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By Andy Barker, strategic advisor for digital health at Harris Health Alliance, and formerly IT director for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and digital transformation lead for Kent and Medway ICB. Neighbourhood care brings many benefits. It means that a multidisciplinary care team can look after patients, whatever their needs. That team can include acute, primary, [...]
By Dr Anne Blackwood, chief executive, Health Tech Enterprise In today’s medical technology landscape, Artificial Intelligence has become the catch-all solution to every problem, or so it seems. While AI is undoubtedly adding value in MedTech, its dominance in investor conversations has created an uneven playing field. Founders developing clinically meaningful but non-AI-driven solutions may [...]
Hospital patients at every NHS trust in England can now check referrals and appointments in the NHS App, making it easier to manage care in one place. Around 64 per cent of all hospital appointments are currently visible through the app, with many patients also able to reschedule or cancel appointments, helping to cut missed [...]
System C has announced the rapid expansion of its AI-powered FormFlow Assistant across 15 local authority social care teams in England. The tool, which uses ambient AI to handle documentation during assessments, is enabling councils to complete significantly more assessments with existing resources, with customers reporting documentation time cut by half and capacity for at [...]
The women’s digital health market is forecast to reach US$5.28bn in 2026 as demand grows for apps, wearables and telehealth services worldwide. That would be up from US$4.36bn in 2025, with growth linked to wider smartphone use among women, rising awareness of women’s health needs and the expansion of digital health start-ups. According [...]
Article produced in association with Jeen Health Karyotyping is one of the oldest tools in medical genetics. For more than fifty years, cytogeneticists have been staining chromosomes, viewing them under a light microscope, and arranging them by size into the familiar numbered karyogram. The work is meticulous, labour-intensive and requires years of training. It is [...]
It’s an exciting and uncertain time for both healthcare providers and researchers. Disruptive technologies are coming to the fore and data-driven insights seem to be playing an ever-greater role in how we analyse and interpret information. In the light of these changes, will emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, be the game changers their supporters [...]
TriFetch has announced a US$1.9 million pre-seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from angels from Google, Hipprocratic, Mercor, MIT to scale its automation platform for the front, mid, and back office of specialty care. TriFetch is building an end-to-end automation layer for independent specialty clinics, covering patient calls and scheduling, referral processing, [...]
AI companies are being urged to help strengthen UK cyber defence as ministers warn automated threats are rising fast. The call was made at CYBERUK, where security minister Dan Jarvis told industry leaders and experts that stronger AI-powered defences are needed to protect critical networks. Jarvis described the effort as a "generational endeavour" aimed at [...]
By G2 Speech With ambient speech shouldering the burden of documentations in many healthcare settings, more clinicians are able to step out from behind the screen and back into patient conversations. But, like any emerging technology, it’s surrounded by misconceptions. Let’s break down some of the most common myths, and the reality behind them. Myth [...]
