Digital

Five ways to unlock digital transformation

Jim Richardson, sector lead for healthcare at Node4, explores the technological challenges that healthcare organisations are currently facing and how digital transformation can help overcome them and ultimately cure the sector from the plague of long wait times and high pressure

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NHS set to lose £1bn of savings a year if 5G rollout slows

Research shows 5G-enabled technology in health and social care settings could save the NHS up to £1billion a year, but it needs to be rolled out soon

Falls management and the benefits of technology

As the UK marks Balance Awareness Week, BBH looks at the role technology has to play in reducing falls

Robo-docs at Guy’s and St Thomas’ complete 10,000 cases

20 years of robotic surgery leads to milestone event

The human impact of digitisation in healthcare

Denise Williamson, managing director at healthcare scheduling specialist, BookWise Solutions, explores the effect of digitalisation on medical staf...

Looming winter pressures eased by targeted AI initiatives

Paul McGinness, chief executive of Lenus Health (pictured), highlights the need for pro-active measures to support the NHS in reducing unnecessary...

Cyber crime: The heavy toll on healthcare finances

According to a recent IBM Report, the average costs of a breach in healthcare reached nearly $11m in 2023 – a 53% increase since 2020. In this arti...

Delivering better healthcare through better data

Thomas Barnes (pictured), service design director at Capacitas, explores how data and digital technologies are becoming increasingly important to f...

Building Better Healthcare Awards 2021 now open for entries

Today sees the opening of the 2021 awards which will honour the very best of the industry

NHS England launches tech trials to boost health and care connectivity

Trusts invited to take part in wireless technology trials that maximise the efficiency of services

How improved asset management can tackle loss prevention and drive efficiency within the NHS

Simon Hemingway, healthcare director at The Barcode Warehouse, explains why new tracking technology is now vital for healthcare organisations and h...

Comment: Getting the fundamentals right - Ensuring the success of digital projects through solid foundations

In March, NHS England launched a campaign to ensure all acute trusts give patients the ability to make appointments and receive messages online. In...

Matthew Gould: September is only the first chapter for shared care records

The chief executive of NHSX told delegates to the IHSCM’s Integrated Care Conference what to expect as shared care records become mandatory in 2021...

Why secure back-ups are the cornerstone of successful SaaS expansion in the health sector

In recent years, the demand for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions has exploded and although the health sector was initially hesitant, it has s...

Why the digital health revolution will fail if patient data remains the product

A successful digital health revolution must not put profit ahead of people, argues Simon Bain, chief executive of OmniIndex

Researchers develop new tool to reduce stroke risk

Researchers at the University of East Anglia develop a model to predict patients who will develop atrial fibrillation following a stroke

Adapting to real-time healthcare and diagnostics

Ajith George, consultant head and neck surgeon at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and medical director at endoscope-I, looks at ho...