Search Tag: digitalisation
2024 06 Feb
Healthcare systems are facing ever-evolving challenges; they have to adapt to evolving needs and megatrends such as population ageing, digitalisation, and climate change, as well as withstand natural or man-made shocks, like pandemics, natural and environmental disasters, biological, chemical, cyber, financial and nuclear threats, as well...Read more
2023 22 May
Generative AI imaging has emerged as a powerful tool in radiology, allowing for the creation of highly detailed bio-models that can assist in diagnosis and treatment planning. Generative AI algorithms can generate 3D models of organs, tissues, and other structures with unprecedented accuracy and speed. This technology thus has the potential...Read more
2022 08 Jul
An overview of how exchange of knowledge can advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare with total data privacy. Key Points Artificial Intelligence is playing an important role in taking better decisions across multiple sectors and the healthcare sector is not an exception. Rule of thumb: The larger the datasets the better...Read more
2022 08 Jul
Innovation is the fuel for any improvement in society because technology always pushes back limitations. Thales envisions to build on its advanced expertise to meet the healthcare challenges of tomorrow. Bringing performant secure healthcare access to anyone, anywhere, will overcome critical medical issues. New Challenges After the pandemic...Read more
2021 20 Oct
On the Way to the Prevention Age It is time to rethink the healthcare system from the principle of digital prevention. Value creation in healthcare should not be geared to diseases, but to prevention. Prevention should be the priority. Only in this way, we achieve crony health , digital sovereignty and sufficient success for all....Read more
2021 25 Aug
The healthcare industry continues to face significant challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic, an ageing population, and a consistent increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases are among the most urgent. Demand for quality care and delivering value to all stakeholders continue to be the primary goals for healthcare providers. If the healthcare industry...Read more
2021 01 Jun
An overview of a decision support platform that offers holistic decision support along the continuum of care, bringing together a wide variety of healthcare data from diverse IT systems with a vendor-neutral design and user-friendly solutions. Key Points As healthcare processes become more digital, there has been tremendous growth in health...Read more
2021 22 Feb
Why digitalisation of intensive care medicine means less rather than more data Intensive Care Medicine is generating an amount of data that is hardly analysable by humans. Digitalising and using artificial intelligence has to focus on providing less rather than more data. Introduction - AI in Intensive Care Medicine: Ghost or Glimmer...Read more
2020 03 Aug
The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted the demand for telemedicine services. Not all health systems, however, were ready to switch to this new format, so some corporate providers decided to offer their telehealth platforms for free. The CEO of one such company talks about the thinking behind the step and shares his vision of telemedicine’s role in the...Read more
2020 10 Mar
In this era of digital technology, consumerism in healthcare means patients expect the same kind of seamless digital experience they get when dealing with other service-oriented industries. You might also like: German Doctors To Prescribe Health Apps in ‘World First’ With airlines and travel agencies, for example, online...Read more
2020 09 Mar
The debate about Artificial Intelligence (AI) versus healthcare personnel shows no sign of abating. While we can safely say that the role of physicians is not under any serious threat from technology, AI will be critical in managing data for more efficient diagnosis, workflow and patient care. ‘The Future is Digital’ offers exciting views on data...Read more
2020 09 Mar
John Nosta is the founder of NostaLab, a digital health think tank. Ranked as the #1 global influencer in digital health, he is regarded as one of the top global strategic and creative thinkers in this important and expanding area. He is also one of the most popular speakers around the globe presenting his vibrant and insightful perspective on the...Read more
2020 09 Mar
Summary: Healthcare digitalisation looks good on paper but putting it into practice is complex, challenging personnel, different departments, modalities and education, to name a few factors impacting implementation. HealthManagement.org spoke to two leading lights on how they think healthcare chiefs need to adapt, to successfully embrace the paradigm...Read more
2020 09 Mar
Summary: Where can digitalisation in healthcare be applied to yield quantum leaps in efficiency, cost-savings, patient safety and care quality? Almost no other area in healthcare offers so much potential for increasing process efficiency, for improving medical quality as well as patient safety, and finally, for achieving sustainable economic...Read more
2020 29 Jan
Summary: Finland is leading the way in leveraging digitalisation in healthcare for a new model of care interaction and delivery. In the making for five years, the Health Village is a scalable, comprehensive digital service that brings significant cost savings and production efficiency to healthcare providers. The objective is to offer a global digital,...Read more
2020 29 Jan
2020 marks the start of a new decade and, with factors such as the Silver Tsunami, digitalisation and emerging technologies that still have to prove their worth in the mix, it’s one which will be game-changing. HealthManagement.org spoke to four experts on what changes they think will lead to the most beneficial transformation in healthcare over the...Read more
2020 22 Jan
The German healthcare system is undergoing several digital upgrades this year in order to improve the service. One of the key features of the plan is that, for the first time, doctors will be able to prescribe healthcare apps to patients. You might also like: Improving Patient Compliance With Future mHealth Expected to pass...Read more
2019 14 Oct
NHSX , created by the UK government early this year , is leading the way in transforming healthcare through digitisation. The agency's primary aim is to bring the benefits of modern technology to every patient and clinician, such as early disease diagnosis and timely treatment, as well as reducing the burden on medical staff. You might also...Read more
2019 18 Jun
Patient data is one of the keystones to streamlining and making healthcare more effective. But, added to in-house operational obstacles is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which imposes stringent restrictions on data use across sectors. A leader in healthcare digitalisation and, patient data collection and use in particular,...Read more
2019 22 May
Implementing emerging technologies in healthcare: incentives, challenges and successes How a healthcare hub can bring industry and healthcare together to foster tech exploration and development for better care. Technology opens up new opportunities, and we expect implementation. Use of the new possibilities is now taken for...Read more
2019 19 Feb
With healthcare technologies (including genomics) expected to have a significant impact on patient care over the next two decades, the NHS must now focus on building a digitally-ready workforce to use these new technologies and maximise their benefits, says The Topol Review , a new report by Eric Topol , MD, Executive VP and Professor, Molecular...Read more
2018 16 Nov
Once again, decision makers of the international healthcare industry were “spoiled for choice” when it came to the themes at the world’s largest medical trade fair MEDICA and the internationally leading supplier trade fair COMPAMED in Düsseldorf. On the four days of the fair, around 120,000 visitors (with an international share of approx. two...Read more
2018 23 May
Providing value-based care will be one of the driving forces in the future as highlighted by Siemens Healthineers professionals Dr. Ghada Trotabas, Dr. Arthur Kaindl, and Dr. Jonathan Darer at Healthcare Business International (HBI) 2018. The biggest challenge facing healthcare is the need to improve value for patients. Healthcare systems today...Read more