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Automated finance technology has been expanded to tens of thousands of suppliers in the NHS. The AI technology solution is a self-service portal called Ask Accounts Payable, Ask AP, delivered by Brightmast, and it uses intelligent automation to provide instant answers and solutions to queries on topics such as invoices. ELFS Shared Services, an operating [...]
The Covid-19 Home Testing Service was rolled out in eight days and got thousands of people back into work. Rachel Murphy, chief executive of Difrent, tells Health Tech World how they achieved such a quick turnaround, and why the NHS is very special to her family Solving complex problems and delivering health care solutions comes [...]
A German company has developed technical equipment to improve the management of patients' data at mobile vaccination centres. The technical equipment simplifies the data for administration of the vaccine programme. REINER initially updated its digital vaccination devices with add-ons for measuring patients' temperatures at the vaccination centres. Now they've developed equipment which allows data to [...]
Thanks to the global Covid pandemic, the last 12 months has changed the direction of health care. Patients across the world sought wider, more accessible access to health care while at the same time staying away from traditional GP and hospital settings. This fundamental change has seen a spike in subscription healthcare, which operates much [...]
A health technology firm has sprinkled some Disney magic on its medical equipment by inviting Mickey Mouse and his pals to help relax anxious patients during examinations. The collaboration will see Disney attach its brand to the Philips Ambient Experience, which integrates lighting, projections and sound to embed custom animations within a clinical environment. The [...]
Among the many reasons to move to digital technology, the NHS is responsible for around four per cent of the nation’s carbon emissions. Edward Belgeonne, founder of Bantham Technologies tells Health Tech World, why the digital revolution is so important Just twelve months ago the UK health secretary Matt Hancock reaffirmed that the appropriate use [...]
Denis Lafitte, director of technology and innovation at King's Facilities Management, tells Health Tech World about the importance of partnership and how this helped radiologists transition to home reporting at the start of the coronavirus emergency. Just hours before Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first national lockdown in March 2020, discussions had been accelerating [...]
Zillah Moore, Director at Tunstall Healthcare, talks exclusively about Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) and how they supported health and care services during the pandemic, and the importance of continued integration to safeguard our services for the future. Digital health has the potential to transform the lives of millions of people, and make a significant [...]
In an exclusive interview with Health Tech World Dr Simon Bourne explains how technology is helping thousands of patients manage long-term conditions like diabetes and asthma. As a respiratory doctor at the University Hospital of Southampton Dr Simon Bourne saw at first hand how patients struggled to cope with Chronic Pulmonary Disease. "I saw people [...]
A digital health company which focuses on clinical risk prevention has appointed an AI specialist to develop future technologies. Rinicare, based in Manchester, announced Miguel Mendao was taking over as chief technology and data officer. Managing director, Anthony Holmes, said: “Miguel is joining Rinicare at a really exciting time, with the first trial deployment of [...]
