HIT leaders work out strategies for value-based care
The focus on value-based healthcare has spawned some strategic IT challenges, including the need to improve data management for reporting and... Read more
Experts argue context matters in healthcare IT security
Protecting sensitive health data and patient records is a challenging task for infosec teams. In a large hospital, for example, multiple users... Read more
Solution for cybersecurity staff shortage
Amidst increasing incidents of cybercrime, many employers are looking to expand their cybersecurity teams this year to better protect their... Read more
New genomics toolkit for nurses
A new online toolkit that can help nurses and other health professionals in their effort to integrate genomics into patient care has been launched... Read more
New tech in nurse education
A new survey shows an accelerated rate of technology adoption in nursing education in the U.S., which is driven by two factors: a shortage of... 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
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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
Clostridioides difficile Infection: Complication of Intestinal Microbiome Alteration
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Breast Density and Choosing Optimal Breast Screening
DenseBreast-info.org was set up in 2015 to provide education to... Read more
Advances in Sepsis Research – New Tools Against One of the Oldest Diseases?
Sepsis and septic shock are the leading causes of death in the ICU. With... Read more
Getting Started with Twitter
If you want to know how we practised medicine 5 years ago, read a textbook.... Read more
Nutritional Management of the Critically Ill Older Adult
A review of available evidence and an overview of recommendations for... Read more
Are rankings the best way to determine healthcare systems?
Uncovering the truth behind healthcare rankings. World healthcare... Read more
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Comarch Diagnostic Point
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