Automation can assist medical practitioners but it won’t replace them
Natalie Quinn-Walker, from Arden University, explores how automation can assist medical practitioners but why it will never replace the human doctor.
Feature
Industry Spotlight: Erkan Akyuz, chief executive at Lyniate
In our next Industry Spotlight, Maja Dragovic speaks to Erkan Akyuz, chief executive at Lyniate, about the company’s mission to advance interoperability in healthcare.
Interoperability
What Good Looks Like should ‘build on’ government’s data strategy
Healthcare IT suppliers have welcomed NHSX’s ‘What Good Looks Like’ guidance but said it could have “gone further” to set out expectations around data.
News
Do we really need to wait for the government’s data proposals?
Marc Farr, chief analytical officer at East Kent Hospitals University NHS FT explores why we must be brave when it comes to data.
Feature
New head of Telstra Health UK won’t ‘just push paper around’
David Sharp, head of Telstra Health UK, said he does not “just want to push the paper around” when it comes to population health management.
AI and Analytics
NHS Digital gives patients easier access to who uses their data
The Data Uses Register, which makes it easier for patients to see which organisations access data, has been launched by NHS Digital.
News
Digital Health Unplugged: A chat with Liz O’Riordan
Host Andrea Downey chats one-on-one with Liz O’Riordan, breast cancer survivor and patient advocate about using technology to empower patients.
News
Transgender charity Mermaids fined £25k for data protection breach
The transgender charity has been fined £25,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to keep the personal data of its users secure.
Cyber Security
Digital Health Unplugged: Does data save lives?
The latest episode of Digital Health Unplugged is now live – this time we take a look at the governments draft data strategy.
News
‘Empowered patients here to stay’ – Liz O’Riordan on the patient journey
“Despite training all my life to become a breast surgeon I knew nothing of what it was like to be a patient,” Liz O’Riordan told Digital Health News.
Digital Patient 2