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
November 2019
The advancement of AI and machine learning in providing better healthcare is already on the rise across the UK. Increasingly clinicians are conscious that machine or automation-based healthcare enable a host of benefits due to the many innovative projects that are underway. The NHS’ long-term […]
October 2019
I’ll never forget where I was when I witnessed the WannaCry ransomware attack unfold in front of my own eyes. It was in 2017 and I was chatting to my boss in his office at Library House Surgery in Chorley when we both noticed his […]
October 2019
Hack the North 4.0 is back! Looking ahead to Hack the North 4.0 taking place 21 – 22 November, I wanted to reflect back on what I enjoyed about Hack the North 3.0 and why you should sign up! The first time I went, I knew […]
October 2019
In an ideal world, all workforces would be happy and inclusive. However, the 2019 Mental Health at Work report from Mercer Marsh Benefits and Business in the Community reveals that “minority stress” is rampant across the UK. The same report found that 62% of managers admit to […]
October 2019
How do we give the public secure access to their healthcare data and NHS services? Fingerprints, biometrics, retinal scanning, voice recognition and facial mapping – likeness, liveness, authentication and verification. Gaining access to your personal stuff, whether it be your cash, shopping app of choice or […]
October 2019
In partnership with Good Things Foundation, we have been researching, developing and testing new ways to support the most excluded in society to access and use digital health services and tools as part of the Widening Digital Participation Programme. Our goal over the past couple of years was […]
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