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  • Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    Scalpel, tongs . . . WiFi? The rise of virtual surgery

    ‘Western doctors had been trained to believe that “proper” surgery involved proximity to the patient’

  • Saturday, 27 March, 2021
    Murray Ellender
    Unchecked data harvesting undermines trust in the NHS

    Pandemic deals with digital health service providers were often made too hastily

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Special Report
    Future of AI and Digital Healthcare

    In this joint commission from The Lancet and Financial Times on Governing Health Futures 2030, we explore how AI and other digital advancements are being harnessed to improve healthcare in the world’s poorest regions

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    John Thornhill
    Covid-19 will change healthcare forever

    In the crisis innovation came to the rescue. Now the data companies must be forced to change

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Lex
    Telemedicine/JD Health: what the doctor ordered Premium

    China is the perfect test bed for digital medicine

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of Telecommunications
    Smart ambulances and wearables offer route to speedier treatments

    Service that improves treatment for patients on way to hospital to be introduced across UK after successful trial

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Special ReportFT Intelligent Business
    Medical technology gives healthcare a shot in the arm

    Doctors have been spurred by Covid-19 to experiment with tech but it is not a cure-all

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    FT SeriesMental health at work
    Tele-health offers remedy for America’s anxious workers

    Video consultations could provide employees with cheaper, faster access to mental health treatment

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    In charts: Healthcare apps target tech-savvy youth

    Digital tools are helping to identify and treat chronic conditions early on

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    LexTech start-ups
    Mental health apps: free your mind Premium

    With global stress levels high, Headspace and Calm look likely candidates for future listings

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Evgeny Morozov
    The danger of Alphabet’s move into the risk business

    Google already has deep knowledge of our lives and data on health adds another dimension

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Google LLC
    Google’s $2bn Fitbit deal faces longer EU probe

    Sign that regulators have serious concerns despite concessions pledged by search giant

  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    Lex
    Telehealth: Doctor Zoom Premium

    Payment parity is needed to give providers an incentive to keep offering the service

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Special Report
    AI & Robotics

    Recyclers turn to AI-powered robots to counter China’s plastic import ban; historians harness machine learning to solve ancient puzzles; and farmers pick high-tech robotics to help bring in the harvest

  • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
    Special ReportLawyers in a Crisis
    Doctors add a dose of medical insight to FT coronavirus hackathon

    Legal contest consulted physicians on managing daily life and health post-pandemic

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2020
    Wearable technology
    Researchers turn to wearable tech in race to track Covid-19

    Fitbits and Apple watches among devices being used to gather patient data to trace spread of disease

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    Technology sector
    US university to trial Covid-19 checker app linked to campus access

    Kansas staff and students will have to answer questions about symptoms in order to enter buildings

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Benjamin Fels
    Time for healthcare to make better use of data

    Machine learning is only effective if it is based on accurate sources

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    Tech offers LatAm prospect of fairer healthcare

    Digital innovations aimed at improving access for region’s poorer communities

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    AI in Africa healthcare falls short of potential

    Continent faces obstacles of infrastructure and ethics

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    Temperature tracker offers sea change for vaccines

    Wireless sensors used to prevent life-saving medicines from spoiling in transit

  • Sunday, 17 May, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    MomConnect lets expectant mothers know what to expect

    South African antenatal texting service is being replicated across the continent

  • Sunday, 17 May, 2020
    Malebona Matsoso
    S Africa’s digital health travails provide useful lessons

    Country yet to match ambition for data-fed, unified system with investment in skills and infrastructure

  • Sunday, 17 May, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    Big Tech searches for a way back into healthcare

    Despite past failures, Google and other tech giants see great promise in the sector

  • Sunday, 17 May, 2020
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    In charts: healthcare technology in low-income countries

    Lack of funding results in a shortage of resources, while doctors are overstretched

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