Missed appointments, long wait times, and all manner of other logistical and financial issues have become more common in our healthcare landscape. AI-driven HealthTech has the ability to improve our patient outcomes, drive efficiency and deliver unprecedented medical breakthroughs. With smartphone cameras being used as heart rate monitors, and contact lenses measuring blood sugar levels we are moving into an era when we can all collect healthcare data about ourselves. There is massive potential for AI healthcare technologies to create stable long-term population health outcomes. We are at a transformational moment for dealing with our Health. It is crucial leaders in the sector gain the skills and capabilities necessary to understand HealthTech and build new technologies, and this important work is not left solely to digital teams.
Dr Sanna Rimpilainen, Dr Ann Wales & Mrs Jennifer thomas
Sam Bassett, Cassius
Dr Margaret whoriskey MBE, and Chris Wright Digital Health & care Scotland
August 2024
In an era where efficiency and accuracy are paramount, the digitisation of healthcare processes is no longer a luxury but a necessity. One critical process ripe for transformation is the Continuing Healthcare (CHC) process. By digitising this process, Integrated Care Systems (ICS) can unlock significant […]
June 2024
Our clients tell us how they often find themselves inundated with vast amounts of information. When faced with a myriad of meetings, presentations, and reports, it is challenging to find the thinking space to reflect on what it all really means. As user researchers, we […]
June 2024
UK Biobank is the world’s most comprehensive source of health data used for research. It houses a vast, continuously growing dataset of biological, health, and lifestyle information. From 2006–2010, UK Biobank recruited 500,000 UK citizens between the ages of 40 and 69 to supply biological samples […]
April 2024
There were 122 million NHS appointments booked in 2022. Of those, around 6.4% (7.8 million) were missed. For context, that equates to more missed appointments every month than the entire population of Bristol, UK (650,000). It also costs the NHS over £200m annually. According to […]
April 2024
The rise of people affected by chronic health conditions in the UK has become an unavoidable problem, one that is only increasing with lack of resource within the NHS. But with an understanding that a person’s overall health is linked to a range of factors, […]
December 2023
It’s been a decade since Jeremy Hunt, as Health Secretary at the time, set an ambitious goal of a ‘paperless NHS’ by 2018. Initial plans included paperless referrals, electronic health and care records to improve day-to-day services and help meet the challenges of an ageing […]
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