Nurses who are considering a career working in adult prisons can now experience what their roles might be like thanks to a new immersive Virtual Reality app.  The app provides an overview of working in a prison healthcare setting, including the...

As the social value of high-performance computing (HPC) is becoming increasingly obvious, Lenovo has revealed four ways that HPC and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are playing an important role in the public health domain, the administration of healthcare and...

InterSystems IRIS for Health accelerates PainChek’s global expansion into the hospital sector and capacity to integrate with electronic medical record systems, including InterSystems TrakCare and future FHIR-based home care systems. Philip Daffas, CEO...

Hexarad is a healthcare start-up that has developed workflow management software for NHS radiology departments. Here, Dr. Farzana Rahman BSc, MBBS, MSc, FRCR, CEO of Hexarad, talks to us about the diagnostic delays within radiology and how technology and...

Pfizer’s employees worked tirelessly through COVID-19 to produce a vaccine. The company wanted to recognise its employees’ efforts and so partnered with Workhuman to implement a global employee rewards and recognition programme to ensure their...

BMO and Headspace, a global leader in mindfulness and meditation, has announced a new partnership to help BMO employees and their families build healthy habits into their everyday routines.  Headspace offers a range of tools for managing stress,...

Fujitsu and Sapporo Medical University have announced the launch of a project starting in April 2023 to realise data portability for patients’ healthcare data including electronic health records (EHRs) and personal health records (PHRs). As part of...

Mohamed Ezz Eldin, Head of Innovative Medicines at Novartis Gulf, Gulf Countries, reflects on 2022’s impact on healthcare and predictions for the new year. What will we remember about 2022? Two years after the greatest healthcare crisis of our...

Whether your teams are fully remote, hybrid or back in the office, January can be a difficult month for feeling motivated and connected to work, especially with the cold, the Christmas comedown and the financial squeeze that often follows December. For...

Datar Cancer Genetics (DCG) has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for its ‘TriNetra-Glio’, a blood test to help in the diagnosis of brain tumours.  This is the third test...

Rockdoc’s Cold and Flu Rescue Kit is the first integrated solution on the Canadian market that allows users to screen for common respiratory illnesses – Strep A, Influenza A and B and COVID-19 – from anywhere and get immediate results and...

Joyce Oh has joined Moffitt Cancer Centre as the new Vice President and CIO.  In her role, she will be responsible for leading Moffitt’s IT teams and contributing to the organisation’s Digital Transformation efforts. Bringing more...