Human Centred Design in Digital Health & Tech
Digital health and technology is big business. In 2017, the global digital health and tech market is valued at $135.9 billion USD1, of which…
Blogs
Clinician of the Month: Sunil K Bhudia
DigitalHealth.London caught up with Mr Sunil K Bhudia, to find out how he’s using virtual reality to help reduce the incidence of post-operative delirium.
Clinician of the Month – Sara Nelson, Lead Nurse for Digital, GSTT
Our Clinician of the Month for November is Sara Nelson. As Lead Nurse for Digital at Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Sara brings an interesting dimension to the need for cultural change when it comes to digital transformation in the NHS. A lot of Sara’s work centres on ‘bridging the gap’ between the different agencies required to deploy a successful digital project in a large NHS trust, ensuring that clinical teams, technical teams, patients, senior management and operational staff speak (at least enough of) the same language to be able to understand one another throughout the lifecycle of a development project.
‘Ask Me Anything’: the potential to revolutionise how people access information and gain knowledge on their own health conditions
Living with cancer can be overwhelming, confusing and lonely. But what if there was an online place to ask questions, to speak with cutting-edge…
What happens when you only have 45 minutes to network with key decision makers attending Guy’s and St Thomas’ Business Planning event
Dee Dinneen is a Project Coordinator for the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme. In her first blog Dee reflects on an important engagement piece she helped to…
The Innovation and Technology Tariff: an opportunity missed?
Have we truly capitalised on one of the most promising opportunities to have hit the NHS this year? wonders Yinka Makinde, DigitalHealth.London Programme Director.
Dr. Gurpreet Singh sees a bright future for healthcare following the “Meet the Expert” CCG panel session
I think there is a very bright future and that we have the ability to solve some very real healthcare problems, following our recent…
How one pharmacist used digital to transform communication with patients
Tomorrow’s Patient blog: Pharmacist Murtada Alsaif describes how his frustration at being unable to communicate with his patients, led to him co-developing a software that translates the pharmacy dispensing label.
Tomorrow’s Patient: not just another buzzword
Yinka Makinde, programme director of DigitalHealth.London discusses why we should step back from buzzwords such as ‘big data’ and ‘health informatics’ and start to simply reflect on the potential of technology for ‘Tomorrow’s Patient’.
A valuable encounter with Gary McAllister, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Chief Technical Officer
On Friday 7 October the NHS Navigators (Hannah, James, Olivia, and myself) met the CTO of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Gary…
Digital health resources: the trust paradox
Why do so many consumers utilise health apps and services, yet convey limited trust in these online resources? Decision Architects’ Will Simpson and Adrien Guillod discuss the digital health trust paradox.
Clinician of the Month: Dr Keith Grimes
Dr Keith Grimes speaks to DigitalHealth.London about how his interest in VR has led to a project working with the Royal Brompton, his keenness for disruptive technologies, and how he’d love to embed a hacking group inside a GP practice!
Accelerator SME Helicon Health’s CEO Tony Bowden on the official launch event
Here Tony Bowden, CEO of Helicon Health, shares his thoughts on the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator official launch event. The Accelerator launch was split into two…
Navigator Hannah reflects on the official launch of the Accelerator programme
Hannah Harniess is a Navigator for the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme. Here she writes about her exciting new role and the challenges ahead.
Health Apps, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Importance of information
If you can think of an ailment, concern or any aspect of your health and wellbeing which you wish to improve upon, you can…
Atrial Fibrillation Workshops spark change in North West London
AF Innovation workshops spark change in NW London as well as highlighting barriers… Last month saw the culmination of months of preparation and hard…
Clinician of the Month: Dr Junaid Bajwa
Dr Junaid Bajwa is a GP, Clinical Associate on the NHSE New Models of Care Programme, and Executive Director of Healthcare Services for MSD…
Innovator of the Month: Joanna Smith – Chief Information Officer at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS FT
This month’s DigitalHealth.London Innovator of the Month is Joanna Smith, Chief Information Officer at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. Since assuming the…
Accelerating digital transformation in London
Earlier this year, 150 leaders from across health and social care, research, government and industry came together to launch DigitalHealth.London; a virtual institute that…
Could Pokémon Go revolutionise a whole generation’s health?
Jorge Armanet, CEO of HealthUnlocked, considers the impact of new app craze Pokémon Go on health and wellbeing.
DigitalHealth.London Insider
DH.L Insider The Week – 11th July – 15th July As well as SME’s and clinical entrepreneurs, DigitalHealth.London is well placed to support and…
DigitalHealth.London Insider – Searching for Unicorns
In other digital sectors such as transportation (e.g. Uber), business software (e.g. slack), cloud storage (e.g. Dropbox), mobile payments (e.g. Stripe), productivity (e.g. Evernote) and ticketing (e.g. Eventbrite), we have a concept known as ‘Unicorns’ – can we get to the same place with digital health?
Clinician of the Month: Dr Harpreet Sood
Harpreet Sood: Digital tech is a great enabler for the NHS – but cultural change is the real challenge. Dr Harpreet Sood, Senior Fellow…
DigitalHealth.London Insider
The Week – 20th – 24th June, What a week! At the time of writing this we’ve seen two exits from the ‘Euro’ in…
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