EHRs need time to prove worth
New research published in Health Affairs suggests that use of electronic health records (EHRs) can help improve quality of care after all.... Read more
Can a bot take over primary care?
Babylon boasts that its artificial intelligence bot performs better than human doctors at a medical exam. Not surprisingly, such claims... Read more
AI: are you ready for backlash?
While adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare may be on the rise, a new report indicates the lack of readiness of organisations... Read more
Disappointing and time-consuming, can EHRs be made useful?
Electronic health record (EHR) systems were supposed to improve the documentation process and retrieval of patient information to help with... Read more
Is blockchain the solution for fragmented medical info?
The use of different electronic records systems in hospitals and specialist clinics makes it difficult for doctors or care teams to have... Read more
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3 Software Solutions to Reinvent Processes in Healthcare
The concept of digital healthcare puts patients, their personal needs and demands for convenience and speed at the centre, which is why investing in custom software solutions is such a popular business strategy today. But digitisation in healthcare is so much more than just a passing trend. Instead, it is a vital ingredient of the success of each healthcare... Read more
How to Find the Right IT Partner for Your Telemedicine Solution
It’s 2022 and public health is undergoing an unprecedented digital transformation. It’s a road already taken before Covid-19, but during the first quarter of 2020 in the U.S. telehealth visits increased by 154% (CDC, 2020). If you are in a business in the healthcare industry , you probably feel the pressure to provide or use technology that works... Read more
Shaping the Artificial Intelligence of the Future
In 2014, Stephen Hawking had warned that ‘the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race’. 1 A bold statement indeed, but if we focus on the term ‘full’, we’ll understand that if not designed properly, certain level of autonomy that could be difficult to control and can be extremely damaging to fundamental... Read more
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Thales’s End-to-End Comprehensive Offer for Connected Radiology
2022 15 Jun
As in many sectors, the COVID crisis has substantially changed the way of working, with an increasing need for digital solutions to guaranty continuity of services. The same applies for the medical domain. During the pandemic, clinicians maintained the link with patients, conducting remote consultations, but raising a huge concern with... Read more
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
From Our Journals
Twenty Lessons from 2020: With a Focus on the ICU Perspective
2020 has been an unusual year. As we begin 2021, it is important for... Read more
Iodinated Contrast Media: Risks and Best Practice
The aim of administering contrast media in medical imaging is to improve... Read more
Fostering Geriatric Medicine in Europe
People are living longer, partly due to advances in medicine. On the... Read more
Power to the People: How the Economics of Information is Empowering Patients
During the 2000s, England’s National Health Service spent an extra $1.5... Read more
Mouth Care Challenges and the Use of the COVID-19 Oral Grading System
This paper describes the experiences of the Speech and Language Therapy... Read more
Microbiome and Probiotics: Do They Really Work?
The microbiota is recognised as one of the most important factors... Read more