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NHS England Abolished: Lessons from Past Restructurings and Future Impact
The news of the year for UK healthcare in March 2025 was the announcement of the abolishment of NHS England. Many people welcome the move, expecting the healthcare system in the UK to become more efficient. If we look at the history, NHS is under constant restructuring - in the past, for digitalization efforts, two entities were established - NHS X and NHS Digital, and were later merger into NHS England. A few years ago 200+ commissioning groups were restructured into 42 integrated care systems.
In this discussion Liam Cahill, Founder of Together Digital, Digital Advisor to Organisations and Healthtech Advisor talks about the impact of the latest restructuring and expected impact.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB3XXtxvfag&t=19s
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How does Cleveland Clinic London invest in AI and healthcare IT?
6% of the hospital budget, EPIC and 100 healthcare IT systems.
That's the description of the infrastructure in the Cleveland clinic London.
CIO Raihaan Mughal likes to emphasize CEOs are concerned about three things:
1️⃣ Increasing revenue
2️⃣ Reducing cost
3️⃣ Mitigating risk
When investing, Cleveland clinic is mindful of Return on investment, return on employee.
When it comes to AI, CIO Raihaan Mughal says: "Take your time, be skeptical about vendor promises." Cleveland Clinic in the US is running a pilot comparing 5 ambient solutions before they sign a long-term contract.
Tune in to the full discussion with Raihaan, recorded at the Digital Health Excellence Forum by Smart Bridges GmbH in Berlin.
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HIMSS Global 2025: AI is everywhere
In early March HIMSS Global (https://www.himssconference.com/), the currently biggest global gathering about healthcare IT took place Las Vegas. A few tens of thousands of people visit HIMSS Global every year, it can take 20 minutes to get from one session to another in another building, therefor preparation and planning are key.
This year, the key topic seemed to be how are companies embedding AI in their solutions. Hospital leaders talked about cybersecurity, and political uncertainty impacting the future of digital health development. I asked a few participants at HIMSS Global, who are also speaking at HIMSS Europe in Paris in June 2025, about their reflections on the content at HIMSS.
You will hear from:
Guido Gunti, Chief Digital Officer at St. James Hospital, Ireland
Mathew Little, Chief Nurse Information Officer (CNIO) & Associate Chief Nurse, Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Trust, UK
Rasu Shrestha, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation & Commercialization Officer at Advocate Health, USA,
Henrique Martins, Associate Professor in Health Management & Leadership, Portugal,
Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of openEHR International
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NextMed Health 2025: Agentic AI in healthcare and beyond
This short episode will address some of the trends shaping the future of healthcare:
agentic AI,
Longevity efforts,
Uncertain policy in light of the current US government.
You will hear from Daniel Kraft - founder of NextMed Health - a unique interdisciplinary community dedicated to catalyzing and accelerating the arrival of a new, human-centric, technology-enabled health age.
NextMed Health is a very special event, focused on updates in biotech, policy, convergence of technology and expectations of the future. Daniel shared his views on:
the expectation that the current US government will not regulate AI and how will this impact healthtech,
what will be covered around longevity and health span at NextMed ,
Innovations in the brain-mind-body connection and more.
Expect updates on the conference at:
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Decoding Cancer: AI, Biomarkers & Precision Medicine
When it comes to cancer, prevalence is increasing and there is still a lot we don't understand about the factors and causes of cancers.
Many studies have clearly demonstrated the benefits of biomarker testing for cancer therapy. However, broadly speaking, roughly 30% of cancer patients are eligible for targeted therapies based on their tumor profile. And even when the biomarket is present, roughly 30% of the eligible patients respond to these treatments.
We have a lot more to uncover.
In the discussion you are about to hear, I spoke with Luka Ausec - an expert in the field of biology and computational science. He works as the Chief discovery officer at Genialis, RNA biomarker company which develops and validates clinically actionable biomarkers informed by the world’s most ethnographically diverse cancer data sets to better predict patient responses and guide treatment decisions for targeted inhibitors, immunotherapies, and other emerging therapeutic classes.
Luka oversees internal R&D and external partner projects, with the common goal of advancing therapeutic discovery through the rigorous application of data science. Luka’s expertise in biology and computational disciplines makes him uniquely adept at innovating solutions at this nexus. He believes a successful discovery process is built on clear lines of communication and unwavering scientific integrity. In addition, Luka directs the implementation of Genialis’ products.
We discussed the current state of cancer research, role of computational science in drug discovery, clinical decision support development and response predictions development in the field of cancer.
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