Opinion

  • Tracking the way to a smarter healthcare industry

    Tracking the way to a smarter healthcare industry

    Bethan Halliwell of intellectual property firm Withers & Rogers on how monitoring and tracking tech is evolving and increasingly influencing healthcare.  

  • “The health industry is sat on a vast amount of insight – it just needs to be unlocked”

    “The health industry is sat on a vast amount of insight – it just needs to be unlocked”

    Jon Pickering, CEO of workplace data analytics firm Tiger on the role of data in identifying health industry learning and development needs. Upskilling has a vital role to play in not only attracting top talent but creating a more productive and happier workforce. Engaged employees have the desire to drive its organisation forward, progress their individual [...]

  • Rising to the Government Ventilator Challenge

    Rising to the Government Ventilator Challenge

    One year on from the height of lockdown and the launch of the Government’s Ventilator Challenge, Ramie Smith, senior director customer management – EMEA at Plexus, looks back at how its team in Scotland responded to a national call for ventilators in record speed. In early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold, [...]

  • “The pandemic has definitely opened up the talent pool”

    “The pandemic has definitely opened up the talent pool”

    HT World assesses the jobs market for high growth health tech firms, in conversation with expert Simon Benson, founder of specialist recruiter Wilson Grey.  The health tech start-ups and scale-ups Simon Benson works with have this year been in one of two modes - “a holding position, or powering ahead with growth.” Benson runs Wilson [...]

  • Ten digital priorities for NHS patient safety

    Ten digital priorities for NHS patient safety

    Patient safety and digital experts give their views on immediate priorities that could make a significant difference in the NHS. Professor Mike Bewick, England’s former national deputy medical director and board member of C2-Ai:   Strengthen digital literacy   Eric Topol’s 2019 review of the future workforce laid the foundations around this urgent requirement which [...]

  • The healthcare IT crisis that needs urgent attention

    The healthcare IT crisis that needs urgent attention

    Steve Saxton and Shakib Ahmed, of Edge Testing Solutions, on the fixes and approaches needed to solve UK healthcare’s technology challenges.

  • Cultural shift needed in the face of large-scale risk

    Cultural shift needed in the face of large-scale risk

    Writing for HT World, Phil Taylor, chief digital officer of patient safety tech firm RLDatix, on the strategies needed to reduce harm in healthcare.

  • ‘This isn’t a threat – it’s an opportunity for revolutionary change’

    ‘This isn’t a threat – it’s an opportunity for revolutionary change’

    Writing for HT World, Brian O’Shea, continuing healthcare advisor at the Spinal Injuries Association, urges commissioners to embrace change for the good of the patient.

  • Fighting the time thieves through identity management

    Fighting the time thieves through identity management

    In healthcare time is critical, whether acting quickly to provide emergency care, or freeing up time to be able to see more patients. This has been even more evident during the recent pandemic, which has put immense pressure on the health service. Andy Wilcox, head of international product marketing at Imprivata, discusses how good identity [...]

  • Five healthcare trends for 2021 forged in the turmoil of 2020

    Five healthcare trends for 2021 forged in the turmoil of 2020

    Wayne Miller of global tech empire Zebra Technologies on how the lessons learned from COVID will transform healthcare organisations in the future. Many healthcare organisations are looking forward to 2021 – and for good reason. When the COVID pandemic began, vital healthcare equipment was in short supply. Budgets quickly became strained as elective procedures were [...]