Opinion
Tim Hawkins is managing director of commercial clinical solutions at Elsevier, the global information analytics firm. Here he tells HT World how clinicians can thrive in the knowledge explosion underway in medical environments across the world. HTW: How has COVID-19 impacted the rate of clinical information growth and how can clinicians remain aligned to the latest information [...]
Many of the UK’s clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), primary care networks (PCNs) and health boards are unknowingly on the hook for the failing healthcare apps brought into the NHS in response to COVID, writes Dr Murray Ellender, CEO of eConsult. There has been a major influx of digital health apps and services into the NHS [...]
Jack Priestman, co-founder of Salient Bio, on how the pandemic has prompted a more proactive shift towards diagnosis for health issues. The pandemic has totally changed how we navigate everyday life, and while the rollout of vaccines marks the sense of a return to normality, some shifts feel more like a permanent evolution rather than temporary [...]
Adam Enterkin, Blackberry's senior vice president for the EMEA region, on lessons learned and urgent steps needed. Healthcare is facing a crisis of cybersecurity. To ignore it might prove fatal for trust — for both patients and healthcare professionals. As cyber professionals, we know the pandemic has created enormous opportunity for cybercriminals to target healthcare [...]
Hospitals need to think far beyond electronic records and must surpass narrow approaches to AI, writes Neil Perry. Here the director of digital transformation at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust details his mission to do things differently. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is in many ways a ‘normal’ NHS trust. If you look at our [...]
The vaccination programme is progressing and the coronavirus infection rate is falling. Gemserv’s head of health, David Newell, looks at what the NHS should focus on now to make improvements in healthcare. The past 12 months have been a period like no other for healthcare and the UK population: lockdowns heartache, frustration; but also incredible [...]
Covid-19 proved to be the catalyst for better digital health. Ben Howlett, managing director of Public Policy Projects exclusively discusses the State of the Nation report, the impact of the virus on working practices, and tells Health Tech World what a digital revolution will mean for our health and care services We are at a [...]
David Newell, Gemserv’s head of health, highlights the complex ethical and privacy issues surrounding the introduction of vaccine passports. Anyone who’s ever misplaced their passport will recognise that moment of panic. Anxious thoughts descend, thinking you’ll miss that flight or be stuck abroad – until you find that little burgundy or blue book hiding where [...]
Rapid diagnostic tests are becoming increasingly important, especially after Covid-19. In an exclusive article Oliver Schacht, chief executive of OpGen tells Health Tech World that quicker diagnosis results in quicker care and eases patient suffering "Over the past year, discussion around COVID-19 has introduced the concept of ‘PCR’ testing to the general public. And though many [...]
The world of healthcare was turned upside down at the start of the global pandemic. Professionals had no choice but to embrace innovative technology and e-learning platforms to continue critical treatment. Saheed Rashid, managing director of BXTAccelyon tells Health Tech World how frontline staff learned to upskill The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare services has [...]
