Business & Industry
Digital Health Q3 2021
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Remote monitoring can boost care for patients during pandemic
Digital healthcare solutions are enabling an increasing number of patients to monitor their conditions from home and send their readings and data direct to their physician. Remote patient monitoring is helping streamline healthcare delivery as the NHS continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of devices to monitor heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory...
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An explosion in tech is helping improve diabetes outcomes
Those living with diabetes are benefitting from an acceleration in digital technology. But more work is needed to ensure everyone can get access to life-changing technology. “In just five years, things have changed dramatically,” says Dr Emma Wilmot, Founder of Diabetes Technology Network UK (DTN-UK) and Consultant Diabetologist at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. Back...
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Remote testing could help us stay healthier for longer
COVID-19 has proven the need for remote testing, now we must secure the benefits. Throughout the pandemic, necessity has accelerated a shift towards remote models of care, offering us a vision of how healthcare is delivered in the future. Behaviourally, the change has been dramatic. COVID-19 has led many, across generations, to use technology in...
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How pharma and healthcare decision makers can supercharge growth with analytics
With increasing healthcare challenges, particularly at a time of a global pandemic, the need to make better use of data has never been more important. Decision makers in healthcare are facing unprecedented demands to respond to a fast changing landscape. Against this backdrop, embedded analytics – which can swiftly integrate data into existing workflows to...
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A new strategy will show how data is helping save lives
At each stage of the pandemic, our understanding of the virus and how to respond to it was driven by data. Now we must continue to use data better to continue to save lives. The whole response to the pandemic has been data-driven. It was data that helped identify those most vulnerable to COVID-19 so we could...
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Help at hand coming for chronic conditions
Mental health issues can prove an extra challenge for people living with long-term and chronic conditions. People living with long-term chronic conditions often face the additional burden of the impact on their mental health. But while digital solutions can offer support via remote monitoring for cardiovascular disease, diabetes or lung conditions, technological support for mental...
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We need to unlock the power of data for healthy ageing
If we leverage the power of data, we can create precision care services that meet the diverse needs of the elderly while reducing the burden on caregivers. When it comes to managing dementia patients’ data, the traditional “notice and consent” model doesn’t work. Data governance is key to improving elderly care management. The number of...
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Digital healthcare – reality and benefits
During the pandemic, there was talk English general practice would become a digital-first service. But, so far, few patients have experienced digital healthcare; the opinions of those who have are mixed on its value. The promise of digital technology in healthcare has been talked about for years but from a patient perspective there’s been little...
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Why diversity must be at the heart of AI
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the health arena creates potentially unbounded opportunities to improve patient experience and health outcomes. Since the turn of the century, AI has gone from a futuristic possibility to a modern-day reality. The technology is being used across industries to replicate – and even outdo – complex human analysis...
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The potential of healthtech: how it is transforming health and social care
The future of healthtech is wide-ranging in its potential to transform health and social care. However, obstacles remain in place. In the reading of the Health and Care White Paper, Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, said that we must look to “embrace the full potential of data and technology.” In techUK’s Ten...