Opinion
By Phyllis Meng, CEO and co-founder of Pure Global. With intricate regulatory frameworks and an increasingly interconnected global market, organisations in the medtech sector face unique challenges. Ensuring compliance across various jurisdictions can be challenging, but advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way companies in the medtech sector function. By streamlining compliance and [...]
Rob De Felice, business development director at IEG4, updates on the ongoing challenge of achieving a much-needed integrated healthcare system. When the UK Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS first set out plans for an integrated care model in 2013, they claimed: “For health, care, and support to be ‘integrated’, it must [...]
By Andrew Byrne, sales and operations manager at Distec. Like many areas of the healthcare sector, critical care units are under increasing pressure. An ageing population, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and widespread industrial action have led to waiting lists hitting an all-time high and resources being stretched to breaking point. As a result, [...]
Openness around quality and outcomes on a scale like never before is needed to understand and solve problems, prevent harm and complexity, focus resources effectively, tackle the big issues, and restore public confidence in the NHS, writes Dr Mark Ratnarajah, NHS paediatrician and UK managing director for C2-Ai. Wes Streeting wanted ‘no stone left unturned’ [...]
The NHS has a four-point plan to recover access to primary care, and a key focus is on increasing capacity. Tim Foster, UK director of operations at healthcare technology group Clanwilliam, home of speech recognition experts Dictate IT, argues that technology can help – as long as it’s used effectively and consistently by every member [...]
Health Tech World reports from Iceland's thriving health innovation scene.
Odgers Berndtson’s Chris Hamilton and Mike Drew explore the changing dynamics in homecare health services and its impact on leadership The demand for homecare health services is rising rapidly. An ageing population, a preference for at home treatment, and advancements in health technologies aiding remote care are fuelling the sector’s growth. The Department for Health [...]
By Maria Rowntree, Community Midwife Team Lead
By Dr Carey McCLellan, Founder and CEO of getUBetter
Richard Baylor, COO at St. Vincent’s Consulting and former Cerner (now Oracle) executive, and Paul Charnley, Luminary advisor and former NHS CIO of the Year share their insights on building strong EPR vendor-trust relationships. This final instalment of the series discusses the importance of reliability and regulatory compliance in EPR systems, and delivering cost-effectiveness and [...]
