UK HealthTech Ready To Take The Digital Challenge With Focused Actions

 
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Digital tools and maximizing the data derived from them will influence the delivery of health care in ways and to extents yet unknown. Andrew Davies, market access director for UK industry group ABHI, explains the industry's planning around this, and calls for a rethink on innovation market access structures, which are still failing to meet industry's needs.

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Not every story on UK heath care planning needs to start with Brexit, although the Brexit white paper-induced cabinet reshuffle this week well might just play out well for those urging faster integration of digital concepts in the NHS.Matt Hancock, former minister of state for digital and culture, has been elevated to health and social care secretary to fill the post vacated by Jeremy Hunt. (Also see "Latest UK Political Shenanigans: What Medtech Needs To Know" - Medtech Insight, 10 July, 2018.) Could this 40-year-old's hands-on approach to digital policy (Hancock was reputedly the first MP to have his own smartphone app – although not without issues) turn into an unexpected "Brexit dividend" for the UK health-care provider?

The UK healthtech industry would applaud that notion. Digital will have a significant impact on how health services are delivered,...

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