Strategy

Keeping a closer eye on the NHS’s 10-year plan

The British National Health Service (NHS) is halfway into its 10-year Long Term Plan to ensure it has a service ‘fit for the future.’ This comprehensive strategy encompasses funding, staffing and establishing how best to implement care for an...

NHS partnership challenges in medical entrepreneurship 

We hear from Professor Tara Rampal, Consultant Anaesthetist, and Managing Director and Founder of QuestPrehab, a virtual prehabilitation service that prepares patients, mentally and physically, for major surgery or cancer treatment. Rampal tells us their...

2024 healthcare predictions  

As we kick off 2024, Wayne Miller, Director, EMEA Healthcare Practice, Zebra Technologies, tells us the biggest healthcare predictions for the year ahead.  1. The progression of the retail-isation of healthcare    When it comes to the...

NHS staff call for ‘long overdue’ investment in HealthTech 

According to new research from BT, NHS staff have joined a chorus of voices calling for the rapid rollout of digital technology to tackle growing wait times for diagnosis and treatment, as concerns mount around existing targets to reduce hospital waiting...

What technology will make the PM’s ‘Smoke-free’ generation possible and what technology may prevent the objective? 

In October 2023, UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced the new legislation to create a smoke-free generation.  The legislation will make it an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. In effect, the law will stop...

M42 announces new clinical LLM to transform the future of AI in healthcare 

M42, a global tech-enabled healthcare network, has unveiled an advancement in healthcare technology with the launch of Med42, a new open-access Clinical Large Language Model (LLM). The 70 billion parameter, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model is...

What ethical considerations and guidelines should digital consulting professionals adhere to when implementing new healthcare technologies? 

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare technologies, digital consulting professionals play a pivotal role in guiding medical institutions towards successful integration. However, this task is not without its ethical complexities. This month’s...

New science-backed health score launched to support employee wellbeing 

The Health and Wellbeing Quotient, (HAWQ) has launched a personalised corporate wellbeing offering, proven to boost employee wellbeing, the HAWQ Score. When scores are shared 1-2-1 and group workshops on topics such as sleep, nutrition and personalised...

Johnson & Johnson re-brands to unite its MedTech and pharma segments 

Johnson & Johnson, with its focus on healthcare innovation and tackling the toughest health challenges, is updating its brand and uniting both its MedTech and pharmaceutical segments under the Johnson & Johnson brand name to demonstrate its...

AmerisourceBergen becomes Cencora 

Cencora has announced the completion of its name and stock ticker change from AmerisourceBergen Corporation, marking the latest stage of the company’s evolution as a leader in global pharmaceutical services.   Under the new name Cencora, the...

Bringing more speed and accuracy to computer-aided dispatch software 

Mark43, the leading cloud-native public safety technology company has partnered with RapidSOS. This provides 911 call centres using Mark43 CAD with access to RapidSOS enhanced location information, that will improve the speed and accuracy of first...

From DNA sequencing to disease discovery: the impact of flash technology  

The advancement of fast and reliable flash technology, allows hospitals and medical facilities to now make sense of vast amounts of data, understand patients’ medical needs and deliver more tailored healthcare. Omar Akar, Regional Vice President,...