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Nearly 1 in 5 NHS A&E patients treated in corridors or waiting rooms

A new University of Bristol study finds nearly 1 in 5 NHS emergency department patients are treated in corridors or waiting rooms, highlighting severe overcrowding and mounting pressure.

Virtual care is the new strategy for healthcare innovation in the NHS

Professor Sultan Mahmud, Director of Healthcare at BT explores the latest virtual care NHS strategy, which BT is helping to deliver safely with the adoption of virtual wards.

NHS expands virtual wards to provide home hospital care for children

The NHS expands virtual wards enabling hospital-level care at home for thousands of children, announces Chief executive Amanda Pritchard.

Why AI in hospitals is crucial for safety

Chris Bishop, Sales Director APAC & Marketing Director at Ipsotek, discusses why AI in hospitals is so important for our safety, security and surveillance.

How Enterprise Architecture accelerates digital transformation in healthcare

Enterprise Architecture could help provide a boost to the healthcare sector, enabling and accelerating the tech transformation. But how do we implement it?

Digital transformation to help GPs & hospitals cut patient waiting times

Marie Loizides, Associate Director of Performance Analytics at Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, explains how the digital transformation of MSK referrals helped GPs & hospitals work smarter to cut patient waiting times.

The cavalry isn’t coming: health and social care reform will come from within

In order to deliver true health and social care reform, we need to remove silos and develop an at-home care strategy.

Addressing the mental health crisis amongst emergency response workers

Fast-paced environments, demanding schedules, and high-stakes decision-making all contribute to the stressful environment emergency response workers endure daily.

Redesigning medical alarms to improve public health

Researchers at McMaster University and Vanderbilt University explain how could changing the tune of hospital medical alarms could improve public health.

At-home emergency ‘virtual wards’ could reduce NHS waiting times

The government are drafting an ‘Urgent and Emergency Care Plan’ to combat the long NHS waiting times and its impact on patients – with the use of technology.

What are the benefits of custom EHR over the standard?

In over a decade, electronic health records (EHR) solutions have become an indispensable tool for the healthcare industry players.

Reforming the UK’s health and care system through design

The UK’s health and care system is long overdue reform, as needs have shifted and technology has advanced since the NHS was founded in 1948.

Elderly care and digital health in Scotland

The priorities of Scottish Government Health Secretary Humza Yousaf MSP, especially elderly care and digital health, are underlined here by Open Access Government.

Avoiding the heat decarbonisation performance gap

Chris Davis, VP Marketing at Hysopt, explains how NHS Trusts and other public sector organisations can avoid additional risks and costs of heat decarbonisation across their estates.

Decarbonising the NHS hospital estate – Towards net zero

Richard Spencer, Construction and Operation & Maintenance Director at E.ON, details decarbonising your hospital estate in the road towards net zero.

Climate-smart healthcare: Resilience against climate health threats

Mireia Figueras Alsius, Climate Officer at Health Care Without Harm Europe, directs our thoughts towards climate-smart healthcare, including comments on extreme weather events.

Tackling the backlog to take pressure off frontline NHS services

Technology could reduce waiting times for secondary care to help relieve the pressure on the frontline NHS services this winter.

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