Volume 21 - Issue 8, 2021

The delivery of high-quality healthcare and the effective treatment of acute and chronic illnesses cannot be achieved without drugs with high efficacy and safety and with laboratories working in the background to undertake basic research and understand the processes behind diseases, mechanism of action of different molecules and presentation of symptoms in patients. Numerous drugs undergo the process of...

Prof Paul Timmers at the University of Oxford and European University Cyprus speaks about the importance of protecting European interests and sovereignty in health data innovation. Protecting health data as digital assets is vital for safeguarding European sovereignty.National health innovation policies should view the European Health Data Space (EHDS) as a sovereign asset.EU national innovation plans for...

Dr Renato Cuocolo, radiologist and research fellow at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’, recently spoke at the 2021 European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII) Annual Meeting about the challenges in assessing research quality in radiomics. Given radiomics’ transformative potential for medical imaging, HealthManagement.org met with Dr Cuocolo to discuss the recent trends and challen...

An overview of the types of errors in clinical laboratories and how the integration of eHealth approaches in routine practice could help reduce them.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 include clinical errors, procedural errors, cognitive errors, and postanalytical error...

An overview of the successful collaboration between Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch (CHEM) and Agfa HealthCare and the implementation of the Enterprise Imaging platform. The Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch (CHEM) is the biggest hospital in the southern region of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 1861 staff and 258 doctors work across three sites to care for 100,000 patients per year. But from an inform...

An overview of the goals and vision of the Alzheimer’s Association and its commitment to advance vital research for the treatment, prevention and cure for Alzheimer’s Disease. The Alzheimer’s Association is a leading voluntary health organisation in Alzheimer’s care, support and research.The Alzheimer’s National Registry for Treatment and Diagnostics (ALZ-NET) will gather clinical data and outcom...

An overview of Affidea’s Peer Review system that allows radiology teams to learn and grow together and benefit from each other’s expertise and experience for better clinical outcomes. At Affidea, we aim to create a strong culture of quality where every member of the clinical team feels empowered and encouraged to participate in the process of improving patient care. We do this through various syst...

An overview of antibiotic resistance, causative factors, reasons for the lack of research and drug development in this area and potential solutions. Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health.The primary culprit of fuelling antibiotic resistance is the misuse and overuse of existing antibiotic drugs.Poor infection prevention and control is another key driver of antibiotic resistan...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that the EU has no clear health data architecture regarding health data, its availability and comparability. There is a lack of harmonisation and an absence of an EU-level centre for health data analysis and use to support a better response to public health crises. Through extensive desk review, interviews with key actors and enquiry into experiences from outside the EU/EEA a...

An overview of the role of Artificial Intelligence during the treatment process and implementation of AI algorithms to increase patient awareness and improve access to anonymised data. Artificial intelligence has been pushing itself into the digital space of the medical industry for several years. Recently, however, this process has accelerated significantly. Newer and more effective diagnostic algorithm...

Plans for digitally-enabled integrated care can look great on paper, but what needs to happen for them to succeed on the ground? As policy accelerates in the UK, Dr Meetali Kakad, chief medical officer at Dignio, takes a snapshot look at lessons from around the world. Emerging digital plans in integrated care systems should actively focus on patients.Digital initiatives should be patient-centric, share de...