Hp has released the new elite X3. This is a phone with 4gb RAM, up to 2 Terabytes of storage (with an SD card) and a Snapdragon 820 processor. This is pretty powerful for a phone but it's more than that. It runs Windows and can be plugged into a dock for a desktop experience … Continue reading What do 3 in 1 computers mean to clinical innovators?
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Is smartphone app coding dying?
Not so long ago I wrote a post about the advantages to coding a web app over a smartphone app [Want to dip your toe into tech innovation? Forget smartphone app development]. Here I listed the advantages but made the point that there are advantages to transferring your data from your web app to a smartphone … Continue reading Is smartphone app coding dying?
Tech is it’s own speciality, clinicians “dipping into tech” is not effective
Over the last couple of days I have been speaking to clinicians who have ideas for tech. They want to see clinicians lead tech innovation and they want to see more of it. Sound exciting right? However, there seems to be a naive way of looking at tech. There are clinicians out there who want … Continue reading Tech is it’s own speciality, clinicians “dipping into tech” is not effective
Clinicians innovating with tech is like teen sex, everyone’s talking about, few do it.
Sitting down with a coffee whilst skimming through my LinkedIn and Twitter feed has become a morning ritual for me. It's a great way to get pumped for the day. Many clinicians and NHS academics share articles about big data, coding and how the future of clinical innovation with bright with tech. But before you think … Continue reading Clinicians innovating with tech is like teen sex, everyone’s talking about, few do it.
Want to innovate? 4 reasons why you shouldn’t chase popularity
2016 has been a great year for me and it looks like this year is going to be better. I met with Shubz who informed me that people are now willing to pay to put their courses on the website. We have also had requests for an API key for our online database by other … Continue reading Want to innovate? 4 reasons why you shouldn’t chase popularity
5 reasons why coding and tech innovation made me a happier person
In hindsight being 100% clinical made me depressed. I like many other clinicians weren't happy and chalked it up to not enough government funding, stress and lack of support. Whilst there are reasonable criticisms of how the NHS treats it's a slippery slope. What's dangerous is focusing too much on how the government treats the NHS … Continue reading 5 reasons why coding and tech innovation made me a happier person
5 clinical learning points I took to coding
As I push forward to graduation, more and more doctors are coming out of the woodwork expressing their interest in coding and implementing tech solutions in healthcare. In-fact, the amount of doctors contacting me became so numerous I decided to start a Meetup group for medics learning and implementing code in order to economize my … Continue reading 5 clinical learning points I took to coding
My remote patient monitoring story highlights NHS inequality
First of all, I want to stress that this story is not to be used to advocate a private healthcare system. The story reveals behavioral economics that would be true in both private and public funded systems. My mother is a retired physics teacher. She now spends her time buying and developing property so she … Continue reading My remote patient monitoring story highlights NHS inequality
No telemedicine is not a good buisness plan!
The great thing about this blog and the other things I do is that doctors contact me telling me about their ideas for tech companies that could improve the way that healthcare is delivered. I love hearing from them as I love the fact that there are clinicians out there who want to make a … Continue reading No telemedicine is not a good buisness plan!
Big data/machine learning is coming to healthcare. And it’s through the smart watch.
My life has been fairly isolated over the last week. I have made advances in my understanding of computer vision replicating the Harris corner detection algorithm, achieving the following result: If you're interested in the mathematical logic and code used to achieve this result download the brief guide I wrote on this here: [harris_corner_detection_readme]. I'm … Continue reading Big data/machine learning is coming to healthcare. And it’s through the smart watch.
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