Tackling no-shows is a key part of better utilising NHS capacity. HBI speaks to Tom Whicher, founder of NHS-facing technology platform DrDoctor to find out how it can be done.
As the world faces a mental health crisis, a panel at HBI 2023 discussed the impact telehealth and digital therapeutics have on the sector. But with growing demand and a lack of capacity, to what extent can a crisis of global proportions be tackled?
When election seasons roll around, reforming social care is often allegedly at the top of party agendas, yet care systems across Europe remain chronically underfunded and under stress. In an HBI 2023 panel entitled ‘The homecare technology revolution’, three business founders shared how technology and their business models are disrupting the home care sector.
AI and big data are primed to improve clinical outcomes and standards for radiologists as well as the health care sector as a whole, but how far along the journey to automated care delivery are we? In an HBI 2023 panel discussion ‘AI and Big Data: Outcomes and Automation,’ panellists explored how automation could speed up diagnosis to treatment from 2 weeks to 15 minutes.
In the future health care will be much more consumer-centric, personalised and outpatient-heavy. Speakers on a panel at HBI 2023 entitled ‘The shape of things to come’ explained how digitisation, data and new types of medtech are already beginning to move things in this direction.
There is a unique opportunity in the primary care sector to build a more efficient, effective and prevention-oriented health care system. Panellists at HBI 2023’s ‘The evolution in primary care panel’, explained that many of the tools needed to do so already exist.
Oncology has come a long way in just a few decades to the point where cancer care is increasingly understood as a chronic condition, but more capacity is still needed. At HBI 2023, oncology panelists debated where the best opportunities for growth in the sector lie. Here were some of the takeaways:
Between resource shortages and growing waiting lists, efficient operations are hard to maintain. In HBI 2023’s panel discussion, “Seeking efficiency: how tech is impacting operations”, a panel explored how tech is an invaluable investment in the future of care.
Telehealth company Babylon will be merged with digital neurotherapy company MindMaze and taken private by its creditors. HBI catches up with two digital health experts to discuss what happened to Babylon and what the sorry saga means for the market.
Building massive data platforms is a great way for university hospitals to take advantage of all their research – but how can they get the best value from them? The panellists on the “Building massive data platforms” session at HBI 2023 shared their thoughts.
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