Data Privacy + Security

Mar 13, 20213 min read

Technology will only transform medicine if we get privacy right

The cost of global healthcare is unsustainable. As people live longer they have more chronic diseases, their knees hurt, their cataracts...

Apr 7, 20206 min read

Will we see an Apple EHR or PHR in 2020?

I believe Apple has a 2 year vision to make the iPhone a 'One-Stop Shop' for medical information, records and data ... so expect an Apple...

Mar 29, 20206 min read

7 ways Google Glass is revolutionising healthcare

Almost all of the technology incorporated into Google Glass, (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cameras, voice activation etc.) is already available on...

Mar 29, 20205 min read

How will Oculus Rift affect our Health?

Since Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR in March, many of us have been wondering what the future holds for the world of virtual...

Jan 17, 20203 min read

Project Nightingale : Google's four pillars for their secret patient data partnership

Introduction to Project Nightingale Project Nightingale is a data sharing project financed by Google and Ascension, a Catholic health...

Dec 15, 20199 min read

Proteus : What's gone wrong at the Billion Dollar Digital Health and Smart Pill Startup?

Proteus Digital Health’s CEO once confidently proclaimed that in a couple of decades, “every medicine will have a chip in it.” At a time...

Nov 10, 20194 min read

Doctors and nurses raise the alarm on WhatsApp being used to transmit patient medical information

Facebook's WhatsApp has been growing in user numbers to become one of the globally dominant and most widely used messaging apps. And as...

Sep 7, 20194 min read

The Future Of Health Care AI Includes Panomics

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be attributed back to the days of the earliest algorithms. One could argue that AI dates as far back as...

Aug 13, 20192 min read

Robotic process automation: The way to bring about healthcare efficiencies?

Reducing costs but not taking time away between a doctor and patient is one of the key aspects to RPA according to Leivo, as she examines...

Jul 21, 20194 min read

Will Alexa upend the NHS?

You may have seen in the news last week Amazon and the NHS have partnered to improve access to health information through Alexa, Amazon's...

Jul 16, 20194 min read

Siilo founder : Burnout is a serious issue in Healthcare and Technology plays a leading role

As revealed by the British Medical Association’s (BMA) recent report into the wellbeing of health and care professionals, being a doctor...

Jul 10, 20192 min read

NHS announces 'world-first' partnership with Amazon enabling patients to ask Alexa to help d

The NHS is collaborating with Amazon to provide reliable health information from the NHS website through voice-assisted technology The...

Jul 9, 20194 min read

Why France's 2019 Health Bill will be key in harnessing health data for research

The access and use of personal health data for research purposes is increasingly receiving press attention. Undeniably, there are renewed...

Jul 3, 20197 min read

When is Software a medical device?

When is software a medical device? The MDR sets out clear rules on this, which are broadly similar to the previous position but provide...

May 23, 20192 min read

Amazon is developing a new wearable device powered by Alexa to recognise human emotions

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has yet to officially enter the wearables market, which is expected to see global unit volumes approach 200...