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WhatsApp, Messaging Apps and the future of Digital Health in the UK

Lloyd Price

Apr 2, 2020
8 min

WhatsApp, Messaging Apps and the future of Digital Health in the UK

Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK. Looking forward 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, secure communication...

Should NHS Doctors charge for patient appointments?

Lloyd Price

Mar 28, 2020
5 min

Should NHS Doctors charge for patient appointments?

Faced with an ageing population and increased demand from diabetic and asthmatic patients, many GPs fear the current NHS system is...

Lloyd Price

Nov 24, 2018
1 min

Tech Talks : The Digital Health Series

Podcasts with Lloyd Price - Zesty, Juliet Bauer - NHS England, Ali Parsa - Babylon, Keith McNeil - NHS. 1) Keith McNeil - Interview...

GDPR : the opportunity for Digital Transformation in the NHS

Ben Rossi

Jan 23, 2018
3 min

GDPR : the opportunity for Digital Transformation in the NHS

There is no doubt that digital transformation within the NHS is a significant undertaking. While technology has already revolutionised...

DeepMind and the NHS: What it's really like to use Google's kidney health app?

Jo Best

Jan 14, 2018
6 min

DeepMind and the NHS: What it's really like to use Google's kidney health app?

The Royal Free was one of Google's first healthcare partners. Two years on, how is the product of their partnership working out? Back in...

AI has no place in the NHS if patient privacy isn’t assured

Wired

Dec 26, 2017
5 min

AI has no place in the NHS if patient privacy isn’t assured

DeepMind is working on a technical solution to boost transparency when it comes to AI in healthcare – but it's a long road to machines...

The long road to Digital Transformation in healthcare

Danny Buckland

Dec 16, 2017
4 min

The long road to Digital Transformation in healthcare

The NHS is powered by a £117.2-billion budget and more than one million staff, who deal with one million patients every 36 hours and a...

When will healthcare ‘get digital’? Is guerrilla warfare the answer?

Jenny Thomas

Dec 11, 2017
4 min

When will healthcare ‘get digital’? Is guerrilla warfare the answer?

The hit-and-run tactics of guerrilla warfare may seem a strange analogy to use in healthcare but, to those in the know, when it comes to...

Courier Paper

Dec 3, 2017
11 min

Can startups save the NHS?

Several tech founders are trying to break into the NHS. How will their smartphone-powered ideas get on in an institution sceptical of...

The firms on a mission to drag the slumbering NHS into a Digital age

Jack Torrance

Dec 2, 2017
3 min

The firms on a mission to drag the slumbering NHS into a Digital age

Squeezed budgets, political opposition and complex bureaucracy have made it difficult to bring the NHS into the digital age. But the life...

Alphabet's Deepmind Is Trying to Transform Health Care — But Should an AI Company Have Your Heal

Jeremy Khan

Nov 28, 2017
7 min

Alphabet's Deepmind Is Trying to Transform Health Care — But Should an AI Company Have Your Heal

Deepmind, the digital brain foundry owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet, wants to use artificial intelligence to solve… well,...

Zesty appoints former NHS Digital CEO Andy Williams

Lloyd Price

Oct 5, 2017
2 min

Zesty appoints former NHS Digital CEO Andy Williams

October 5th 2017: Zesty has appointed Andy Williams as a Board Advisor. Andy was CEO of NHS Digital, formerly HSCIC from January 2014...

UK Digital Healthcare Council sets out its agenda

Lloyd Price

Sep 29, 2017
2 min

UK Digital Healthcare Council sets out its agenda

The UK Digital Healthcare Council met for the first time today at the Royal Society of Medicine, Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne St,...

The Growing Role of Telehealth in the NHS

Lee Dentith

Sep 19, 2017
3 min

The Growing Role of Telehealth in the NHS

As the pressures on the UK’s National Health Service continue to mount and appointment waiting times worsen, it’s no surprise that in...

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FDA's Medical Device Cyber Security Overhaul Will Have A Real Impact

Hive Health deliver 'Cyber Security in the NHS' lectures to UCL Global Business School for Health

Holly Health selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator 2023

getUbetter wins the HSJ Partnership Awards 2023: HealthTech Partnership of the Year

Doc Abode selected for Amazon Web Services Healthcare Accelerator: Global Cohort for Workforce

'imPatients': the new battleground in 2023

getUbetter 'Digital MSK Self Care Platform' goes mainstream across NHS

Are we doing enough to protect our NHS, its staff and patients from future cybersecurity breaches?

Mozilla investigation into Mental Health apps reveals disturbing lack of user security and privacy

Four steps to robust clinical cybersecurity

Evolving NHS Cyber Security ICS Landscape

Frenemies: what is big tech getting wrong in healthcare?

The challenges of Cyber Security in health care: the UK National Health Service as a case study

Bio Eats World: Building Digital Health’s Github

GripAble: providing accessible and engaging rehab technology

Cybercriminals could cause “irreversible damage” to the UK healthcare sector

The rise of digital physical therapy - 3 companies to watch

NHS Digital delays launch of patient data service

My Therapy Assistant: Virtual mental health in our post-pandemic world

Women In Mental Health: Founders Discuss How They Are Shaping The Industry

Asaya and medical cannabis care in the era of personalised medicine

Wavepaths: merging science, psychotherapy and technology

What’s Spurring the Rise of Brazil’s HealthTechs?

Google Care Studio: the power of search for medicine

Microsoft Competes With Google, Amazon In Healthcare

CoMind and the future of Non-Invasive Neural Interfaces

Hapbee Wearable Tech, Cold Therapy and the Health Benefits of the Wim Hof Method

Ultra WideBand impulse radar (UWB): The future of Remote Monitoring in Healthcare and Social Care

What's the purpose of a medical advisory board in digital health startups?

Fully Homomorphic Encryption: the next big thing for Healthcare data

InteropEHRate: enable patients to be in full control of the use of their health data

The Digital Pill: What Everyone Should Know about the Future of Our Healthcare System

Challenges of being a disruptor in healthcare and the prospects of embracing the inevitable progress

Can digital innovation reduce healthcare inequalities?

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