Pandemic-led healthcare advances raise ethical and political hurdles

From passively sharing medical records to actively participating in clinical trials, from the uploading of diagnostic test results to the use of mobile phone apps to track individuals’ locations, the consumer digital age has been characterised by a surge in tools and insights to tackle infection. 

The unprecedented power of technology has helped mitigate the worst effects of the pandemic, not least by enabling people to work and study remotely in ways that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago.  

Covid crisis offers lessons in digital health and data responsibility

The pandemic has proved the potential of digital health but also shown we have much to learn about how to govern it

China sets the pace in adoption of AI in healthcare technology 

However concerns remain over privacy and security of the mountain of healthcare data

Afghanistan telemedicine provides much-needed link to global help

Prospects for patients have improved thanks to everyday tech enabling medics to call on the expertise of their peers abroad

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