Libby Baney, JD, Executive Director of the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), a non-profit organisation dedicated to combatting illegal online pharmacies and counterfeit medicines, provides indepth insight into the work of ASOP Global to combat illegal online pharmacies and counterfeit medicines and its focus for the year ahead. / read more

The Brexit Health Alliance (‘BHA’) - an organisation aiming to support the UK in developing the appropriate ecosystem for digital health technologies - views Brexit as presenting opportunities for the UK healthcare system, as the Brexit process, while challenging, could create the conditions necessary for the UK to become the world leader in the use of data in the healthcare system. Sami Agush of the Association of British Healthcare Industries (‘ABHI’), a member organisation of the BHA, explains here why ABHI believes that digital health is data, and what this means in the context of Brexit. / read more

Each year, the Personal Connected Health Alliance (‘PCHA’) publishes the Continua Design Guidelines (‘CDGs’), which define an implementation framework for end-to-end interoperability from sensors to health services. These guidelines have been adopted in Denmark and Norway for use in their health IT frameworks. Rob Havasy, Vice President of the PCHA, outlines the scope and approach of the CDGs, their high-level architecture and underlying standards. / read more