Business & Industry
Digital Health 2020
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A global approach to data solves the mystery of rare diseases
A rare disease is not rare at a global scale. We must follow the lead of patients and collaborate globally to uncover more answers—our lives and livelihood depend on it. As a child living with a rare disease, I accepted an uncomfortable reality: my doctor had never seen someone with my disease before and could...
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Bringing clinicians to the patient at the touch of a button
Next-generation video conferencing and clinical imaging technology has transformed stroke care in NHS East of England. When a suspected stroke patient is admitted to A&E, a portable, wireless-enabled “digital stroke cart” is rolled to their beside, with everything required for an immediate, full virtual consultation with a remote stroke specialist. Supported by immediate access to...
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How do we get patients to buy into digital technologies?
COVID-19 has put digital health technologies in the spotlight like never before, but what is critical to ensuring the benefits are realised, long-term, is a robust public dialogue on the subject of trust. To be trusted, technology needs to be effective and must be seen as a solution to a problem. COVID-19 has, I would...
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What are the digital health gains that have been made as a result of COVD-19
In the battle against COVID-19, digital technologies have proved their worth, providing the virtual foundations for the next generation of healthcare delivery. In fact, Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, recently said: “The pandemic has been as close as you can get to fighting a war without actually fighting a war.” The way that all parties came...
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How AI is offering hope to millions with rare diseases
Artificial intelligence could revolutionise treatments for rare diseases and offer hope where there once was none – now, with the help of human insight and expertise, this is becoming a reality. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new model of drug development that could help the millions of people living with a rare disease get the...