Technology is key to unlock healthcare cost savings

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PROGNOSIS As the UK population ages and more people live with illness, provision of healthcare must adapt to meet the new challenge, writes Lilian Anekwe The way that healthcare is provided and how people expect it to be delivered has changed.... Read more

Ensuring better connections suit patients’ needs

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CONNECTED HEALTH A model for healthcare delivery that leverages technology can maximise resources, and better engage clinicians and patients, as Corinne Swainger reports Although healthcare systems around the world are diverse, a growing number are turning to telehealth, telecare and... Read more

Taking control can help you stay fit and healthy

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SELF-MANAGEMENT Evidence suggests that supporting patients to self-manage their health can benefit quality of life and the use of resources, writes Paul Dinsdale As we get older, taking care of our health becomes more important. Today a range of health... Read more

Shape of technical things to come

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INNOVATIONS Healthcare innovation can not only improve patients’ wellbeing and prolong life, it can also offer efficiency cost savings in an economic environment where cuts seem inevitable, as Dave Howell discovers   Electronic medical records Tested in various forms over... Read more

‘Walmart meets Mother Teresa’ to manage costs and big data

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HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Stephen Armstrong investigates the application of information technology in healthcare against the need for NHS cost savings Discussing the future of healthcare often means looking at the past. You could argue, for instance, that modern healthcare began... Read more

Looking at eHealth from a pan-European perspective

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EUROPE Paul Timmers, a director in the European Commission’s department responsible for managing the digital agenda, backs an open market for innovative eHealth and wellbeing products and services Europe’s healthcare domain is facing an uncertain future. While our healthcare systems... Read more