NHS Providers has called for government investment into digital technology to improve productivity, following a survey of NHS trust leaders.
The survey results, published on 8 September 2024, found that finances had taken a series…
Digital technology is key to delivering the new government’s ambition of moving care closer to home, says a report from The King’s Fund.
In its manifesto, Labour calls for a move towards a ‘neighbourhood health…
The World Health Organisation advocates Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) for advancing population health, yet concerns about inequitable outcomes persist. Differences in access and use of DHTs across different demographic groups can contribute to inequities….
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– IncludeHealth, a leading provider of virtual physical therapy and patient data collection, has partnered with OrthoForum Value Network (OVN) to advance value-based musculoskeletal care. This partnership designates IncludeHealth as OVN’s…
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Demonstrators disrupted sessions and gathered outside the NHS Confed Expo to protest against its sponsorship by US data analytics giant Palantir.The US firm provoked widespread controversy when it was awarded a £330 million contract…
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Here’s part 2 of MedCity News’ Q&A with Astellas Pharma CEO Naoki Okamura who was in South San Francisco last week for the opening of the Japanese pharma company’s West Coast Innovation Center. You…
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Virgin Media O2 temporarily paused the roll-out of its digital phone lines, following the deaths of two vulnerable people whose personal alarms failed when their landlines were switched off towards the end of last…
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Last week, UPMC researchers published a study demonstrating the efficacy of Pip Care, a surgical app and healthcare coaching platform for perioperative care.
UPMC patients who used Pip Care reduced their hospital stay by nearly…
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Not only do walking up stairs, moving around the house, and driving to a doctor’s office get more difficult as we age, but they also become more dangerous as our risk of falling increases.
According…
Left to right: Tara Gosse, director of clinical innovation at Mayo Clinic, Nurse Administrator Heidi Shedenhelm and Adam Copeland, director of digital strategy at Mayo Clinic, speak Wednesday at the HIMSS24 conference in Orlando.
Photo: Jeff Lagasse/Healthcare Finance…
