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Apr 2, 20208 min read

WhatsApp, Messaging Apps and the future of Digital Health in the UK

Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK. Looking forward 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, secure communication...

Mar 28, 20205 min read

Should NHS Doctors charge for patient appointments?

Faced with an ageing population and increased demand from diabetic and asthmatic patients, many GPs fear the current NHS system is...

Nov 24, 20181 min read

Tech Talks : The Digital Health Series

Podcasts with Lloyd Price - Zesty, Juliet Bauer - NHS England, Ali Parsa - Babylon, Keith McNeil - NHS. 1) Keith McNeil - Interview...

Jan 23, 20183 min read

GDPR : the opportunity for Digital Transformation in the NHS

There is no doubt that digital transformation within the NHS is a significant undertaking. While technology has already revolutionised...

Jan 14, 20186 min read

DeepMind and the NHS: What it's really like to use Google's kidney health app?

The Royal Free was one of Google's first healthcare partners. Two years on, how is the product of their partnership working out? Back in...

Dec 26, 20175 min read

AI has no place in the NHS if patient privacy isn’t assured

DeepMind is working on a technical solution to boost transparency when it comes to AI in healthcare – but it's a long road to machines...

Dec 16, 20174 min read

The long road to Digital Transformation in healthcare

The NHS is powered by a £117.2-billion budget and more than one million staff, who deal with one million patients every 36 hours and a...

Dec 11, 20174 min read

When will healthcare ‘get digital’? Is guerrilla warfare the answer?

The hit-and-run tactics of guerrilla warfare may seem a strange analogy to use in healthcare but, to those in the know, when it comes to...

Dec 3, 201711 min read

Can startups save the NHS?

Several tech founders are trying to break into the NHS. How will their smartphone-powered ideas get on in an institution sceptical of...

Dec 2, 20173 min read

The firms on a mission to drag the slumbering NHS into a Digital age

Squeezed budgets, political opposition and complex bureaucracy have made it difficult to bring the NHS into the digital age. But the life...

Nov 28, 20177 min read

Alphabet's Deepmind Is Trying to Transform Health Care — But Should an AI Company Have Your Heal

Deepmind, the digital brain foundry owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet, wants to use artificial intelligence to solve… well,...

Oct 5, 20172 min read

Zesty appoints former NHS Digital CEO Andy Williams

October 5th 2017: Zesty has appointed Andy Williams as a Board Advisor. Andy was CEO of NHS Digital, formerly HSCIC from January 2014...

Sep 29, 20172 min read

UK Digital Healthcare Council sets out its agenda

The UK Digital Healthcare Council met for the first time today at the Royal Society of Medicine, Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne St,...

Sep 19, 20173 min read

The Growing Role of Telehealth in the NHS

As the pressures on the UK’s National Health Service continue to mount and appointment waiting times worsen, it’s no surprise that in...