Digital health
Imprivata has introduced comprehensive new capabilities designed to help NHS organisations and UK healthcare providers meet the unique demands of the UK’s evolving compliance, cybersecurity, data protection landscape, including the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)-aligned Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) and Care Identity Service (Spine) Authentication. Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM) now offers context-aware passwordless [...]
A new data layer for clinical research and real-world healthcare By Sanius Health Healthcare systems capture extraordinary volumes of biological data yet they consistently miss one of the most direct signals of health: how patients actually feel. Laboratory results, imaging, prescriptions, and hospital activity are measured in detail, but the patient’s own experience of improvement [...]
UK Biobank data was exposed online dozens of times, a Guardian investigation has found, raising questions over how patient records were safeguarded. The investigation found that files from UK Biobank, which holds the medical records of 500,000 British volunteers, appear to have been posted online by researchers who were given access to the confidential data. [...]
By Con Raso, managing director, Tuned Global Music and movement are neurologically intertwined. Tempo influences pace, rhythm supports endurance, and familiar tracks can reduce perceived exertion. Beyond physiology, music creates shared moments. It sets the atmosphere, builds anticipation and turns individual activity into collective experience. For sports, wellness and fitness brands, this means music selection [...]
A new data layer for clinical research and real-world healthcare By Sanius Health The missing dimension in healthcare data Healthcare systems capture extraordinary volumes of biological data yet they consistently miss one of the most direct signals of health: how patients actually feel. Laboratory results, imaging, prescriptions, and hospital activity are measured in detail, but [...]
By Stephen Ferry, CEO of IEG Group The ICB landscape is going through an evolution. There has been a recent wave of ICB mergers and clustering being approved to take place across England, with many mergers taking effect in April 2026, others planned later for April 2027 and work already underway. For ICBs, these changes [...]
Palantir's NHS contract could open the door to the kind of data-sharing Reform UK would use for a UK version of US immigration raids, health leaders have been told. Palantir Technologies, the data analytics company founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, won a £330m NHS England contract to deliver the Federated Data Platform in [...]
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, [...]
Dr Haus Dermatology has announced the launch of a new consultant-led medical weight management service, expanding its commitment to evidence-based, medically supervised care. The service is led by Consultant Endocrinologist Dr Edson Nogueira, providing specialist expertise in metabolic and hormonal health within a carefully structured clinical pathway. Initial consultations will take place face-to-face at the [...]
By Dr Constantin Jabarin, CCIO, Altera Digital Health (UK & EMEA) I’ve spent years working alongside my NHS clinical colleagues and operational leaders, and one theme is constant: documentation takes too much time and, with that, takes focus away from the patient. We clinicians often end up spending significant time writing notes, chasing documentation and [...]
