tackling Fake News about Medical Research
In 1802, the English caricaturist James Gillray created a cartoon depicting people turning into cows after they received smallpox inoculations because the treatment included cowpox….
Why Mobilised Data is the Most Valuable Tool in Healthcare
As Chief Clinical Information Officer at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Martin Farrier feels there should be a shift in…
How can Trusts Make Widespread EPR Rollout a Reality?
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid recently announced that one of his key healthcare transformation priorities is for 90% of…
The NHS is Quick to Embrace New Innovations, but we can Move Even Faster
When it comes to improving public health, we have a very good understanding of what works. We know that population-level interventions can reduce health inequalities,…
Anticipatory Care: How Health Coaching can Improve Patient Health and Reduce Pressure on Healthcare Services
There’s little doubt that the health and social care system is under tremendous strain and experiencing some of the most severe pressures in its 70-year…
AI and Robotics can Transform Healthcare, But Adequate Checks and Balances are a Must
GPs and nurses in Merton and Wandsworth are exploring the use of an AI-based app to help detect cancer at early stages. The “C the…
Why Tackling the Wellbeing Crisis in Healthcare Needs to Start with the Individual
The term “wellbeing” and the consideration of it in the workplace is something that has become more prevalent in recent years. But what was more…