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
February 2017
Back in December, the government confirmed plans to allow English local authorities to raise council tax bills by an extra 6% over the next two years to pay for social care. The proposals, announced by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, give councils the power to add […]
January 2017
The challenges of social care is in the news almost daily at present. Reducing budgets, an ageing population and an NHS free at the point of delivery that is struggling to integrate with the means tested local authority funded services. But what can technology and a […]
January 2017
The digital transformation of UK plc and the public sector will empower us to live better, healthier, smarter lives. But whose insights and experiences are informing digital strategy? A pre-Internet generation that values the opportunity, but to whom digital is still widely a foreign language? […]
January 2017
In September, it will be twenty years since the people of Wales voted, by a small majority, to have their own National Assembly. It’s the only political institution the people of Wales have voted to have. Since it came into being in 1999, the Assembly […]
January 2017
Out with the old What is government for if not to represent and serve the people? For a government to be effective, therefore, the citizen must be at the heart of all its decisions. Too often, governments engage in projects to create services they believe […]
December 2016
Today is Local Charities Day and a time for rooftop shouting about their energy, commitment, expertise and the benefits they bring to their communities. These groups are also usually described as small – but only in terms of income rather than impact and reach. To […]
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