Opinion
By Adam Platt, VP, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine at AstraZeneca
The Department of Health and Social Care has published ‘a plan for digital health and social care’ that focuses on the fundamentals of electronic patient records, shared care records, and digital social care. Gary Birks, general manager, UK and Ireland, Orion Health, reviews the plan to see if it is taking digital health transformation in [...]
Prices are up, supplies are low and stocks are down. There is real talk of a recession on the brink, with a close eye on the performance of the economy. But a recession, defined as a period between a peak economic activity and a subsequent trough, doesn’t always prove detrimental to every industry or sector. [...]
By Mark Fewster, chief product officer at Radar Healthcare
By Dr Charles Armitage, co-founder and CEO at Florence
By Dr Angelica Kohlmann, founder of Bloom Diagnostics
By Rob Vickerman, founder of WorkAthlete
By Liam Mahon, director of digital and innovation IT at London Central & West
When someone talks about med tech, we know what they are talking about: products and devices used for diagnosis or treatment of a medical condition. But we haven’t reached that stage in social care, and everyone will have a different answer to the question, ‘what is social care tech?’ “For many people they might think [...]
Ravinder Dahiya is an IEEE fellow and professor of electronics and nanoengineering at the University of Glasgow. Dahiya spoke to Health Tech World about smart bandage technology and how it is supporting telemedicine. What is smart bandage technology? Smart bandages are a relatively recent innovation which are revolutionising patient care by reducing the need for [...]
