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When fintech meets healthcare

Business and technology journalist Graham Jarvis reports on how cryptocurrencies and blockchain can improve access to healthcare.

Client: Decentr. Published by Healthtech World on 8th September 2021. Author: Graham Jarvis.

FINTECH NEWS: When Fintech Meets Healthcare: How can cryptocurrencies and blockchain improve access to healthcare?

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are used in a wide array of new applications – including in healthcare. Fintech start-ups are the catalyst for many of these recent market innovations – and they aren’t just focused on the banking and financial services sector. While finance is necessary for individuals and organisations of all sizes, both can struggle to access it. Yet recent advances in Fintech suggest this disparity can be addressed by capturing the market value of data and repurposing it as payable “currency”. This radically new decentralised finance (DeFi) concept is one that many, including healthcare administrators, are starting to take seriously.

With the COVID-19 pandemic showing how critical it is to have access to high-quality healthcare, and with access to it in some parts of the world falling short because of poverty and other factors, the likes of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) are currently exploring how the obstacles to healthcare access can be overcome in Dominique Vervoort et al’s BMJ Innovations article, “Blockchain, health disparities and global health”.

Vervoort and his co-authors Camila R Guetter and Alexander W Peters write: “Health disparities remain vast around the world and are perpetuated by error-prone information technology systems, administrative inefficiencies and wasteful global health spending. Blockchain technology, a novel, distributed peer-to-peer ledger technology, is increasingly used in various industries to disintermediate, improve efficiency and transparency and reduce costs; however, its use in healthcare and global health has remained limited.”

Improve access to healthcare, read the complete article. 

Client: Decentr. Published by Techbullion on 6th September 2021. Author: Graham Jarvis.

From insurance to cryptocurrencies in healthcare

Beyond his work with TU Automotive and Trudy Darwin Communications, between 2020 and 2022, Graham Jarvis - freelance business and technology journalist, wrote and edited insurtech reports for Intelligent Insurer; wrote articles on cryptocurrencies in healthcare; wrote about education; edited and wrote fleet management reports for ABAX; wrote about digital accessibility; wrote about cloud computing; wrote about customer experiences and customer management; wrote about connected, autonomous vehicles and smart cities. Other topics were also covered. 

The WAN way to better health outcomes

Graham Jarvis reports on why digital transformation in healthcare needs WAN acceleration.

Over the last few years healthcare across the world has, like many other industries, embraced digital transformation.

During the Covid-19 pandemic this has accelerated in that an increasing number of patients were seen by their GPs over video conferencing, otherwise known as remote consultations.

In fact, remote GP consulting shot up to 90 per cent of all GP consultations, and 46 per cent for nurses, by April 2020 compared to just 31 per cent in 2019 – according to research funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

The study involved 80 interviews with GPs, nurses, and practice managers apart from researchers examining patient consultations data to observe changes in the way consultation had changed during the pandemic when compared to the previous year.

The research into the new modus operandi, which also includes telephone consulting and other methods of handling patient communication and care, was undertaken by researchers from the Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) at the University of Bristol and NIHR ARC West.

The CAPC discovered that while this shift might have been successful, but it also still had its risks. For some health conditions patients still need to see doctors.

So what role does WAN Acceleration have? Read the complete article to find out. 

Client: Trudy Darwin Communications for Bridgworks Ltd on 7th April 2021. Journalist/Author: Graham Jarvis.

Bridgeworks Joins COVID-19 Fight

"Bridgeworks donated millions of pounds worth of software to help the fight against Covid-19 coronavirus. Bridgeworks’, which specialises in high-speed data transfer technology, has offered their products and services for sharing “big data” to all the UK’s NHS trusts, medical research centres, universities and other facilities investigation COVID-19 for free, for a year."

Read the complete story in June 2020 edition of The New Milton Advertiser & Lymington Times. 

COVID-19: Why Life’s Better When Apps Create Communities

Graham Jarvis explores why life is better when apps create communities in this article published by Government & Public Sector Journal - featuring Leepse and its COO Gabriel Mulko.

Gabriel Mulko, a co-founder of Leepse comments: “Keeping up with the news all day will make your anxiety and stress level skyrocket, especially in the last couple of months. The media has a massive impact on people’s behaviour and fears. Talk about AIDS to anyone aged 30 years or younger, they will tell you how scared they are to be diagnosed HIV positive. Talk about meningitis to anyone aged 30 years or younger, they’ll tell you they’re not scared of it. Why? Meningitis can be much deadlier than AIDS, but the campaigns on AIDS have been everywhere for as long as I can remember.”

Published on 3rd June 2020. Author: Graham Jarvis. Client: Trudy Darwin Consulting (Leepse). 

Health and Wellbeing: Why It’s Good to Talk During the Coronavirus Pandemic

There is nothing better than being able to walk out of the house to exercise in the park, the countryside or even to stroll by the sea. Just the ability to go outside gives us a new sense of perspective, and enables us to maintain our health and wellbeing. By Graham Jarvis, Freelance Business and Technology Journalist.

Published by Digitalisation World on 4th June 2020. Author: Graham Jarvis. Client: Trudy Darwin Consulting (Leepse). 

Leepse: Apps Bring Communities Together

Mental Health Awareness Week highlights the importance of being able to speak up, talking to each other, helping others and the value of working as a community.

Published by Buzzfeed on 31st May 2020. Author: Drake. 

Health & Wellbeing: Why It’s Good to Talk During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Leepse...agrees with the Mental Health Foundation’s message: kindness matters, and it can be “the key to turning things around”, explains a video by the Foundation, which adds: “You see, kindness has the power to create community, support and hope”. Leepse also believes that online communities can offer a helping hand, ensuring that those suffering from any mental health condition don’t feel alone. What’s key is to be there for someone who needs to talk.

Graham Jarvis speaks to Leepse about why it's good to talk during a pandemic. 

Published by Government and Public Sector Journal (GPSJ) on 26th May 2020. Author: Graham Jarvis. Client: Trudy Darwin Consulting (Leepse)

Health and Wellbeing: Why It's Good To Talk During a Pandemic

There is nothing better than being able to walk out of the house to exercise in the park, the countryside or even to stroll by the sea. Just the ability to go outside gives us a new sense of perspective, and enables us to maintain our health and wellbeing.

Even now that lockdowns are being eased in several countries around the world, including to some degree in the UK, social distancing can still be a lonely experience. We are disconnected from the friends and family that don’t live in our home.

People are taking precautions to be more guarded and are still fearful that they could become infected with COVID-19. When you look around, you can see the concerned expressions on people’s faces, and the reality is that our ‘new normal’ is unsettling.

Join the conversation, read this article by Graham Jarvis for Startups Magazine on why it's good to talk during a pandemic. 

Client: Trudy Darwin Consulting (Leepse). Published circa May 2020. Author: Graham Jarvis.