Breaking down the barriers of nursing behind closed doors
11 January 2022
Hayley Valentine, a former critical care nurse, explores the challenges ahead for nursing ever larger numbers of patients in their own rooms.
Opinion
Healthy populations – how smart data can build better lives
5 January 2022
Tracey Cotterill from Civica explores how machine learning can provide the data intelligence needed to deliver better healthcare.
Joe’s View: Merry X-mas, Mr Hancock
21 December 2021
In our last column of 2021, Joe McDonalds reflects on Christmases gone by and why Matt Hancock’s ‘Tech Vision’ cannot be forgotten.
Special Report: Interoperability
17 December 2021
With the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) vowing to help improve interoperability in healthcare, Jennifer Trueland investigates what impact this could have.
What can we do creatively with call volume in general practice?
14 December 2021
As demand for GP appointments soar, Paul Bensley explores what can be done to address the number of calls doctor’s surgeries are receiving every day.
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
