Fitbits Monitor Symptoms in Transplant Patients
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that activity trackers (eg, Fitbits) can be used to track patients' symptoms... Read more
Are You Paying Your Patients Enough Attention?
Technology is becoming integrated into healthcare processes. In the examination room, for example, use of computers is aimed at promoting safer... Read more
Video Games Can Improve Memory
Playing 3D video games can enhance the formation of memories, according to a new study from University of California, Irvine. This finding published... Read more
Social Media: Should Doctors and Patients Interact?
Social media has dramatically altered the way many of us interact and connect with one another both personally and professionally. The widespread... Read more
Computer Use LInked to Patient Satisfaction
A new study appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that high computer use by clinicians in safety-net hospital clinics is associated... Read more
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Digital Healthcare Focus: Liability Issues of AI Use in Healthcare
In this space I explore monthly topics, from concepts to technologies, related to the necessary steps to build Digital Healthcare Systems. For the month of January 2021, I look onto liability issues of artificial intelligence (AI) use in hospitals; next month we will explore why a ‘Societal Health’ perspective is key in the maturation and resilience... Read more
Digital Healthcare Focus: Integrating Telerehabilitation in Rehabilitation Care
In this space I will explore monthly topics, from concepts to technologies, related to the necessary steps to build Digital Healthcare Systems. For the month of December 2020, I have invited Dr Paula Amorim to co-author this inaugural column. She will share her view on ‘the challenges and opportunities of integrating telerehabilitation in rehabilitation... Read more
COVID-19 As Catalyst for Precision Medicine/Digital Therapeutics
Almost overnight businesses across the globe had to rethink their operations, as COVID-19 caused profound disruption; across communities, how we engage, the way we work, our healthcare systems, our economy… The rapidly changing environment has been a catalyst for change as it transformed the global health community’s acceptance and use of... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Taking the Mystery Out of Machine Learning
2017 06 Apr
Radiologists have been taught to fear machine learning. It means what it says, a machine can learn. It is an inherently frightening concept. It is almost a shame to put such a label on the process, because it is not really new. Remember Fuzzy Logic? Neural Networks? We were all impressed that a computer could recognize the letter “A”, but that... Read more
Seven Steps to a More Efficient and Resilient IT Solution
2017 20 Feb
Efficient patient-centric care models require consolidating mountains of data. Acquisitions and regionalization further compound the challenge. How does an organization capitalize on what could easily become a liability? Fredrik Gustavsson, Sectra CTO, sums up the answer simply, “Don’t buy technology. Buy solutions for your clinical pathways.”... Read more
Canterbury Hospital, Australia
2016 15 Nov
Located in Sydney’s Inner west, Canterbury Hospital has just over 200 beds. DT Research and its partner, HPA supplied 49 Carts with DT592BU Medical-Cart Computers to Canterbury in June 2016. Canterbury uses Surginet (Cerner) for theatre & recovery eMR applications on their PC’s Source & Image Credit: DT Research Read more
From Our Journals
EuroSafe Imaging: be a star for your patients: Quality and safety in radiology
A holistic approach to quality and safety in radiology. Presentation... Read more
Leading Breast Radiologist Wins 2019 RSNA Accolade
Prof. Fiona Gilbert is a leading light in the field of breast imaging... Read more
Ethics as Superpower - Primum Non Nocere Against All Pandemic Odds
Use Case COVID-19-ICU Bethany Hospital Germany Medicine is an activity... Read more
Eric Poiseau
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Revitalising the aged heart through spermidine-rich diet
Stringent dietary adjustments, albeit effective in delaying ageing,... Read more