Tech to Play Key Role in Obama Precision Medicine
In his State of the Union Address this January, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) that was launched with a $215... Read more
eHealth and Paper Used for EHR Exchange
Electronic exchange of health information amongst healthcare providers has important implications for patient safety and care coordination. However,... Read more
Cellphone Data can Track Infectious Diseases
A new study published in PNAS demonstrates that mobile phone data could be a useful tool for understanding how infectious diseases are spread... Read more
Big Data Reducing Heart Readmissions
University of Washington Tacoma's "big data" experts collaborate with MultiCare Health System and Microsoft to improve outcomes for hospital... Read more
mHealth No Support for Hearts
The American Heart Association has issued a report highlighting the need for more evaluative studies on the effectiveness of mobile health technologies... Read more
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Digital Healthcare Focus: European Hospitals on Fire (FHIR) EMH-onFHIR
In this space I will explore monthly topics, from concepts to technologies, related to the necessary steps to build Digital Healthcare Systems. For this month, I have invited Mr Giorgio Cangioli to co-author a brief article on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), as hospitals and their interconnections are a critical asset and next... Read more
Modern Digital health: Power of Retail Is Taking over Healthcare
It’s time to address the Amazon in the room Anyone who has been to the future can predict what Amazon will do next. However, to the skilled observer, all the pieces are laid out—the elements are on the table. It will simply be a connect-the-dots moment to realise the big bang that we are about to experience. For the last 25 years,... Read more
Digital Healthcare Focus: AI, Medical Liability, in a ‘Moving’ Image
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 April 2021, I have invited João Santinha to co-author a brief article on ‘AI, Medical Liability, in a "Moving" Image’. We dive into the December 2020 topic and focus on the medical liability... 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
Understanding bad communication
Deter defensiveness, solve problems Chris Argyris’ insights on bad... Read more
COVID-19 Management
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the globe, spreading to new... Read more
How the Pandemic Changed Telemedicine
An overview of the large-scale transition to telemedicine at Mayo Clinic... Read more
Design for Imaging
‘Making It Work’ vs. ‘Making It Fit’ When it comes to design... Read more
White Coats in the Boardroom
Why Executive Presence is Compulsory for Highly-Qualified Healthcare... Read more
Vodcasting
The Story Behind Cappucino With Claudio Ronco Video on demand (VOD)... Read more