Special Report: Virtual Care
25 March 2022
The coronavirus pandemic has changed many aspects of everyday life, including healthcare. In this Digital Health Special Report, Andrea Downey, explores what impact Covid-19 has
Opinion
Blockchain makes medical data more secure
23 March 2022
Jonas Lundqvist, CEO at Haidrun, looks at how a blockchain-powered digital healthcare ecosystem can increase the security and privacy of data.
Building Clinical Decision Support into the heart of the EPR
22 March 2022
The introduction of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) technology is a key part of the NHS’s digital transformation, helping to dramatically boost efficiency and improve the
Maternity digitisation is long overdue
17 March 2022
Ted Reynolds, a healthcare specialist at Restore Digital, explores the progress in making the maternity records of all expectant mothers electronic by 2024.
Exploring the rare diseases action plan
14 March 2022
In a piece for Digital Health, the minister for patient safety and primary care, Maria Caulfield, explores the recently announced rare diseases action plan.
Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’
28 May 2025
The push for a single patient record is ill-advised and doomed to failure, writes Joe
Time to rethink how we evaluate digital technologies in healthcare
21 May 2025
Traditional methods of evaluation are often too slow, rigid and costly for the fast-moving world
Grafton: ‘The 10 year plan needs to be ambitious – I don’t know if it will be’
14 May 2025
Hayley Grafton, CNIO at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, has high hopes for the NHS
Abolishing NHSE diverts attention from local staffing shortages
7 May 2025
Upheaval at the centre is a distraction which could worsen shortages of digital expertise on
We need to focus on value – and optimise our existing technology
30 April 2025
New technology can bring immediate efficiencies but after a few years “the picture changes”, writes
