Search Tag: Data
Leveraging Data and Digital Technology for Pandemic Prevention
2020 28 Sep
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way healthcare works. HealthManagement.org spoke to Sourabh Pagaria to discuss the future of data and digital technologies as strategic assets for pandemic prevention in future. Key Points There is a need to adopt technological solutions to help extend reach of clinical staff and... Read more
COVID-19: Data Uncertainty and Effectiveness of Interventions
2020 11 May
Summary: For the past 15 years Prof. Andy Tatem has been working with population data globally, and his team was one of the first to analyse the COVID-19 spread and interventions during the outbreak in China. He speaks with HealthManagement.org about public health measures, COVID-19 changing the nature of research, and how data could and should be... Read more
Software Identifies COVID-19 Super Carriers
2020 16 Mar
A Polish company has developed software that deploys data to identify people at risk of carrying COVID-19. The firm, DataWalk, taps into data like immigration records, mobile phone data and data about affected individuals to identify potential ‘super carriers’ who resist the disease and are unaware how widely they can infect others.... Read more
Get Data on Board: Incorporating Health Information Technology in Care Delivery
2020 09 Mar
Summary: How can healthcare practitioners at all levels contribute for optimal integration and use of data and HIT for best care delivery? If you were to poll clinicians from every practice across the United States about the state of their electronic health record system (EHR), we would wager $100 that you would find at least one dissatisfied... Read more
How to Secure Sensitive Healthcare Data
2020 27 Feb
In today's highly interconnected world, securing and protecting sensitive data can be a big challenge. This is even more true in healthcare, where data protection can become a matter of life and death. Encryption is considered one of the most effective ways to protect data. As noted by the Ponemon Institute , about half of healthcare... Read more
eHealthWeek Croatia 2020
2020 15 Apr
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British MedTech Eyes Middle East Post Brexit
2020 31 Jan
The UK is looking to strengthen medical technology ties with the Middle East on its departure, Brexit, from the European Union on January 31. This week at Arab Health, UK-based L exington Communications held a presentation and Q&A, Making a success of Brexit: Opportunities for UK MedTech at the Dubai congress. You might also like:... Read more
Our Top 15 Technology Stories from 2019
2019 28 Dec
As the year draws to a close, we take a look at our most viewed technology stories across our 2019 news and journals. Fighting Cyber Threats With a Global Community Denise Anderson, President of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), spoke to HealthManagement.org about this growing global organisation’s aim... Read more
Anthem to Provide Blockchain Medical Data to 40 Million Members
2019 17 Dec
U.S. health insurer Anthem, with around 40 million members, is increasingly relying on blockchain technology for more secure and efficient management of health data. Hyperledger Fabric, Indy and Burrow are among the blockchains the company is using. You might also like: Bills, Claims and Analysis: Blockchain in Healthcare Blockchain,... Read more