Telemedicine Driving Smarter Healthcare Solutions in Wound Care
Shortly after the first Covid-19 cases were identified in the UK, many outpatient clinics were temporarily closed or scaled back to help stop the spread…
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Time to Stop the Bleeding: Why Healthcare Boards must Engage Further and Deeper with Cyber Risk
During the past two years, healthcare organisations (HCOs) have been battling an invisible adversary that has stretched clinicians to their limits. At the same time…
Why Doctor Rostering is in Desperate Need of Digital Transformation
It’s no secret that our healthcare system is under massive strain. Before the pandemic, problems caused by staff shortages, patient waiting lists, and a desire…
Entertainment, Communications and Information: What are you Doing for Your Staff?
The NHS has made a big investment in entertainment and communications infrastructure aimed at patients. Here Matt O’Donovan, the Chief Executive of WiFi SPARK asks…
NHS Tayside Sign up to Early Warning System Miya Observations
NHS Tayside has signed a five-year agreement with smart health tech provider Alcidion to deploy Miya Observations, an electronic monitoring system that will help thousands…
Using Automation to Tackle Budget-restricted Delivery of NHS Services
Like many healthcare providers, the UK’s National Health Service is facing tremendous pressure. As well as dealing with the aftershocks of the pandemic, it is…
2021 was Significant in the Battle to Break Down Hearing Care Barriers
Thursday 3 March marked a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) released their world hearing report which labelled hearing health care as a public…
Strategic Partnership Brings AI to Digital Pathology
Diagnostic software provider Dedalus Group has announced plans to partner with artificial intelligence cancer specialist Ibex Medical Analytics in a cooperation designed to bring the…
Effectively Applying AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare
There has been extensive discussion about the potential of AI and machine learning (ML), within the healthcare industry and beyond. We’re starting to see wider…
Why PIFU could be Set to Radically Transform Outpatient Care
Delivering patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) is a major new change to outpatient services laid out in NHS England’s Operational Planning Guidance and is almost certainly going to…