Using elemental’s social prescribing platform, GPs across seven practices in west lancs CCG are now actively making, managing and reporting on instant referrals to local social prescribing hubs, as well as tracking the impact of their referrals. In an effort to tackle growing health inequalities and the social isolation epidemic in Skemersdale, West Lancashire CCG have been using Elemental …

Brussels, 21 January 2019 Today, the first EU patients can use digital prescriptions issued by their home doctor when visiting a pharmacy in another EU country: Finnish patients are now able to go to a pharmacy in Estonia and retrieve medicine prescribed electronically by their doctor in Finland. The initiative applies to all ePrescriptions prescribed in Finland …

Press Release: 22 January 2019 How can we design smart age-friendly living and working environments? How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help to improve health outcomes and quality of life of ageing workers? Can ICT help ageing workers efficiently overcome difficulties and adapt to the rapidly changing work conditions? Just some of the key questions being explored by the …

Yearly round-up of the best interviews. 10 opinions, visions and ideas shared by digital health experts: John Nosta, Lucien Engelen, Vytenis Andriukaitis, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Brian O’Connor, Francesca Colombo, Bertalan Meskó, George Crooks, Rachel Dunscombe and John Crawford. John Nosta, Digital Futurist, President of NOSTALAB Nowadays, progress is so rapid that technologies become outdated even before …