Roundtable: How can APIs drive effectiveness and interoperability in the NHS?
Application programming interfaces (APIs) have a hugely important role to play in the sharing of healthcare data. However, too often they fail to gain traction and users end up disillusioned. An in-person roundtable, held at Digital Health’s Rewired show in Birmingham last month, discussed how the NHS can get more from APIs and ensure they promote interoperability. By Thelma Agnew
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Driving healthcare innovation with both patients and the planet at heart
The NHS Long Term Plan seeks to mainstream digitally-enabled care across all areas of the NHS. Not only will this enable true transformation of healthcare, but it will also play a key role in the delivery of the wider net zero agenda.
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EU regulation: AI Act will mean a raft of new requirements for ‘high-risk’ systems
The new EU AI Act will have global reach – and a huge impact on the medtech and life sciences sector. By Sharon Lamb and colleagues from international law firm McDermott Will & Emery
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How hospitals can use their wi-fi and bedside infrastructure to turbocharge innovation
Matt O’Donovan, the chief executive of SPARK TSL, argues that trusts and health boards need to put their wi-fi and bedside units to work. And the company’s acquisition of Sentean Group and its Fusion Bedside platform gives them a new and unique digital transformation platform to drive quantifiable improvements in efficiency and patient engagement.
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Virtual wards: We are in danger of being eclipsed by our European neighbours
There is huge scope to extend the reach and impact of virtual wards and remote monitoring. But the NHS must act now to make the best use of key developments, writes Tara Donnelly in the second of a two-part series.
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To realise their potential all virtual wards must be tech enabled
In the first of a two-part series on virtual wards, Tara Donnelly examines evidence of “excellent” progress and explains why there is much more to do on tech enablement
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Should we admit our mistakes and start again?
At last month’s giant HIMSS in Orlando, you could ‘smell the money’. But it might be time to stop getting excited about the future of health tech and face up to some hard truths, writes Joe McDonald.
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Roundtable: How is data sharing developing in ICSs and between organisations – and what more needs to be done?
Shared care records are increasingly valued and developed but the obstacles in the way of further progress need to be addressed, agreed a recent Digital Health roundtable with Virgin Media O2 Business. By Claire Read
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Technology must enhance, not detract from, clinicians’ interactions with patients
The NHS needs to prioritise the delivery of agile, intuitive systems that enable clinicians to focus on patients, not technology, writes Epro’s Chandu Wickramarachchi
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EPRs must adapt to the changing healthcare landscape
As healthcare evolves, so too must the electronic patient records at its heart. This means addressing barriers to progress – including the concerns of users, writes InterSystems’ Mike Fuller.
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