Could digital therapeutics be the next frontier in mental health?
With the ever-increasing prominence of digital technologies in healthcare, digital therapeutics (DTx) present a novel treatment avenue across disease areas, which could support and improve existing care strategies. In this article, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Limited examines the mental health care space where DTx are already having an impact.
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The vital role of NHS 111 and emergency department planning in healthcare: Beyond EDDI decommissioning
In healthcare, efficient and accessible services are indispensable pillars in ensuring the wellbeing of a nation’s population. Among these, the NHS 111 helpline is a crucial resource for individuals seeking medical advice and assistance.
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How to ensure data from monitoring devices is ‘meaningful’
Too often, data collected from wearables and monitoring devices adds to the burden on healthcare professionals. Help in the form of a new information standard is on the way, writes Charlie McCay
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I’m beginning to worry about AI
CCIO Martin Farrier used to believe AI would “enhance” us. Lately, he’s been having some serious doubts.
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Roundtable: How can APIs drive effectiveness and interoperability in the NHS?
Application programming interfaces (APIs) have a hugely important role to play in the sharing of healthcare data. However, too often they fail to gain traction and users end up disillusioned. An in-person roundtable, held at Digital Health’s Rewired show in Birmingham last month, discussed how the NHS can get more from APIs and ensure they promote interoperability. By Thelma Agnew
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EU regulation: AI Act will mean a raft of new requirements for ‘high-risk’ systems
The new EU AI Act will have global reach – and a huge impact on the medtech and life sciences sector. By Sharon Lamb and colleagues from international law firm McDermott Will & Emery
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How hospitals can use their wi-fi and bedside infrastructure to turbocharge innovation
Matt O’Donovan, the chief executive of SPARK TSL, argues that trusts and health boards need to put their wi-fi and bedside units to work. And the company’s acquisition of Sentean Group and its Fusion Bedside platform gives them a new and unique digital transformation platform to drive quantifiable improvements in efficiency and patient engagement.
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Virtual wards: We are in danger of being eclipsed by our European neighbours
There is huge scope to extend the reach and impact of virtual wards and remote monitoring. But the NHS must act now to make the best use of key developments, writes Tara Donnelly in the second of a two-part series.
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To realise their potential all virtual wards must be tech enabled
In the first of a two-part series on virtual wards, Tara Donnelly examines evidence of “excellent” progress and explains why there is much more to do on tech enablement
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