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Revolutionary cancer testing service expands to India
CanCertain announces the adoption of their services to cancer patients in India. A cancer diagnosis can be a time of great fear and uncertainty. Suddenly, cancer patients’ lives are flipped upside down, and what to do next can be a daunting and worrying prospect. ...
Care providers to be given expanded access to GP records in the UK
Authorised care professionals in England will be able to access key parts of their patients GP Records. Despite the vast size and strength of the NHS which we have witnessed over the course of the pandemic, there are always improvements to be made. Services and care...
Mobile maternity transport service set to expand across Tanzania as new $10m investment launches
The mobile ‘m-mama’ service that provides emergency transport for pregnant and postpartum women will now be scaled up to cover more than 50 per cent of the national population across 15 regions. Starting from 2022, the expanded m-mama programme in Tanzania is expected...
COVID pandemic hits women’s mental health hardest, new research shows
New research shows the impact the pandemic has had on Britons’ mental, financial, and social wellbeing. The COVID pandemic has hit women’s mental health harder than men, according to independent research on behalf of Circle Health Group, the UK’s largest private...
More than seven million Europeans estimated to have skin cancer, despite ‘majority of cases’ being preventable
Dermatologists say with education ‘number can be closer to zero’. With the world now starting to reopen, and people finally being able to venture abroad without fear of being stranded or extensive travel restrictions, it is important to recognise the dangers of...
Taking the path to savings with indoor wayfinding
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London has found that digital wayfinding has improved both the patient and visitor experience, says Joe Fernandes, founder and CEO, BuzzStreets Wayfinding is the communication of information that helps people navigate from one part...
Sharing health data with ease
SNOMED’s standardised terminology allows for greater interoperability by achieving a single global language for health, says SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete. At the end of 2021, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency took a firm step towards increasing...
Collaboration and opportunity in the Emirates
The UAE is the ideal location for launching into global markets says Mazin Gadir, healthcare adviser and digital health expert. Thanks to the impetus of the global pandemic, healthcare innovation is on a fast trajectory. The recent Arab Health exhibition in Dubai...
Internationalising primary healthcare
Sarah Cartledge discusses the importance of primary healthcare with Jyoti Mehan, CEO Health Care First Partnership. The UK’s National Health Service or NHS has often been a conundrum for international healthcare providers. They admire the concept of free healthcare at...
Stemming the tide of infection
Josie Winter, Clinical Operations Director at Advanced Clinical Solutions, discusses the importance of compliance in patient safety. Regardless of the recent pandemic, it has never been clearer that worldwide changes in terms of international healthcare standards...
Streamlining patient referrals
Queensland Health is implementing a revolutionary referral system to support GPs with the most accurate, up-to-date provider information for streamlined referral management. Patient referrals are always a tricky issue to manage, even in the most developed health...
Accessing teenage mental health support on demand
MeeToo enables young people with mental health issues to help themselves and help others, co-founder Suzi Godson tells Healthcare World Editor Sarah Cartledge. Since the start of the pandemic, mental health issues have become increasingly talked about. Recently there...
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