Search Tag: Healthcare
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
New Navigation System to Guide Robots in Emergency Rooms
2021 14 May
Emergency departments (ED) can be crowded, busy, face-paced spaces manned by healthcare workers (HWC) who are overworked and often under stress. Robots have been used in some clinical settings to help lessen the burden of HCWs, by engaging in non-value added tasks, such as material delivery and patient triage, as well as and providing support to patients... Read more
COVID19 & Tech: Will Every Business Become Health Business?
2020 15 Apr
A professional services company has said that technology will assist companies across all sectors be health focused after COVID-19 crisis passes. Accenture, headquartered in Dublin, has said companies will have to put measures in place once employees return to work to ensure a secure and healthy environment. You might also like: MIT Monitoring... Read more
Preparing IT Departments for COVID-19
2020 31 Mar
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, medical and support staff at hospitals maybe stretched thin but they soldier on, finding ways to cope with unprecedented challenges. In this time of public health crisis, as noted by Henning Schneider, CIO, Asklepios Kliniken, Germany , all hospital units and departments are pulling together in a joint effort... Read more
Smashing Patient Data Silos with Blockchain
2020 04 Mar
Ideally, with digital technology, storing and sharing of healthcare data can be done in a breeze. Despite widening use of EHRs, however, sharing of patient data between provider organisations remains difficult. This problem highlights the lack of interoperability in medical records. You might also like: UAE Launches Health Data Storage... 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
£27mln for Supercomputing Services Drive Scientific Breakthroughs in UK
2020 26 Feb
More scientific breakthroughs from UK researchers, notably in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and drug design, can be expected with the launch of state-of-the-art supercomputing services. The "Seven High Performance Computing (HPC)" services will be supported by a £27 million investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences... Read more