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Digital transformation of healthcare in Europe – now or never?
At the recent European Health Forum Gastein, leaders in the field of digital health discussed Europe’s route to digital transformation in healthcare and how COVID-19...
Impacts of COVID-19 on the telemedicine equipment market
The use of telecommunication technology to provide remote healthcare, known as telemedicine, has been helping with healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With technological advancements...
Bespoke high-performance computing for clinical research
Say hello to Proline by Exacta: a new breed of high performance workstations developed with AI, machine learning and data science at its core....
New technology to help hospital recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
New technological solutions are to be implemented at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCHT) to help with its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Healthcare...
‘Silver tech’: the latest health innovations in Europe for overs 60s
The UN International Day of Older Persons is marked each year on 1 October, and this year it is shining a light on the...
Combatting resistant depression with DMT and digital therapy
A wellbeing company is developing novel formulations of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) to help combat treatment resistant depression in combination with digital psychotherapy.
Nearly 264 million people live...
NHSX says shared medical records to be in place by next year
NHSX CEO Matthew Gould told the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee that shared medical records should be in place within the NHS by...
UK hospital to receive funding for digital prescribing
Seven hospital trusts will receive funding to introduce digital records and e-prescribing to benefit healthcare staff and patients.
The trusts will receive a share of...
New digital innovation project set to benefit thousands of UK patients
A new, £1.7m digital project for GP surgeries is set to benefit thousands of patients in East Hertfordshire and West Essex.
A ‘full fibre’ broadband...
Advances in digital communication in the NHS: experts weigh in
An expert panel has offered in-depth analysis of current and future advances in digital communication across the UK’s healthcare sector.
The panel, with participants including...
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital harnesses innovative healthcare
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust will be utilising innovative healthcare delivery with the use of Insight’s Fast Start service and Microsoft’s mixed reality...
TIYGA: the voice of the Patient
WHO defines empowerment as “a process through which people gain greater control over decisions and actions affecting their health” (WHO 1998). This shift is...
COVID-19 and the role of mobile health technology
Mobile health technologies are a viable option in monitoring COVID-19 patients at home, and to predict who will need medical intervention, according to new...
COVID-19 projects to receive €128m in EU funding
The European Commission is to support 23 new COVID-19 health and research projects with €128m of funding.
The COVID-19 funding, which is being made available...
Outdated NHS communications technology to be phased out by 2021
The NHS is set to phase out its outdated communications technologies by 2021 with the launch of a new Clinical Communications Framework.
In February 2019...
Community health, elderly care, and technology
HEQ explores technology solutions for health and elderly care.
According to figures produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), 20% of the world’s population will...
Point of care technologies in focus
Can digital innovation boost infection control, treatment and testing at the point of care?
The response of healthcare systems and policymakers to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Telehealth and mental health in lockdown
Jo Hillier, Digital Clinical Lead at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, speaks with HEQ about digital remote mental health support provision during the pandemic.
Health...
Buddy Healthcare: innovating care pathways in 2020
Markus Lind, Chief Sales Officer at Buddy Healthcare, shows how surgery clinics can restart elective surgeries safely and automate care co-ordination processes.
As the global...
Digital health market worth more than $693.4bn by 2026
According to a research report by Global Market Insights Inc., the global digital health market is likely to surpass a valuation of $693.4bn (€589.92bn)...