Opinion
By Chris Davies, Principal and CEO, The Institute of Clinical Science and Technology The UK healthcare system is at a critical point: shockingly, chronic diseases consume approximately 70 per cent of all health and social care expenditure, whilst at the same time the financial and operational strains on the NHS continues to mount. These costly [...]
By Davi Ottenheimer, VP of Trust and Digital Ethics, Inrupt Aneurin Bevan, the Labour minister who founded the NHS, famously said he had to "stuff the doctors' mouths with gold" to get them to accept the idea. In today's AI revolution, the government isn't trying to win over doctors with gold but rather shiny new [...]
By Melloney Jewell, Director, Int'l Revenue Marketing, Imprivata As Digital Health Rewired one of the largest healthcare IT events in the UK calendar approaches, the hottest debate is likely to be around the Darzi Report, published in November 2024, and its ramifications for Trusts. The report highlights “low digital maturity” across the NHS and calls for a “major [...]
Corporations Can Close the Gap on Women’s Breast Cancer Screening; in an exclusive report by Gil Bashe, editor-in-chief of Medika Life, FINN Partners’ chair of global health and purpose, and a Health Tech World correspondent. March marks Women’s History Month — a time to reflect on the progress and work to be done. In the [...]
By Jack Latus, CEO of Latus Group The world of work is changing rapidly and businesses must evolve - this is a timeless warning, but with innovations now more powerful, fast-paced and intuitive than ever, it’s one that’s never been more relevant. But with one of the most significant shifts in modern life being the [...]
Hal Wolf on AI, cybersecurity, and the urgency of health system transformation; in an exclusive report from HIMSS25 by Gil Bashe, editor-in-chief of Medika Life, FINN Partners' chair of global health and purpose, and a Health Tech World correspondent. The HIMSS25 Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, with almost 30,000 attendees, packed the [...]
By Chris Davies, Principal and CEO, The Institute of Clinical Science and Technology Chronic diseases are common and expensive, they are estimated to kill almost 41 million people a year worldwide, making up seven out of ten deaths globally. And given that £7 in every £10 of UK health and social expenditure goes toward chronic [...]
Artificial Intelligence (AI), once considered the domain of data scientists and technologists, has become a proven and essential tool for modern marketers. Today's marketers face an overwhelming influx of data from various technology platforms. AI helps cut through this clutter, discerning meaningful signals from the noise. By: Ann McGlinchey, VP, Customer Experience Management, CMI Media [...]
By Cara Brant, CEO of Clinical Trial Media It’s widely accepted that clinical trial participants should mirror the populations of people who will eventually use the treatments–and reflect the population at large–but achieving this is easier said than done. Making sure that under-represented demographics are represented is a challenge that starts early in recruitment and [...]
George Gellert MD, MPH, MPA, is a public health physician and epidemiologist focused on using health information technology to improve population and public health outcomes. Here he discusses the findings from one of his recent research collaborations with Imprivata about the reality of using mobile devices within hospitals in the UK, the US, Germany and [...]
