Search Tag: Healthcare
Health and the City
2021 12 Jul
With urban populations increasingly growing worldwide and technology making smart cities a reality, there is great potential of improving healthcare services by expanding them beyond the hospital walls. Both immediate health emergencies, such as COVID-19, and long-term strategies can be addressed with new, tech-driven solutions supported by enhanced... Read more
Digital Healthcare Focus: European Hospitals on Fire (FHIR) EMH-onFHIR
2021 14 Jun
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
Healthcare Worker 4.0: Redesigning Jobs for the Future
2021 01 Jun
Healthcare needs to change to meet demographic shifts, increasing demand and rising costs. To change healthcare, success lies in its transformation of the healthcare worker for tomorrow. In the face of these disruptions and increasing adoption of automation and digitalisation, healthcare workers must be equipped to redesign their jobs and upskill... Read more
Blockchain: A Revolution in Digital Health
2021 01 Jun
Blockchain is presented today as a mirage of solutions that for many specialists might seem limited. The future challenge will be to build trust in users in a system that will process personal patients’ data via the blockchain system. This may imply, in the end, the creation of a new personalised medicine business thanks to the information’s... Read more
Enterprise Imaging VNA - Enriching Patient Imaging Records
2021 01 Jun
Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging VNA solution is a modern, standards-based platform purpose-built on the latest technology. Health Management.org spoke to Christien Lefebvre, Global Program Manager, Enterprise Imaging VNA for Agfa HealthCare to discuss the VNA solution, what benefits it offers and why healthcare organisations and clinicians should... Read more
Telecardiology: What Could be Next?
2021 01 Jun
The new way to monitor health With the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns and restrictions of physical contact, many cardiovascular scientific associations and journals started to speak about telemedicine solutions, but many highlighted that no telecardiology programme could be created overnight. In cardiology, the branch of telecardiology is well... Read more