The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK endured a year of turmoil and change in 2024, facing workforce shortages, growing waiting lists and shrinking budgets. Amidst the crises, the Labour government proposed a 10-year plan to shift the NHS from analogue to digital, an ambition spurred by the Darzi review’s critique of the NHS’s failure to digitize. Significant stories included a crippling cyber attack by the Qilin ransomware gang, a report identifying patient harms caused by digital tools, warnings of data breaches, and outages affecting major health systems.
HIMSSCast: Help with the labor shortage and more can come from tech dealmaking
Berkeley Research Group (BRG) launched its “2025 U.S. Healthcare & Life Sciences Transactions Outlook,” revealing that providers are considering deal activities to tackle AI, cybersecurity,
