Search Tag: eHealth
2023 10 Feb
Evidence showed that prior to the pandemic, telemedicine when used, was an effective, safe, patient-centred and cost-effective service. As the body of evidence certainly grew since the pandemic, it has emerged that when telemedicine is used inappropriately, it is not anymore deemed effective or cost-effective. The key is to identify what the...Read more
2021 26 Nov
An overview of the types of errors in clinical laboratories and how the integration of eHealth approaches in routine practice could help reduce them. Key Points At the practice level of morphology, errors can have a major adverse impact on patient care. There are different types of errors that can occur in a clinical laboratory. These...Read more
2021 14 May
eHealth tools have been used to educate and monitor patient health and can provide a significant amount of disease-specific information. Despite the wealth of research investigating the effectiveness of eHealth technology, far less is known about user behaviour over time. This study , recently published in the J ournal of Medical Internet...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: How can healthcare leverage mHealth and the parallel movement towards consumerism to better patient engagement? In 2012, my passion for healthcare deepened when my wife, Janet, was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. She received wonderful care from her healthcare providers, but Janet and I often felt that we were left to make...Read more
2020 25 Aug
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS NEW DATES: AUGUST 25-27, 2020 Find Vitalis on Social Media Read more
2019 21 Jan
Internet and people with mental disorders A “whole patient” can be a person with schizophrenia, who is also an internet user and searches for mental health information online. Between 2000–2018 the internet has grown by 1,052%, with about 4.2 billion people surfing the Web (internet World stats 2018). In Europe, about 81% of...Read more
2018 23 May
Where is eHealth in Ireland heading and where could it lead us? Examining the state of eHealth, its challenges and opportunities at the European Association of Hospital Managers congress in Dublin. With digital innovations dramatically transforming every layer of the healthcare landscape, intensive discussions are required to manage...Read more
2015 30 Sep
Our conference is an ideal starting point to debate what ‘CHANGE for the better’ could look like. Our exceptional panel of Irish and international speakers will lead the discussion on the lessons we can take from the past to inform the future. It focuses on two main areas. The first area is innovation in processes, practices and technology used in...Read more
2015 02 Nov
The signature conference and exhibition of the Ontario Hospital Association for over 90 years, HealthAchieve has long been one of the largest and most respected health care events in North America – the preeminent gathering place for health care and business leaders. After celebrating 90 years of innovation and inspiration, HealthAchieve is bringing...Read more
2015 24 Jun
It looks like support for eHealth in Ireland is alive and well; eHealth Ireland announced a positive public reaction in the days following the long-awaited launch of its multi-platform website www.ehealthireland.ie “We are delighted with the significant reaction received to date on Social Media following our launch on June 17,” CIO Richard Corbridge...Read more
2014 15 Dec
Technologies focusing on the generation, presentation and application of clinical information in healthcare, referred to as health informatics or eHealth solutions, have experienced substantial growth over the past 40 years. Pioneering studies have been published focusing on technologies for producing and using written or spoken text, known as computational...Read more
2013 14 May
A declaration by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU committing Member States to developing eHealth ecosystems that could contribute to the reform of health systems has been welcomed by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Health Commissioner Tonio Borg. The Irish Presidency presented the Declaration...Read more
2013 09 Mar
A major cross-border experimenting effort has been launched in Slovenia concerning ICT-based healthcare and related disciplines in the Danube eRegion. This was experiment was agreed on the 6th of March at a meeting of Healthcare Institution Directors and Informatics Heads and Directors, IT Providers in the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. The...Read more