Release the pharmacists
Better application of technology could take the administrative burden away from hospital pharmacists, leaving them free to concentrate on patient care.
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Better application of technology could take the administrative burden away from hospital pharmacists, leaving them free to concentrate on patient care.
New developments in speech recognition technology could make it a useful tool for clinicians, says Marcel Wassink of Philips.
Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go wrong.
Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use biometric scanning, wonders Michael Casey?
After a week of headlines about implementation costs for the NHS IT modernisation programme E-Health Insider takes a rain check on understanding of this key

Investing in digitally-powered prevention could change the outlook for children and young people’s mental health,
We must make neighbourhood care the default model of health and care delivery, writes Laura
Legacy systems pose increasing risks due inadequate clinical safety assurance, write Kimberley Dawson, Ben Jeeves

Current safety standards can’t keep up with AI, writes Yvette Khozam, ePMA lead pharmacist at
The NHS holds vast stores of data it cannot use or sell. Synthesised data is