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Posted: 15 december 2021

£150m for digital as part of social care plan

The UK Government has released a new white paper on social care, which sets out plans for the next ten years, including new investment of £150 million for digital. The document – ‘People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform’ – sets out aims and goals, as well as outlining the government’s 10-year vision.

How Tada Medical AB’s award winning clinical innovation is giving valuable time back to nurses, improving safety and preventing the pain of accidental dislodgement of IV lines

By Teresa Murray, freelance writer for healthech and writer for the Giant Health Conference Over the last few decades, popular culture around innovation has shaped the idea of the lone, but brilliant innovator/disruptor figure (usually a man), equipped with a…

How edupression® - a scalable digital therapeutics solution is going to have a huge impact on global depression

By Teresa Murray, Freelance writer In Healthtech and writer for Giant Health Conference Four years ago, on a pleasant Autumn afternoon, Daniel Amann, Co-Founder of Edupression®, had what would turn out to be his last drink with his friend. Later…

How To Empower Today’s Healthcare Consumer

This pandemic-induced transformation has fundamentally changed how consumers interact with their health. The influx of digital health solutions has positively impacted consumers and increased options to obtain care on one’s own terms. For example, nearly 88% of Americans want to continue using telehealth beyond Covid-19, 75% of consumers view digital as important for their care and four of every five consumers favor remote patient monitoring. This drastic shift in consumer sentiment advanced in less than two years.

Leveraging Platform Thinking & Strategies to scale and thrive

By Teresa Murray, freelance writer for Healthtech & Giant Health Conference Team Writer Pilar Fernandez Hermida of I-Expand started her early career as a translator and interpreter. She has an impressive academic background that includes Stanford, and a consolidated international…

How Covid-19 Accelerated Digital Adoption In The Healthcare Industry

There’s no denying that Covid-19 has changed our world forever, most notably the healthcare sector. Early on in 2020, healthcare providers and facilities had to make a multitude of changes to their processes and spaces to adjust to the influx of Covid patients. A bulk of these changes have involved going digital and adopting automation processes wherever possible. This was a bold yet necessary move, considering the medical field has been historically late to the game when it comes to digitization.

How Daryl Woodhouse is battling the Shame of the 40-hour week

By Teresa Murray, freelance writer for Healthtech & Giant Health Conference Team Writer Daryl Woodhouse’s meteoric professional trajectory is probably not all that different to many of other senior executives or CEOS. Fast-tracked onto the executive development track early on his…

How Exponential Technologies Are Shaping The Future Of Healthcare

“You and AI” by Rajeev Ronanki is released with ForbesBooks This release is posted on behalf of ForbesBooks (operated by Advantage Media Group under license).

How innovation in Digital Therapeutics and Solutions will help save peoples’ sight

Stephane Wolf, Novartis Global Head Digital Health Solutions, Ophthalmology on: How innovation in Digital Therapeutics and Solutions will help save peoples’ sight By Teresa Murray, freelance writer for Healthtech & Giant Health Conference Team Writer Imagine for a moment an elderly…

Digital Therapeutics: Reflections on going beyond the pill and the limitations of current practices

At this year’s Giant Health conference, there is a focus on digital solutions that go beyond the pill with several sessions discussing Digital Therapeutics and virtual solutions as well as innovator pitching sessions and of course our exhibitors. The Covid 19 crisis forced healthcare regulators and clinical practitioners to adopt a different modus operandi to cope. In companies, employers were forced to yield on pre-pandemic resistances to staff working from home. Locked down, socially distanced humans were forced to interact with each other, and with organisations, in different ways. Different digital and telecom solutions resolved problems and facilitated human ability to function despite it all.

Digital Therapeutics Partnerships with Pharmaceutical Companies Panel Discussion Giant Health 30th November, 2021

On the morning of Day 1 of the Giant Health Conference following the key note address, the main stage action kicks off with a very relevant and timely panel discussion. Our expert panel will look at the deployment of Digital…

#EdisonAccelerator #DemoDay by Wayra will take place on the 'Pitch for the future stage' at #GIANT2021

 The #EdisonAccelerator #DemoDay will take place on the 'Pitch for the future stage' at the GIANT Health Event #GIANT2021. 6 incredible startups & scaleups will be pitching their game-changing #healthtech solutions that create genuine impact in helping to improve the bottom line and providing patient care. Find…

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