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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 [...]
A UK health tech firm behind an app which enables more efficient inspections of clinical settings has expanded its global coverage. London-based Perfect Ward has signed up its first Australian customer – Ability Options, one of the largest not-for-profit disability service providers in New South Wales. The organisation will use Perfect Ward’s mobile app to [...]
COVID-19 has been a hugely disruptive force in the procurement process for healthcare firms; but technology has the power to fix these issues and ensure the lessons of 2020 are learned. Health Tech World spoke to expert Tony Harris, global vice president, business network solutions, SAP, to find out more. HTW: What trends have you [...]
A new report will today call for clearer guidelines to fast track innovative new treatments in the NHS. The report claims treatments with devices are hampered by unnecessary complications The Medical Technology Group report recommends a new NHS model for adoption of innovative treatments similar to those in other European countries. The report claims that [...]
Andrew Mernin reports on how the pandemic is changing roles at the top of health tech firms, in conversation with executive talent hunter Chris Hamilton of Odgers Berndtson. The pandemic has ripped through many traditional business models like a twister, lifting up age-old fundamentals and throwing them miles off course. Working practices have changed dramatically [...]
A Swiss-based health care company has announced a new legal officer. Novartis has appointed Karen L. Hale as Chief Legal Officer and will be a member of the Executive Committee. Ms. Hale will be based in Basel, Switzerland and succeeds Shannon Klinger. She joins Novartis from AbbVie where she held the role of vice president, [...]
University of Birmingham researchers are working to isolate and extract the COVID-19 encounter complex in a form that is stable enough for identification of target sites for future anti-viral drugs. The encounter complex is formed when the COVID-19 spike latches onto a binding site on an ACE-2 receptor, which is a complex protein embedded in [...]
A project which will produce 3D visual reconstructions of victims’ injuries could change the criminal justice system, according to a former emergency doctor. Dr Lucy Gründlingh said the project would streamline medical evidence and in turn and would be a game changer for victims of violent crime. SFR Medical, which provides medical evidence reports to [...]
Sponsored feature London’s Coordinate My Care service sought to launch a new online care plan to the public to empower people with long term conditions, and people at the end of their lives, to share their wishes about the care they want to receive. Working in collaboration with Highland Marketing, the NHS service made its [...]
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 [...]
