All Comment articles – Page 101
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Could imaging be a goldmine for NHS artificial intelligence?
NHS’s wealth of imaging data can be used to start teaching machines how to recognise parts of the human anatomy, and recognise abnormalities.
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Elective waiting times tread water in November
Waiting times were steady in November, and other indicators followed the usual post-2012 pattern. Which means things are still getting steadily worse, writes Rob Findlay
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Red Cross: Here's how we improve care for our most vulnerable
The prime minister’s review of health and social care integration offers the chance to start backing up potentially life-changing schemes with culture change and resources
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Karin Smyth: Getting behind the NHS headlines
Karin Smyth MP reflects on the way ahead following the Commons public accounts committee’s inquiry into the financial sustainability of the NHS
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Revalidation for doctors must not become a box-ticking exercise
Sir Keith Pearson says the revalidation process is changing things for the better, but that much work remains to be done
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I survived heart attack but the NHS's arteries can't take any more
A new year’s eve emergency brought home to Nick Samuels the huge gap between NHS staff’s compassion and the resources available to them
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Strategic estates partnerships: not so much why as why not?
Keven West explains why the financial pressures on trusts mean it’s time for them to reap the many benefits of SEPs
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Time to dodge the hard choices on NHS sustainability has run out
We can no longer put our heads in the sand about the immense pressures on the provider sector – something has to give, and 2017 is the time to decide what
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2017 is a make or break year for the forward view
Sustainability and transformation plans must be backed up by resources, time and leadership and not become lost in the huge drive to get performance back on track
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Meet the leader who works for the people, not the organisation
The era of collaboration needed to make STPs work rests on a new breed of leader
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Five key issues affecting NHS estate planning in 2017
Elliot Rose looks ahead to the likely hot potatoes in property
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Analysis: STP digital plans need a major reboot
The largely vague and un-costed digital components of the STPs need a substantial upgrade, or the NHS will continue to lag behind comparable health systems on technology for years to come, writes HSJ technology correspondent James Illman
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Making a drama out of a crisis: the cancellation of elective operations
Methods must be developed to be better prepared for the crisis caused by winter pressures in NHS hospital systems
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Six ways to boost the morale of junior doctors
The NHS needs to look across the waters to learn from the Navy – which does better at making employees feel valued
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Reforming how we pay for care is crucial to successful innovation
Financial reforms for innovation in care need to be implemented for early diagnosis and effective disease management at low costs
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Still doing the system’s – not the patients' – business
New recommendations on co-ordinated care would help to address patient safety issues that remain unaddressed by rafts of policy initiatives
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Move beyond hierarchy and tribalism towards a compassionate culture in the NHS
The focus in the NHS needs to move from targets and processes to a fair and just system that values the workforce
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Stepping up a gear to accelerate innovation
The Innovation and Technology Tariff can combat problems of procurement and support services that ring in the age of digital modernisation
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The NHS and Obamacare face similar challenges
The future of “Obamacare” after Donald Trump’s victory, and how the questions raised for healthcare in the US are relevant for the NHS
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Analysis: Is there really £900m extra cash for social care?
The government say its reforms will increase social care spending by £900m; critics have been underwhelmed by the announcements. Here, Sarah Calkin looks at who is right