Search Tag: electronic medical records
2024 30 Nov
Advancements in healthcare technology are reshaping how clinicians deliver patient care, optimising workflows and enhancing efficiency. Sentara Health's introduction of nearly 6,000 specialised smartphones across its network of hospitals exemplifies this shift, enabling healthcare providers to focus more on bedside care and less on administrative...Read more
2024 23 Jul
Implementing electronic medical records (EMRs) across various countries highlights significant potential benefits but also reveals numerous challenges and pitfalls. This highlights the importance of learning from international experiences to avoid costly mistakes and inefficiencies. Key Points Transformative yet Challenging: EMRs...Read more
2024 30 May
Patient access to healthcare has been a longstanding concern, one that predates the digital revolution and the current challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. It's a multifaceted issue stemming from various factors like affordability, transportation limitations, and the availability of appointments. While the healthcare system grapples with capacity...Read more
2024 30 May
Patient access to healthcare has been a longstanding concern, one that predates the digital revolution and the current challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. It's a multifaceted issue stemming from various factors like affordability, transportation limitations, and the availability of appointments. While the healthcare system grapples with capacity...Read more
2023 30 Aug
Instituting patient safety practices will save lives and healthcare dollars. We are proud of our healthcare experts; it is the system that needs to be fixed, and we can do that! We can create a system where safe, high-quality healthcare is delivered to every patient every time. Healthcare must become a high-reliability organisation, and this starts...Read more
2019 03 Dec
Amazon continues its expansion into the healthcare sector. On 2 December, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company's cloud computing arm, announced at the Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas the launch of a voice transcription service for physicians. The new service, called Amazon Transcribe Medical, is designed to make clinical documentation...Read more
2019 02 Oct
Summary: In a world of changing healthcare ideals, all that is required is a change in our mindset. Transformation is accelerating in healthcare, and this is particularly true with regards to healthcare in Singapore. It has been ranked the longest for life expectancy at birth (Global Burden of Disease Study 2017) as well as second for healthcare...Read more