Can technology improve national health?
Last autumn, the National Health Service told UK doctors that they must harness technology. So far, the government has achieved the following: GP practices are offering online booking and other digital health resources. These digital start-ups could improve further.
At TechCrunch Disrupt in East London, a number of businesses showed new developments that could soon assist solving health issues in the UK.
The UK has already created a database of healthcare records in April 2015. Anyone registered with NHS may track his or her medical records online. Any patient may see information about ongoing treatments and treatment received, information about allergies, any reactions to medications in the past and much more.
But each doctor would have to dig into the records to extract the