Lessons healthcare can learn from other industries and countries that employ biometrics to address patient matching —the ability to link records for the same individual held in different locations and a perennial problem in healthcare.

Deep Dive: How clinicians are integrating social factors, genomics and medical histories to treat patients.

The ubiquity of healthcare data collected by new internet connected and sensor-enabled health and medical devices (the Internet of Health Things) is a boon for providers and patients, but also increases cybersecurity attack vectors.

Health systems all over the world are addressing the needs of COVID-19 patients with chatbots, drive-through clinics and telemedicine.

(Sponsored) Learn how University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, a global digital exemplar in the UK, has prioritized patient-centricity with an open platform and integrated technology to achieve high levels of digital maturity.

In the first episode of The Alessi Agenda, Kevin Fenton, director of public health and wellbeing at Southwark, says new technologies can help healthcare build upon its existing infrastructure, but also evolve as patient needs change.

Embleema Chief Product Officer Nicolas Schmidt, speaking at startup accelerator MassChallenge's HealthTech Open Night, talks about how digital tools can put patients at the center of clinical trials and break down data silos.

(Sponsored) Find out how Cambridge University Hospitals are delivering safe, equitable and sustainable healthcare, while ensuring that the patient is placed at the center, in this tour of a leading EMRAM Stage 6 NHS trust in the UK.

(Sponsored) Speech recognition can increase the time clinicians spend with patients, and using the technology in the cloud will ensure clinicians are less restricted, says Dr. Simon Wallace, CCIO at Nuance Communications UK Ltd.

The future will see the rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree says Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH).

The support of the clinical workforce has been imperative in successfully embedding a digital strategy to improve the patient experience, says Mark Hutchinson, chief digital officer at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK.

Interoperability is the key when it comes to being able to deliver the right care, at the right time and with the right information, according to Stephen Bromhall, CIO at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust in the UK.