Category Archives: Telehealth

What can be done to help rocket boost MedTech into everyday healthcare?

Posted on February 5, 2016 by 2020healthGuest

Guest Blog by Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at Candesic, Health & Social Care Consultancy  Despite MedTech being central to the future of healthcare, digital implementation often struggles to get into the top 3 priorities of stakeholders who have to contend … Continue reading →

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The Dynamic Shift: People want to access MedTech at home

Posted on February 4, 2016 by 2020healthGuest

Guest Blog by Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at Candesic, Health & Social Care Consultancy  One of the most important paradigms in healthcare is the fundamental shift in the doctor-patient axis. The old fashioned paternalistic doctor-patient relationship, where the doctor held … Continue reading →

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2016: The Year for UK Medical Technology (MedTech)

Posted on February 3, 2016 by 2020healthGuest

Guest Blog by Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at Candesic, Health & Social Care Consultancy  Technology is everywhere. Your mobile phone is probably close at hand ready to break down the physical barriers of bricks and mortar. Technology rapidly advances in … Continue reading →

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Health Tech and You: Helping to reach a tipping point

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Julia Manning

By Matt James, Senior Researcher at 2020health In our previous blog we were looking at the value of the personalised health agenda. But having vision and developing policy based on that vision is one thing. Identifying the ‘how to’ steps to … Continue reading →

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Health Tech and You: Leading in the personalisation of health care

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Julia Manning

By Matt James, Senior Researcher at 2020health The weather might have not have been particularly spring like but the Design Museum certainly lit up the waterfront beside the Thames in a vivid display promoting the Health Tech and You Awards … Continue reading →

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NHS 111. Again. Is it THE problem? And how much is it costing?

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Julia Manning

Two things to me seem obvious. No doctor likes NHS 111. Secondly if you open another gate to the NHS, more people will go through it! It’s worth remembering that NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct which had one medically trained person … Continue reading →

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Monday round-up: Obesity, free choice, technology and brains

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Julia Manning

Dr Sarah Wollaston MP has begun the morning tweeting about obesity apropos her conversation with Dr Hilary Cass, President of the Royal Society of Paediactrics and Child Health on Politics Home. We agree with both of them – stricter planning … Continue reading →

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We mustn’t repeat the mistakes of the past: simply focus on electronic Personal Health Records

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Julia Manning

Comment Release time: 00.01hrs Weds 16th 2013 JEREMY HUNT CHALLENGES NHS TO GO PAPERLESS BY 2018 Responding to the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that he wants the NHS to be paperless by 2018, Julia Manning, CEO of … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year Predictions

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Julia Manning

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a … Continue reading →

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‘Fat tax’ and telehealth for the overweight?

Posted on August 26, 2011 by 2020health Guest Blogger

WHO figures show that more people die worldwide from being overweight or obese than from being underweight. Over 2.8 million adults die worldwide each year from being overweight or obese. In addition obesity is responsible for many of the worlds fastest … Continue reading →

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