Telehealth

Scotland’s ageing population reliant on innovation 

Dr Robert Rea, Head of Innovation at InnoScot Health, explores the urgent need for innovative healthcare solutions in addressing frailty care, offering insights into how technology and collaboration can enhance the quality of life for Scotland’s ageing...

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...

The key challenges preventing innovation in digital health 

The complications of a digitalised healthcare system are growing ever more complex. Overcoming challenges such as data privacy, payment models, trust, ease of use and interoperability remains essential to realise the full potential of digital health...

Out of your system: digitally transforming outpatient care in 2023 

In the midst of England’s healthcare digital transformation, outpatient care takes centre stage with the government’s 2023 mandate. With significant investment and a focus on improving outpatient productivity, the introduction of new...

Changing the face of outpatient care

Sukhmeet Panesar, Chief Health Officer, and Rahul Pasumarthy Executive Engagement Director – Healthcare and Life Science at Monstarlab, talk to us about how outpatient care is rapidly changing with the latest available technology. The traditional...

Algonquin College and Queensway Carleton Hospital partner for hands-on EHR training

Algonquin College and Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) are teaming up to provide students with valuable hands-on experience to prepare them for working with a real electronic health record (EHR). As part of the College’s digital health programmes, they are usin...

Validic integrates with Smart Meter cellular-enabled connected health devices 

Validic, a market-leading digital health and personalised care company, has expanded its healthcare IoT platform with the integration of Smart Meter. This integration brings exclusive cellular-enabled, patient-friendly monitoring devices supplied by Smart Meter, ...

Why unlocked patient data could hold the key to tackling disease on a global scale 

From drug discovery to diagnostics, population-level patient data has a powerful role to play in overcoming the biggest health challenges of our generation. Dr Petros Kotsidis, Chief Data Officer at  FITFILE, explores how properly-managed health data could be use...

IDC finds almost 75% of APAC healthcare providers to increase spending on patient-centric apps

A report from IDC, Patient of One: Redefining Patient-Centric Care, found that almost 75% of healthcare providers in Asia Pacific will increase spending on customer engagement apps to better cater to the shift of care delivery from in-person to care ...

watchOS 9 delivers new ways to be active and healthy 

Apple has previewed watchOS 9, which brings new features and enhanced experiences to one of the world’s leading wearable operating systems.   Apple Watch users will now have more watch faces to choose from, with richer complications that provide more informa...

Building a ‘hospital without walls’ 

At the start of 2020, leaders at GOSH closely monitored the breakout of COVID-19. They correctly anticipated the oncoming pandemic and successfully deployed Zoom’s capabilities in eight days to fight the unknown. Dr. Shankar Sridharan, Consultant Paediatric C...

Is telehealth here to stay?  

Telehealth presents a unique opportunity for the healthcare industry – the potential is huge, yet it’s still not being fully utilised. Here, Somesh Chandra, Chief Health Officer – Europe & Latin America and Business Head – Digital Health, AXA Group, explore...