Game App Helps Improve Memory in Schizophrenia
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a "brain training" iPad game that can help improve the memory and daily functioning of patients... Read more
Quiet Hospital Initiative Improves Care Coordination
To prevent noise pollution caused by too much use of the overhead paging system, Inspira Health Network recently launched its Quiet Hospital... Read more
Telehealth Population Health Management Improvements
Two recent studies carried out by HealthMine highlight the importance of wellness programmes and telemedicine in properly diagnosing and controlling... Read more
Transporting Blood Samples to Labs via Drones?
In a proof-of-concept study at Johns Hopkins, researchers have shown that small aerial drones can be used to transport samples for routine blood... Read more
New IT Resource for Safety-net Primary Care
Primary Care Information Network (https://www.pcin.org) is a new online resource intended to help improve practices of safety net primary care... Read more
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Digital Healthcare Focus: Digital Health Professionals
Why all health organisations need them, how can you become one, and why now? 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 March 2021, I choose to discuss education for Digital Health in a brief article ‘Why all healthcare... Read more
Zoom On: Dr Rafael J. Grossmann
Dr Rafael Grossmann, MD, FACS , is a practicing surgeon in the USA as well as a global speaker, healthcare and education technologist and futurist. Originally from Venezuela, he did his surgery residency in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, and developed as a General, Trauma, Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic surgeon; he now practices in Maine, USA. His... Read more
Digital Healthcare Focus: Societal Health Perspectives
The costs of loneliness, and telepresence as a social snack 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 February 2021, I have invited Prof. Luisa Lima to co-author a brief article on ‘The costs of loneliness and... 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
Behind closed doors – Point of Care Foundation
A recent Point of Care Foundation report provides insights into the pressures... Read more
New Antibiotics for Abdominal Infections: What Can We Expect?
Recently a number of new antibiotics or combinations for complicated... Read more
Frailty in the Critically Ill Patient
This review explores current definitions of frailty, methods available... Read more
Nine Nurse-Recommended Design Strategies to Improve Alarm Management in the ICU: A Qualitative Study
We asked intensive care nurses how they experience medical alarms... Read more
Informatics Drives Radiology Today – Interview with Hassen Gharbi
Hassen A. Gharbi from Tunisia was recognised at ECR 2016 in Vienna for... Read more
The Night in the ICU
T hey say that in the world of the intensive care unit (ICU), there... Read more