Background: Many promising technological innovations in health and social care are
characterized by nonadoption or abandonment by individuals or by failed attempts to scale …

Suboptimal glycaemic management in hospitals has been associated with adverse clinical
outcomes and increased financial costs to healthcare systems. Despite the availability of …

Background A new generation of user-centric information systems is emerging in health care
as patient health record (PHR) systems. These systems create a platform supporting the new …

Background Failures and partial successes are common in technology-supported innovation
programmes in health and social care. Complexity theory can help explain why. Phenomena …

Background Evidence from the literature suggests that mobile health (mHealth) services can
potentially improve healthcare outcomes among older adults. Hence, the government of …

The health and social care sector is struggling to come to terms with increasing demand due
to demographic and other changes and decreasing growth in funding. The arrival of new …

Introduction Rural children are likely to benefit from the telehealth delivery of
multidisciplinary allied healthcare. This study aimed to (a) identify the scope of literature …

There is concern that translation 'from bench to bedside'within regenerative medicine (RM)
will fail to materialize, or will be dismally slow, due to various challenges arising from the …

With the aging population and increase in chronic disease conditions, innovation to
transform treatment pathways and service delivery will be necessary. The innovation …

Background: Physical activity is an important predictor for survival in patients with COPD.
Wearable technology, such as pedometer or accelerometer, may offer an opportunity to …