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
April 2017
In recent times, there’s been growing concerns about a potential shortage of digital skills across the entire country. It’s no secret that digital technologies have become one of the UK’s major industries, contributing almost £120 billion a year to the economy and employing in excess […]
March 2017
The government is pushing hard to move public services online and they have made several pledges on behalf of the NHS and the Department for Work and Pension (DWP). Their latest policy paper, Government Digital Transformation Strategy, details how they will transform all citizen-facing services, […]
March 2017
Improving the relationship between citizens and the state is at the heart of both the UK Government’s Transformation Strategy as well as the Digital Strategy, which sets out a framework for how digital technology will provide us with more choice and control over the way […]
March 2017
Public sector delivery is different: the delivery chain often involves alliances of public sector, commercial organisations and increasingly the third sector. The core partners are usually pre-determined for example specific health trusts and councils need to work together to deliver social care within a geographical […]
February 2017
The EU has supported and prioritised top-quality scientific research and innovation for a long time. Several years ago, we decided to fund and promote ambitious and long-term research into uncharted areas that stretch the boundaries of science and technology. This is the origin of the […]
February 2017
Last week I went to one of the regular Research Salon discussion events organised by the Digital Leaders group. The session was on the Digital High Street and Smart Cities and kindly sponsored by Teeside University who work on smart place projects across Europe. Speakers were from Teeside University and […]
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