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By Mark Hutchinson, executive vice president, Altera Digital Health (UK & EMEA) Frontline productivity is a critical priority for the NHS, reflecting growing pressure to deliver more care within constrained resources. There is a requirement to deliver 2 per cent annual improvements set out in the 2025 Spending Review not just through investment in technology, [...]
By Professor Henrietta Hughes, patient safety commissioner and deputy chair of the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare This article first appeared on MedRegs: An official blog of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new era, with the potential to reshape the world [...]
In the new episode of the Health Tech World Podcast, Lupe Rojas and Sean Knight from Simtra Biopharma Solutions explore the rapid rise of sterile injectable therapies, from ADCs in oncology to GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs, and how CDMOs are reshaping supply chains to meet booming global demand. Watch on YouTube below or on your chosen [...]
Announcing the official launch of the British College of Cosmetic Surgery, an important new initiative dedicated to strengthening education, collaboration and professional standards within cosmetic surgery. The launch of the British College of Cosmetic Surgery marks a significant milestone in raising standards, governance and excellence across the UK cosmetic surgery sector. The College has been [...]
Epic Life’s Ben Davies and Koto CEO James Greenfield explore why trust, identity and brand may be the most defensible assets in modern health tech. AI is accelerating and Big Tech is moving deeper into health, so early-stage startups are facing a new reality. Functional capability can be replicated quickly, but trust cannot. [...]
By Ahmad Hussain, Reddie & Grose The global wearable technology market has surged in the past decade, evolving from simple step-counters to sophisticated health-monitoring platforms capable of capturing a wide range of biophysical data. Smart rings are a particularly fast-growing segment: valued at approximately USD 420 million today, the market is expected to exceed USD [...]
The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) at HIMSS 2026 carries a sense of urgency that is impossible to ignore. Walk the halls and AI is everywhere. Demonstrations of predictive analytics, clinical decision tools and large language models promise to reshape how health systems operate and how care is delivered. Entire sections of [...]
By Tomaž Gornik, CEO of Better Shared Care Records (SCRs) have undergone significant evolution over the past two decades. What began as relatively simple mechanisms for sharing documents across organisational boundaries is now moving towards intelligent, conversational systems that actively support clinicians, patients, and health systems. This evolution can be understood in four broad stages, [...]
HIMSS 2026 hums with a familiar energy. Demonstration screens glow with dashboards and predictive models. Crowds gather around booths where engineers translate clinical complexity into algorithms. Artificial intelligence dominates the conversation – almost every conversation. Something important has shifted this year as more than 30,000 gather to discuss health technology, wow. The [...]
Health Tech Tracker is your monthly snapshot of the facts, figures, opinions, trends and challenges shaping the development of health tech. The report aims to provide a concise update for busy health tech professionals on the many factors influencing your work. Below you will find a breakdown of deals, developments and opportunities from the last [...]
