EDITORS LETTER What matters most about digital transformation ? The patient
We talk a lot about digital transformation and innovation , but what ultimately matters are the individuals whose lives the technology is trying to improve .
“ Advances in tech are hugely exciting , but nothing is more exciting than improving people ' s lives ”
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In this issue ' s article on tech and the UK ' s National Health Service , Joop Tanis , Director of MedTech Consulting at Health Enterprise East , told us that the creators he meets are rightly enthusiastic about their product , but what ' s most important is whether it " helps deliver better care , more efficiently ."
This is our focus for this issue . We ' ve got an interview with the CEO of Vodafone Business Erik Brenneis , who tells us about the many solutions IoT can provide , from efficient vaccine delivery to making healthcare more accessible to elderly patients , and we hear from Rimidi ' s founder Dr Lucienne Ide about two new platforms helping people who require complex procedures : orthopaedic surgery and deep brain stimulation .
We also take a look at how the pharmaceutical industry can shift away from curing disease towards preventative , personalised medicine . Takeda ' s Global Commercial Lead Chris Easton tells us how this change could happen .
Making advances in technology is hugely exciting , but nothing is more exciting than improving people ' s lives .
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