1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (493+ words) Medicine has spent years documenting gender bias among physicians. Pay gaps, patient trust, career penalties tied to motherhood – all of it has been measured, published and argued over in journals for a decade or more. Dentistry never got the same…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (745+ words) Here, Stablepharma chief executive Özgür Tuncer talks to Healthcare Today about vaccine wastage, why fridge-free vaccines are a game changer and how the technology will help health equity. Let’s start with the obvious question: how big is the vaccine-wastage problem…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (847+ words) Healthcare AI is learning to do more than record what a patient says or measure what their body does. Systems can analyse voice, gaze, movement, response time and physiological signals, then infer distress, fatigue, pain, confusion, declining attention or cognitive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (839+ words) Healthcare Today Ameera Patel, chief executive of TidalSense, writes that while cancer research gets £419 million a year, all of respiratory disease gets only £16 million. Respiratory disease has long been neglected by governments around the world. Conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (747+ words) Healthcare workers have never had access to more technology. Prescribing platforms, scheduling tools, patient records and internal messaging are all designed to make everyday tasks easier. But when healthcare employees spend more time switching between systems than using them, it…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (901+ words) The sector has the clinical capacity to respond. But growth on that scale puts pressure on everything around the consultation: finding the right clinician, booking an appointment, sharing records, receiving prescriptions and settling invoices without unnecessary friction. Each one of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (207+ words) Doctors are increasingly using technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to reduce their administrative burdens, improve efficiency and create more time for their patients, according to a report published by the General Medical Council (GMC). Pressures remain, however. More than four…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (559+ words) Healthcare Today William Ban, co-founder and chief operating officer of HiMedi, explains what the NHS could learn from a checkup centre in Seoul. The first time I walked into a Seoul health checkup centre, I expected something like an annual…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (819+ words) Healthcare simulation has traditionally taught professionals how to recognise deterioration, intervene quickly and save a life. Those skills are essential. But they do not reflect every situation a healthcare professional will encounter. In paediatric palliative care, the right outcome is…...