Digital health
By Dr Constantin Jabarin, CCIO, Altera Digital Health In acute care, seconds matter. The tools we carry or can’t carry often determine what kind of care we can deliver. And too often, they’re failing us. As a practicing emergency clinician, I don’t work at a desk. I work in motion, across departments, at the patient’s [...]
A computer scientist's view on the problem, by Kevin Monk, CEO, SARD. Our Electronic Health Records are a mess. A caveat I don’t work in EHR. I’m a computer scientist who runs a workforce optimisation consultancy in the NHS. But I live next door to the EHR people and as a concerned neighbour I poke [...]
By Maja Schmidt Royal Commission Industrial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Neuranics Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of premature death in the UK, and responsible for 66,000 deaths each year. Detecting heart rhythm abnormalities that indicate ischaemic heart disease outside controlled hospital environments remains a significant challenge. While [...]
The government’s plan for the NHS is a huge document. Jane Stephenson, chief executive of SPARK TSL, argues the key to unlocking its digital ambitions is to consider what it has to say about the shift from CDs to digital music. How can trusts and health boards make the same shift from analogue to digital [...]
Torbay Council has extended its partnership with leading local government software provider, System C, to implement its Liquidlogic adult social care case management and finance system across the region in Devon. The five year agreement will seamlessly integrate adult case management with the council's existing Liquidlogic Children’s social care case management system, also provided by [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business and pharmaceutical developments in the world of health technology. AI platform to accelerate medical and epidemiological research Health technology company Briya has announced the launch of Briya AIRE, the world's first clinical-grade AI research assistant built to accelerate biomedical and clinical decision making. Designed to "think" in the [...]
Mikael Kågebäck is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Sleep Cycle. The company was awarded ‘Digital Health App of the Year’ at the 2025 Health Tech World Awards. We called up Kågebäck over Zoom to learn more about the science of sleep analysis and the company’s wider health ambitions. Around a third of adults worldwide [...]
By Ruby Kuzemko, Healthcare Lead at Cloud Gateway Patient care is dependent on secure and reliable connectivity, which means healthcare networks must be both adaptable and robust. As a result, a shift is underway, and healthcare organisations are moving away from rigid legacy infrastructure toward more flexible, platform-neutral architectures. As healthcare systems expand and patient [...]
By Fiona Garín Mc Donagh, VP Strategic Marketing, BD EMEA What does sustainable healthcare really mean, not just for our planet, but for the people who deliver and receive care every day? Too often, sustainability is viewed only through the lens of environmental impact. While reducing carbon emissions and medical waste is of course critical, [...]
Ergéa and Newton’s Tree have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming healthcare organisations through integrated, AI-enabled digital solutions. This collaboration brings together Ergéa’s deep expertise in lifecycle management of medical equipment and Newton’s Tree’s cutting-edge platform for deploying and monitoring AI applications across clinical and operational domains. Together, they will deliver a comprehensive, vendor-neutral [...]
