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Designing inclusive and trusted digital health services with people and communities

Designing inclusive and trusted digital health services with people and communities

The King's Fund
As healthcare becomes more digital, it's crucial to create solutions that address the diverse needs of patients and healthcare teams to reduce disparities and improve outcomes. The King’s Fund has hig …
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24 Executive Healthcare AI Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2025.

24 Executive Healthcare AI Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2025.

HIT Consultant
Healthcare leaders predict that AI will integrate further into clinical processes and patient care. From accelerating research to improving diagnostic accuracy and patient interactions, they predict t …
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Bridging the gap: a guide to making health inequalities a strategic priority for NHS leaders.

Bridging the gap: a guide to making health inequalities a strategic priority for NHS leaders.

Royal College of Physicians
Health outcomes are shaped by more than just access to healthcare; they are also shaped by social factors like housing, income, and education. Clinicians must be aware of these disparities, while NHS …
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Improving healthcare in the intelligent age requires cultural change and collaboration.

Improving healthcare in the intelligent age requires cultural change and collaboration.

World Economic Forum
Many experts believe to see real progress, the healthcare ecosystem must adopt a regenerative, circular healthcare model, where value and resources flow back into the system to support continued growt …
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Exploring the barriers to participant diversity in early-phase clinical trials.

Exploring the barriers to participant diversity in early-phase clinical trials.

Limited trial locations and resource constraints make recruitment of underserved groups difficult. Patient and public representatives emphasise the need for diverse research staff and better education …
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Do primary care quality improvement frameworks consider equity?

Do primary care quality improvement frameworks consider equity?

BMJ Open Quality
While Quality Improvement (QI) frameworks aim to enhance care, this study found that equity is rarely a direct focus. To prevent unintended gaps in care, this paper highlights that QI frameworks must …
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Balancing act: the complex role of artificial intelligence in addressing burnout

Balancing act: the complex role of artificial intelligence in addressing burnout

BMJ Health & Care Informatics
This paper explores the double-edged impact of AI in healthcare, offering relief from burnout while introducing new challenges. The key takeaway? AI should be a partner, not a replacement. Read more
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BMJ Group expands journal portfolio with five new titles

BMJ Group expands journal portfolio with five new titles

BMJ Group
BMJ Digital Health & AI provides an essential space for the latest technology-integrated healthcare. It is launched alongside the BMJ Future Health community, an in-person conference and comprehensive …
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Artificial intelligence and global health equity

Artificial intelligence and global health equity

The BMJ
A review of AI based clinical algorithms found that over 50% were trained on datasets from the US and China. What does this mean for their adoption in other countries? How do AI algorithms accentuate …
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Artificial intelligence after the bedside

Artificial intelligence after the bedside

BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Patient experience is a key indicator of healthcare quality and safety, reflected in performance frameworks like the Quadruple Aim. Improved patient experience is linked to positive safety outcomes ac …
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Effectiveness of chatbot-based interventions on mental well-being of the general population in Asia

Effectiveness of chatbot-based interventions on mental well-being of the general population in Asia

BMJ Health & Care Informatics
In Asia, stigma around psychiatric disorders and a shortage of manpower hinder access to treatment. Chatbots offer a solution to overcome these challenges. This systematic review will evaluate the eff …
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Spreading and scaling innovation and improvement: understanding why the differences matter

Spreading and scaling innovation and improvement: understanding why the differences matter

BMJ Innovations
In this paper, we make a distinction between spreading and scaling innovations and spreading and scaling good practices for improvement, as many healthcare change practitioners often feel there is a “ …
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Personalised care for diabetic kidney disease in older patients

Personalised care for diabetic kidney disease in older patients

BMJ Health & Care Informatics
A lack of personalised care often leads to suboptimal pharmacological treatment in older patients with diabetic kidney disease. An algorithm which integrates the latest evidence with personalised care …
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Innovation and environmental sustainability in healthcare

Innovation and environmental sustainability in healthcare

The BMJ
Digital innovation is often considered to have the added benefit of reducing environmental harms. And whilst it’s true that telemedicine, remote monitoring and technologies which enable earlier detect …
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Louise Thwaites and innovating with others

Louise Thwaites and innovating with others

BMJ Innovations
Back to the archives and our podcast episode with Louise Thwaites on innovating with others. Louise talks about the importance of building your networks, mentorship and how doctors and engineers can w …
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Generative artificial intelligence in primary care: an online survey of UK general practitioners

Generative artificial intelligence in primary care: an online survey of UK general practitioners

BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, interest in large language model (LLM)-powered chatbots has soared with increasing focus on the clinical potential of these tools. This new generation …
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The future of sustainable healthcare

The future of sustainable healthcare

The BMJ
Sustainable healthcare still exists within silos. Be part of the conversation by joining our workshop at BMJ Future Health on 19th November where we’ll explore how to scale sustainability projects and …
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Cybersecurity in healthcare

Cybersecurity in healthcare

PubMed
With increased use of digital health technologies comes increased risk of cybersecurity threats. How useful is the Essentials of Cybersecurity in Healthcare Organizations (ECHO) framework? This paper …
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Digital mental wellness platforms and their use

Digital mental wellness platforms and their use

BMJ Health & Care Informatics
With an increasing number of digital platforms offering resources and support for employee wellbeing in your organisation, the question arises as to whether these platforms truly meet the needs of emp …
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South Yorkshire Digital Health hub to tackle health inequalities

South Yorkshire Digital Health hub to tackle health inequalities

University of Sheffield
A baby in Rotherham is likely to have a life expectancy of five years less than a baby born in a wealthy borough of London.  The newly formed South Yorkshire Digital Hub aims to change that, a partner …
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