Every now and again we have a trawl through our MedApps slack channels to grab a few interesting articles, pictures and links that we are sharing. It’s a quick peak at some of the things we are interested in at the moment and a few things to keep the team sane in some… interesting times!

Health #Randoms

Too much digital?

An interesting read on some of the downsides of digitising projects. Interesting to see some of our Med App core values and things we prize in there. Things like working with our customers to design health focused features and functionality, making sure they are part of the team and reducing clicks, reducing complexity and streamlining processes are all things we’re trying to work at.

Can hospitals go too digital? 8 execs weigh in

Hospitals have been investing millions in digitization efforts to improve workflows and care outcomes over the past decade, but recent research shows nearly half of employees say too much digitalization hurts productivity.

How COVID-19 Changed Hospital Healthcare

The FT goes inside Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust to see how the UK health service learned to work in new ways to cope with the pressures of the pandemic.

How Covid-19 changed hospital healthcare

The FT goes inside Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust to see how the UK health service learned to work in new ways to cope with the pressures of the pandemic. Global health editor Sarah Neville looks at how an unprecedented team effort is set to have lasting consequences for health systems worldwid…

Alien #Randoms

Some minor discussions were raised in the team this month about our place in the universe, are friends closer than we think?

An eminent astrophysicist argues that signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life have appeared in our skies. What’s the evidence for his extraordinary claim?

Have We Already Been Visited by Aliens?

An eminent astrophysicist argues that signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life have appeared in our skies. What’s the evidence for his extraordinary claim?

Tech #Randoms

Queensland Police record keeping error sees stolen cars confiscated from new blameless owners… oops…

Queensland Police record keeping error sees stolen cars confiscated from new blameless owners – ABC News

When Sue Dunn was pulled over by police she was met by an officer who had her down as a car thief, little did she know she was about to lose her car over a Queensland Police record-keeping error.

Team #Randoms

Med App Founder Dr Rob Pearlman doing his part for the short handed farmers this harvest in northern NSW!

We have been loving a couple weekly ‘find-a-word-pictures’ in our slack channels. Have a crack, we managed to get there, just!