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Health technology helps under pressure A&E departments

A&E departments across the UK are stretched, resulting in poor patient experiences and worse outcomes – but health technology could help streamline patient data.

Digital transformation to help GPs & hospitals cut patient waiting times

Marie Loizides, Associate Director of Performance Analytics at Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, explains how the digital transformation of MSK referrals helped GPs & hospitals work smarter to cut patient waiting times.

Emergency hospital admissions reduced by virtual wards

Virtual wards, a new NHS scheme to reduce patient waiting times and staff shortages, have already treated over 100,000 patients .

Intelligent triage: a vital step toward resolving the problem of capacity in NHS cancer services and cancer referrals

AI offers an opportunity to reimagine our approach to cancer diagnostics, leveraging data to build a more robust and efficient system for cancer referrals.

Using AI, analytics and machine learning to improve NHS wait times

The country is struggling with extended NHS wait times for treatments, but new artificial intelligence and analytic solutions could be used to help resolve the crisis.

Winter and beyond: the government needs basic technology to solve NHS challenges

Technology can help to address some of the biggest NHS challenges – as long as the latest government is able to harness it.

How AI is transforming the future of patient care

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare is being transformed through AI and technology, improving patient care in the NHS and beyond.

How virtual outpatient care can transform the NHS

Dr Bahman Nedjat-Shokouhi, founder and CEO of Medefer, discusses how virtual outpatient care is the future of the NHS and how we need to prioritise funding for digital technologies that can pave the way for elective recovery.

NHS dentist visits decrease by 9.5% across the UK

2021 to 2022 saw an almost 10% drop in NHS dentist visits across England, due to COVID-19 restrictions and a lack of patient access.

Improving the inclusivity of NHS technology for digital patients

To ensure that new NHS technology does not overlook older patients, a survey has taken patient’s comfort levels of using digital services Despite NHS technology...

Innovative automation supports laboratory testing workflow

Global clinical diagnostics company Novacyt introduce a new automated liquid handling system to meet growing demand for no manual pipetting in COVID-19 PCR testing.

The crisis of post-pandemic bed availability in the NHS

David Tyrrell, TeleTracking, explains why every minute matters when it comes to the bed availability crisis within the NHS.

A remote future for healthcare 

Clare Aris, senior consultant, Entec Si, explores how the health care sector can implement remote or hybrid working while maintaining high standards of care.

Tackling the clinical backlog consequences of COVID-19

Keith Davies and Prof Dr Harald Braun of i5 Health & Analytics explain tackling the clinical backlog consequences of COVID-19.

Data on patient access is key to helping the crisis in general practice

Paul Bensley, managing director, X-on, discusses why data on patient access is key to improving general practice as we move forward following the last year.

Implementing digital food menus in hospitals

Tom Wright, Head of Digital Engagement at NDL, discusses the various ways in which technology can improve the hospital food ordering system.

Reducing outpatient waiting list backlog through innovation

Adapting their existing digital framework, SymlConnect address the severe outpatient waiting list backlog created by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, to enable secure patient-clinician remote communication.

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