Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Telehealth The director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay writes about significant acceleration of digital transformation across the UK. A key issue has been, and will continue be, how well staff are able to adapt to the new ways of working that are required as a result.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

You may have read this depressing article this morning in the Wall Street Journal about the number of people stuck in hospitals with no place to go because there are no nursing homes to take them – which is the status in the UK’s the National Health System (NHS). That was an embarrassment in the UK – and this is a scandal in the US.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

Today though, demand is outstripping supply and healthcare staff are turning to WhatsApp to fulfil their requirements. It is widely acknowledged that WhatsApp is being used across the majority of NHS hospitals. Large numbers of staff are sending patient related clinical information using smartphone messaging modalities.

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