Search Tag: Health technology
2025 10 Sep
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the first touchpoint in healthcare. Home diagnostics, automated services and app-based triage are bringing assessment and advice to smartphones and wearables, shifting routine access away from in-person encounters. In the United Kingdom, the NHS Doctor in Your Pocket initiative signals a step change...Read more
2025 10 Sep
Digital health is positioned to improve access, quality and personalisation of care, yet success depends on more than bringing users into the room. Participation alone does not ensure usable or effective solutions. Engagement—the motivations, concerns and actions that shape how people think, speak and act during co-design—matters to both process...Read more
2025 28 Jul
Hospital readmissions represent a major challenge for health systems worldwide, contributing to increased healthcare costs and adverse patient outcomes. With better integration of electronic health record (EHR) systems into clinical care, interest has grown in their potential to deliver interventions aimed at lowering readmission rates. To assess...Read more
2025 28 Jul
Hospital readmissions represent a major challenge for health systems worldwide, contributing to increased healthcare costs and adverse patient outcomes. With better integration of electronic health record (EHR) systems into clinical care, interest has grown in their potential to deliver interventions aimed at lowering readmission rates. To assess...Read more
2025 15 Jul
The proliferation of mobile health (mHealth) applications presents significant opportunities for improving healthcare delivery and patient engagement. With capabilities ranging from self-monitoring tools to integration with electronic health records (EHRs), health apps have gained attention across Europe. However, their successful implementation...Read more
2025 30 May
Digital therapeutics (DTx) use software-driven treatments to improve healthcare access, personalise care, reduce costs and boost patient engagement. However, regulatory and capacity gaps hinder widespread adoption. Addressing these challenges requires clear standards, education for healthcare providers and patients, improved accessibility and strong...Read more
2025 25 Apr
Royal Philips provides an update on the Annual General Meeting 2025 which has been convened on March 24, 2025 (AGM). As previously announced, the AGM agenda includes the proposal to appoint Mr Bob White (American, 1962) as a new member of the Supervisory Board, with effect from May 8, 2025, given his extensive expertise and experience in health...Read more
2025 25 Apr
Royal Philips provides an update on the Annual General Meeting 2025 which has been convened on March 24, 2025 (AGM). As previously announced, the AGM agenda includes the proposal to appoint Mr Bob White (American, 1962) as a new member of the Supervisory Board, with effect from May 8, 2025, given his extensive expertise and experience in health...Read more
2024 21 Oct
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is an essential method of assessing cardiovascular risk. Traditionally, it has been performed manually, which is time-consuming and error-prone. This is especially true at the segment level, where detailed analysis of individual coronary segments is needed. However, advancements in deep learning have opened...Read more
2024 07 Oct
Digital narrative medicine is an emerging field that leverages technology to integrate patient stories into healthcare. Much like piecing together multiple perspectives from an incident report, this approach seeks to collect and analyse patient narratives that offer a more comprehensive understanding of their health journey. Using technologies...Read more
2024 28 May
The second Radical Health Festival Helsinki, a pan-European health festival, concluded after three days of impactful discussions and engaging sessions. The festival explored innovative ideas, technologies, and practices in the field of health, connecting policymakers, clinicians, health professionals, innovators, journalists, and influencers from...Read more
2024 10 May
PureHealth will showcase its model for holistic healthcare that is helping Abu Dhabi to set a global benchmark for health and wellbeing. PureHealth, the largest healthcare platform in the Middle East, has been confirmed as the National Healthcare & Longevity Champion for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week (ADGHW) being...Read more
2021 29 Jan
ECRI has released its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list for 2021 outlining the potential sources of danger especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and offering some recommendations for minimising the risks. You might also like: Patient Responsibility for Following up on Test Results The list, which has been published...Read more
2019 02 Oct
Innovation is at the heart of everything we do at Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices. But while we believe in striving forward with successful technologies, at the same time, we recognise the need to look at existing processes first and identifying how hospitals can synchronise and standardise these processes. The goal is optimisation so that we can...Read more
2020 07 Sep
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS FROM MAY TO 7-11 SEPT, 2020. DIGITAL EVENT Find HIMSS Europe on Social Media Read more