How to unlock the potential of patient portals
9 October 2024
Digital portals promise huge benefits for patients and providers – but using them is unnecessarily complicated, writes the PRSB’s Oliver Lake
Opinion
Contrast between tech for personal use and IT we face at work is extreme
3 October 2024
Are NHS staff becoming disengaged because they are tired of struggling with slow, clunky IT? Consultant paediatrician Martin Farrier turns on his computer and waits
Why the NHS needs a transparency revolution after Darzi
2 October 2024
Openness around quality and outcomes on a scale like never before is needed to understand and solve problems, prevent harm and complexity, focus resources effectively,
Why Wes Streeting’s shift from ‘analogue to digital’ isn’t the answer
30 September 2024
With the Labour Party Conference hosted in Liverpool just a week after the publication of Lord Darzi review, it’s no surprise that there was a
We need ‘a report like Darzi’s’ on NHS IT
24 September 2024
The ‘honesty and speed’ of Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the state of the NHS is impressive – and the IT community must respond to
Helen Balsdon: ‘Technology providers need a mindset shift’
5 February 2025
National chief nursing information officer Helen Balsdon tells Digital Health News why technology providers need
Translating the AI Opportunities Action Plan into patient benefits
29 January 2025
To release the full benefits of AI for patients, the government must focus on building
Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’
22 January 2025
Helen Thomas, chief executive of Digital Health and Care Wales, discusses the six-year digital strategy
Why technology is key to cutting elective waiting lists
15 January 2025
Technology is key to the government’s plans to cut elective waiting lists, writes Vin Diwakar,
Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’
2 January 2025
As a practicing psychiatrist, Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian, is acutely aware of the
