With a general election looming, Vijay Luthra considers how digital in healthcare has fared under the Conservatives, and asks whether things really are about to get betterThe NHS’s problems – underfunding, staff shortages, surging…
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Subjectivity and ambiguity of visual field classification limits the accuracy and reliability of glaucoma diagnosis, prognostication, and management decisions. Standardised rules for classifying glaucomatous visual field defects exist, but these are labour-intensive and therefore…
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The Express has reported that last year 34,000 medication errors were made, with 21 incidents leading to patient death, and a further 27 leading to serious harm.It revealed that overall, 5,500 patients were damaged…
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Labour has announced a new partnership with Virgin Media O2, to ensure every child with type 1 diabetes can benefit from the latest technology. Labour also said it will digitise the red book given to…
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Magentus taps Google Cloud for genAIMagentus has engaged Google Cloud to help it build a “centralised and secure” foundation for customer data in the cloud, leveraging generative AI solutions and large language models.
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Labour Tuesday unveiled a new life sciences sector plan that it said will create thousands of jobs and inject growth into research and development investment.The plan is designed to turbocharge pharmaceutical research and development in…
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Digital Health’s editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma looks back at the key trends and big stories over the past 12 monthsThe year has been one of sharp contrasts for digital health. Across the NHS the pressures…
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With a background in nursing and managing cancer services, Elaine O’Brien understands how hospitals operate. In her current role, she helps clinicians use data to help people be as healthy as possible. By Claire…
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The Labour Party has proposed an extra £171m per year for a Fit for the Future Fund, which will equip the NHS with state-of-the-art equipment and technology in a bid to cut waiting lists….
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Labour is committed to digital and pinning hopes of NHS renewal on AI. But the shadow Health Secretary should understand there are no easy wins in digital transformation. By Digital Health editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma…
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