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Half the planet lacks basic medical diagnostics for common diseases
A new study has alarmingly indicated that nearly half of the world is deprived of basic medical diagnostics for common diseases, placing billions of...
UK award substantial funding to safeguard adult social care this winter
The UK government has revealed that it will be providing considerable funding to support the adult social care sector throughout winter, a particularly challenging...
Ensuring the future of the NHS with revolutionary health innovations
Lorna Green, the Director of Enterprise and Growth at Innovation Agency, part of the Academic Health Science Network, speaks about how health innovations are...
UK patients to have greater control over healthcare data
The UK has established a new data strategy that will give patients better access and greater control over their health and care data.
The way...
Ready for negotiations: extra healthcare funding needed in Denmark
This article discusses funding for healthcare in the Danish Regions ahead of this year's financial negotiations with the government.
The prospect of an increasing elderly...
Connecting healthcare with The Electronic Health Record Association
The Electronic Health Record Association explains the benefits of digital healthcare for both patients and healthcare providers.
Considering how accustomed we are to sharing, storing,...
Sepsis: post-sepsis syndrome and infection control
Sepsis Alliance Board member Dr Cindy Hou speaks to Health Europa Quarterly to discuss the burden and prevention of sepsis.
Sepsis occurs when the immune...
Exploring the benefits of AI and data in healthcare
Patrick Malléa and Jérémy Clech of the AI4EU consortium tell HEQ about the benefits and challenges offered by AI in clinical research and care.
Healthcare...
Report warns of urgent need for AI and digital systems in EU healthcare
A new EIT Health report has outlined the urgent need for a post-pandemic technological revolution, harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital applications, to prevent...
The importance of communication and teamwork in OR and telemedicine
Hospital operating rooms (OR) are spaces in which medical personnel performs often complex surgeries and tasks with many interactions between humans and equipment. Even...
Vaccination issues that are impacting healthcare professionals
European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Director of Finance Nenad Miljković discusses vaccination issues facing healthcare professionals.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of vaccination has...
Call for evidence to improve health and care for UK women
On International Women’s Day, the UK government is encouraging women to share their experiences of the health and care system in a bid to...
Transforming healthcare by linking performance measures to quality and high value activity
Connect Health's Danielle Chulan discusses how healthcare services and patient care can be improved if commissioners link performance measures to quality and high value activity.
Transforming and digitalising the future for healthcare businesses
Astrocytia founder and CEO Brian Thomsen tells HEQ about best practice in healthcare digital transformation.
Founded in 2018, Danish firm Astrocytia is dedicated to promoting...
Health technology can reduce administrative burden on frontline services
In early 2020 the UK health secretary Matt Hancock reaffirmed that the appropriate use of technology would be ‘critical’ to the future of the...
Health of women and children affected by armed conflict not addressed
New estimates have revealed that the health needs of 630 million women and children affected by armed conflict across the globe are not being...
Senior patients prefer digital health tools to in-person consultations
A new report has shown that half of older patients in the UK had a better experience with digital health tools compared to in-person...
Leading European health innovators EIT Health expand into in Ireland
EIT Health, a network of best-in-class health innovators supported by the European Union’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology, is expanding into Ireland.
The network,...
Optimising workforce management with Quinyx
Quinyx offers a workplace management solution that can solve many of the workplace-related challenges faced by healthcare providers.
From too much time spent on admin...
Predict and prevent: time to re-appraise your healthcare technology
The ability for healthcare technology to predict risks could be a huge benefit to healthcare professionals.
You will have likely seen the impressive TV ads...