14 May 2019

Reviewing the complexities of the VPN market

Virtual private networks offer the promise of security and privacy, and so are naturally attracting increasing levels of interest. A
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How can we make interoperability happen?
25 April 2019

How can we make interoperability happen?

It's a question which has plagued the NHS for many a year: how can we make interoperability happen? For Peter
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Skype and teleconsultation are not synonymous
16 April 2019

How can we make teleconsultation work for the NHS?

The argument that the NHS should use more video calling technologies is frequently made. But there needs to be an
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21 March 2019

The need for an open approach to the technology-enabled care revolution

"The Technology Enabled Care Revolution: The Way Forward for Integrated Health and Social Care" offers a review of the potential
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Patient communication
19 March 2019

The future is now when it comes to digital communication with patients

Text messaging transformed the way many of us communicate, and the next generation of such communication promises to do the
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Should CIOs and CCIOs be on every board?
14 March 2019

Do we need to get digital leaders on every board?

If digital leadership is truly to flourish in the NHS, do CIOs and CCIOs need to be on boards? In
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11 March 2019

AI: Injecting Intelligence into Healthcare

Accenture's six-country survey among 180 C-level health executives says adoption of AI is measured, but real. The survey assessed beliefs
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Pager ban controversy
5 March 2019

What Matt Hancock got right – and wrong – about the pager purge

No one could disagree with Matt Hancock's contention that the pager is an outdated pieces of technology. But Joost Bruggeman
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7 February 2019

EPR savvy: equipping the clinicians of the future with digital skills

The EPR is an increasingly important part of healthcare delivery. Yet it is rare for student clinicians to learn how
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We need to make EPRs more usable
28 January 2019

Vendors can do more to make EPRs work for clinicians

The frequently-made promise about electronic patient record systems is that they will cut the amount of time that clinicians spend
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