Transforming NHS procurement: How good data holds the key to integrated care

  • February 22, 2024
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Integrated care is about providing seamless services across a spectrum of healthcare providers. For me, good quality data lies at the crux of truly integrated care. Data is critical for achieving the best possible procurement negotiations and supplier competition outcomes. We can only enhance the NHS’s procurement processes at a system level by capturing accurate […]

British tech firm gets green light on fibroids patent

  • February 22, 2024
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British technology start-up Ablatus has received a new UK patent for its enhanced ablation technology. The move represents hope for up to 12 million UK women affected by uterine fibroids, offering a new minimally invasive treatment option with global potential. The uterine fibroids device market is projected to reach $15.6 billion (£12.3 billion) in 2032. […]

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Insider threat tops the list of mid-market cyber security concerns according to Node4’s new independent research – Digital Health Technology News

  • February 22, 2024
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Launching today, Node4’s Mid-Market IT Priorities Report 2024 reveals the top ten mid-market cyber security threats for the next 12 months, as set out by the sector’s IT decision-makers. Top of the list is insider threat, followed by AI-related threats, ransomware, deep fakes and malware. The second half includes DoS attacks, supply chain attacks, phishing, zero-day attacks and scams/fraud.  Commenting on the findings, Paul Bryce, Managing Director at Node4, notes: “The high level of concern […]

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Abortion Shield Laws: A New War Between the States

  • February 22, 2024
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Behind an unmarked door in a boxy brick building outside Boston, a quiet rebellion is taking place. Here, in a 7-by-12-foot room, abortion is being made available to thousands of women in states where it is illegal. The patients do not have to travel here to terminate their pregnancies, and they do not have to […]

Health Technologies

Generative AI used to create translatable paediatric care videos for LMIC hospitals

  • February 22, 2024
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A team of US researchers has turned to generative AI to tackle problems plaguing child medical care delivery in resource-poor countries that increase risk for poor outcomes and mortality. The clinicians developed a series of 45 multilingual videos, each ranging from three to eight minutes long, designed to educate providers around the world on paediatric […]