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Navigating digital transformation in healthcare

29 February 2024

Ahead of Rewired 2024, Beverley Bryant, CDIO at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital Foundation Trusts, shares insights in Computer Weekly from their

Rewired 2024: ‘This is a watershed moment for community pharmacists’

27 February 2024

A fundamental shift in the digital capabilities of community pharmacies is opening the door to a new era of record sharing and shared care, Rewired

Industry Spotlight: Paul Tambeau, CEO Induction Healthcare

26 February 2024

As NHS appointment no-shows continue to cost the NHS millions each year, Induction Healthcare’s Paul Tambeau bets on digital empowerment for a turnaround. By Owen

AI will revolutionise our ‘disorganised’ healthcare system, but only if it has reliable data

26 February 2024

Building AI tools into existing models is futile. It is time to go back to the drawing board, argues Orion Health’s Brad Porter.

How data can help make ‘care closer to home’ a reality

21 February 2024

Poor quality data is partly to blame for the failure to shift care out of hospitals and into the community. But simple steps can make

AI and data: Let’s get the basics right for patients and staff

14 February 2024

As AI systems become ‘pervasive’, the risks and opportunities increase. Digital leaders must put people

Restricting doctors use of WhatsApp is pointless

8 February 2024

Junior doctor Matt Farrier sometimes asks advice on medical matters from his consultant paediatrician father

Rewired 2024: longer term planning, prioritisation key to transformation

31 January 2024

Rewired 2024 provides a great opportunity to hear how NHS leaders are assessing both the

Make shared care records work for urgent and emergency care

31 January 2024

Expecting paramedics to wade through shared care records is unsafe and inefficient. In an emergency,

Rewired 2024: digital leaders bring ‘unique skills’ to services under intense pressure

24 January 2024

As staff and services feel the strain, digital leaders and teams are stepping up. Penny

Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

Better information sharing will improve diabetes care

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Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

NHS workforce: Standards for a digital staff passport will help the NHS simplify and improve recruitment

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Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

Make shared care records work for urgent and emergency care

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Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

How to ensure data from monitoring devices is ‘meaningful’

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Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

Underpin the vision for primary care-led services with better data

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Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

In these hard times we should accelerate digital transformation, not put it on hold

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Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

Login delays are the least of the legacy tech problems facing the NHS

Cyber Security

Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’

Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’

AI and Data