Point-of-View Articles
Point-of-View articles on trending topics, winning practices and cross-collaboration in healthcare.
Dr Nicholas Spencer
Point-of-View - Effective Workforce Transformation
Effective Workforce Transformation in Healthcare
HealthManagement.org spoke to Dr Nicholas Spencer, Chief Clinical Information Officer for Northern Europe, Agfa HealthCare and Roberto Anello, Managing Director for Northern Europe, Agfa HealthCare to gain insight on workforce transformation, collaboration networks, integrated care systems and application of technology and Artificial Intelligence in healthcare. Agfa HealthCare’s class-leading solution, th...
Sourabh Pagaria
Point-of-View - Effective Workforce Transformation
Increasing Care Demand and Growing Workforce Shortage
Healthcare staff shortages are a growing global issue. At the same time, ageing populations and an increasing burden of chronic diseases are driving up demand for healthcare. The gap between rising demand and a shortage of healthcare workers is looming. HealthManagement.org spoke to Sourabh Pagaria, Executive Vice President & Managing Director of the Southern European business of Siemens Healthineers, o...
Zisis Sotiriou
Point-of-View - Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
A New Era in Operational Excellence - Predicting With Precision to Enable Better Patient Care
An overview of new technologies by Affidea designed to improve patient experience and medical outcomes while making clinical operations safer. Unplanned downtime from clinical equipment can negatively affect every aspect of the care delivery.Innovation is part of Affidea’s DNA, and it comes to offer an outstanding patient experience, proven clinical outcomes and high safety standards.Affidea has become...
Janina Beilner
Point-of-View - Effective Workforce Transformation
The Future of Healthcare Workforce Development and Management
The healthcare workforce crisis is a global reality. The healthcare workforce is experiencing a shortage in staff and expertise, impacting staff well being and satisfaction. Fear of exposure to infection and transmission, staff shortages, inadequate personal protective equipment, and work stress has added an extra burden to an already stressful lifestyle resulting in increased burnout rate and suicide. The...
Dr Alessandro Roncacci
Point-of-View - Affidea
How to Reach Gold Standards in Radiology Through Continuous Learning & Education - Affidea
Rapid developments in radiology and technological advances offer unique educational opportunities that can set the clinical standards for better patient outcomes. Affidea is committed to providing clinical teams with the necessary education and tools to lead the future of radiology. Radiology has a pivotal and decisive role in patient management.Affidea empowers its clinical community with a strong profes...
Martyna Elsner
Point-of-View - Successful Digitalisation Pathways
The Main Challenges of Digitising Medical Facilities and How to Overcome Them
An overview of the challenges and strategies for successful implementation of modern IT systems in medical facilities. Hospital Information Systems (HIS) are designed to improve and digitise therapeutic and diagnostic processes.There are two types of medical systems that can be implemented: central systems and peripheral systems.Effective health IT systems improve the verification of data and increase the c...
Franz Tiani
Point-of-View - Enterprise Imaging
Across the Regions, Agfa HealthCare is Making Image Sharing a Reality
An overview of large-scale, multi-site health IT projects which demonstrate how Agfa HealthCare has strategically and operationally guided clients, who make use of its flagship Enterprise Imaging platform, to fulfill complex requirements and bring to success tangible outcomes. A well-designed Enterprise Imaging platform enables healthcare networks to leverage technology to support their national or extende...
Sourabh Pagaria
Point-of-View - Remote Patient Monitoring
Expanding the Use of Remote Technologies in Healthcare
Health systems could reduce inefficiencies and achieve growth by strategically deploying telehealth technologies throughout the patient pathway. Remote technology can impact how caregivers deliver care. HealthManagement.org spoke to Sourabh Pagaria, Executive Vice President & Managing Director of the Southern European business of Siemens Healthineers, on the benefits, challenges and future trends of rem...
Dr. Anjum M Ahmed, MBBS, MBA, MIS
Point-of-View - Enterprise Imaging
Artificial Intelligence – Impact, Challenges and Opportunities
Dr Anjum Ahmed is the Chief Medical Officer at Agfa HealthCare. He has played an essential role in steering the company’s innovation strategy for Enterprise Imaging and Artificial Intelligence. Dr Ahmed has over 23 years of global experience in solutions innovation, governance, change management and digital transformation. Before joining Agfa HealthCare, he spent 12 years implementing clinical and imaging...
Ben Newton
Point-of-View - Intelligent Imaging
Integrated Cancer Care and Intelligent Imaging
Early diagnosis of cancer can lead to better patient care and better outcomes. In particular, the use of intelligent imaging technology along the patient’s journey, from screening to diagnosis to treatment, monitoring and follow-up, is essential. HealthManagement.org spoke to Dr Ben Newton, General Manager, Oncology at GE Healthcare, to discuss his views on integrated cancer care, the optimum use of imagi...
Dr Alessandro Roncacci
Point-of-View -AI: Opportunities, Capabilities and Limits
"One Ring to Rule Them All" in AI – Affidea’s Experience
An overview of Affidea’s experience on the road to AI implementation and the need to understand the complexity of integrating multiple AI solutions safely, offering clear benefits to patients and radiologists. Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence (AI) in radiology is growing at a fast pace. A 2020 study from the American College of Radiology on radiologist uptake of AI shows th...
Point-of-View - Decision Support
Teamplay Digital Health Platform for Performance Management in Radiology
An overview of teamplay applications for performance management in radiology and how they offer a clear overview of performance data and facilitate radiology directors or clinical administrators to make fast and well-informed decisions. The teamplay digital health platform enables digital transformation by facilitating easy access to solutions for operational, clinical and shared decision support.The tea...
Sourabh Pagaria
Point-of-View - AI: Opportunities, Capabilities and Limits
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence is believed to lead the process of digitalisation and transformation in healthcare. How can healthcare organisations prepare for this change? What opportunities does AI offer for the healthcare sector? Which AI-based radiology tools are expected to make a difference? HealthManagement.org spoke to Sourabh Pagaria, Executive Vice President & Managing Director of the Southern Europe...
Charlotte Hubault
Point-of-View - AI: Opportunities, Capabilities and Limits
Telemedicine Care Combined with AI: Capabilities and Benefits
An overview of the application of AI (artificial intelligence)-enabled systems in telemedicine and the Comarch healthcare strategy to develop building blocks of this new care system. The management of chronic disease and geriatric disorders is one of the biggest challenges for healthcare systems.Telemedicine solutions bring innovative answers to the needs of healthcare providers.AI (artificial intelligence)...
Point-of-View - Innovation and Technology in Healthcare
Innovative Technologies Will Address Health System Challenges
Innovation is the fuel for any improvement in society because technology always pushes back limitations. Thales envisions to build on its advanced expertise to meet the healthcare challenges of tomorrow. Bringing performant secure healthcare access to anyone, anywhere, will overcome critical medical issues. After the pandemic revealed the weakness of global health systems, our societies have seen public h...
Dr Herbert Staehr
Point-of-View - Decision Support
Unlocking Digital Tools to Expand Access to Healthcare
An overview of the emergence of digital front doors, their potential and key points to bear in mind during the technological transition.For decades, basic healthcare interaction has been a human one. However, the limitations of this system are now becoming more and more apparent.Patients today are demanding fast, convenient, easy and affordable service.Primary care physicians are no longer the first option...
Point-of-View - Decision Support
Telehealth Platforms: The Foundation for Digital Transformation
An overview of the role of digital transformation in the healthcare space, particularly the adoption of telehealth solutions during the pandemic and an outlook of the future of telehealth solutions and the momentum of digitalisation in healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation efforts in healthcare have accelerated, especially in the telehealth sphere.Remote patient monitoring is her...
Prof. Michele Brignole
Point-of-View - Disease Assessment and Management
The Importance of Syncope Assessment, Diagnosis and Management
Professor Michele Brignole is the the coordinator of the Faint & Fall programme at the IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, Milan, Italy. He was formerly the Director of the Department of Cardiology of Ospedali del Tigullio, Lavagna, Italy. Prof Brignole’s main fields of research are diagnosis, pathophysiology, therapy of syncope and rhythm disturbances and catheter ablation of arrhythmias. He served as the cha...
Dr Alessandro Roncacci
Point-of-View
Peer Review System: Collaborative Learning to Achieve Clinical Excellence
An overview of Affidea’s Peer Review system that allows radiology teams to learn and grow together and benefit from each other’s expertise and experience for better clinical outcomes. At Affidea, we aim to create a strong culture of quality where every member of the clinical team feels empowered and encouraged to participate in the process of improving patient care. We do this through various syst...
Prof Kyriakos Lobotesis
Point-of-View
Does Mechanical Thrombectomy Provide Economic Benefit In Ischaemic Stroke?
The impact of COVID-19 on stroke services and using mechanical thrombectomy and best medical management, as per national guidelines, for patients with large vessel occlusion-related acute ischaemic stroke. In the last 20 years, death rates from stroke have fallen mostly due to successful prevention strategies such as hypertension control and smoking cessation (https://strokeeurope.eu/). Although it is p...