Search Tag: Healthcare
2018 22 Nov
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Transcribe are now HIPAA eligible services. Through using machine learning, AWS provider and patient clientele can leverage data insights to deliver better healthcare outcomes. AWS HIPAA eligible services enable use of the secure AWS environment...Read more
2018 15 Nov
Healthcare’s first smart contract system aims to enable health plans and their financial partners to develop and deploy distributed ledger processes that automate events across the transaction processing lifecycle.Change Healthcare and TIBCO Software have announced a collaboration to build the first smart contract system for healthcare, using the Change...Read more
2018 13 Nov
Despite budget constraints, the majority of healthcare IT professionals remain confident that their connected medical devices are protected from a cyberattack, according to Zingbox's 2018 healthcare security survey. The survey, which included 400 U.S.-based healthcare IT decision-makers and clinical engineers, found that 41 percent of these IT...Read more
2018 29 Aug
Compared to other industries, especially the banking and aviation sectors, healthcare has been slow when it comes to adoption of digital identity. In the banking industry, passwords and tokens have long been used to provide consumers access to accounts and virtual services. Specifically, a bank card (e.g., a debit or credit card) serves as...Read more
2018 22 Aug
For researchers, funding plays an important role in accomplishing their work. In the healthcare industry, many relevant topics do not get sufficient funding because they are not profitable for pharmaceutical laboratories. Blockchain, which is based on distributed ledger technology, and "smart contracts" are seen as possible solutions to this funding...Read more
2018 08 Aug
Smart technologies, including augmented reality (AR), are changing the way healthcare professionals go about their work. Indeed, many nurses and doctors do interact with AR applications every day to improve patient education and outcomes. Augmented reality is the use of displays, cameras, and sensors to overlay digital information onto the...Read more
2018 17 Apr
Predictive maintenance techniques have been introduced in several industries to help determine the condition of equipment that is already in use to predict when maintenance should be carried out. This approach promises cost savings over routine, regular preventive maintenance, because tasks are performed only when necessary, rather than because the...Read more
2017 19 Jul
I have been a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for many years but when at conferences, still, I am met with disbelief when people ask me about my field of work and I reply: "I am a physician". Admittedly my one-in-three on call days are behind me and my focus has shifted to the more theoretical, academic field...Read more
2017 28 Jun
Artificial intelligence is fast becoming integrated in the delivery of healthcare, and increasing use of the technology is expected to result in quality improvement and cost reduction. A new study shows that a variety of clinical AI applications will translate into savings of up to $150 billion in healthcare costs over the next 10 years....Read more
2017 09 May
Internet of Things continues to make inroads in healthcare, thanks to growing support from industry leaders. A new report from consultancy IDC indicates that 73 percent of healthcare executives are either prepared or very prepared to support IoT in 2017. See Also : Top Big Data and Security Trends for 2017 In fact, 40 percent of provider organisations...Read more
2017 25 Apr
ConhIT 2017, Berlin, April 25th to 27th, 2017, Siemens Healthineers in hall 2.2, no. B 112 • New partners for the Siemens Healthineers Digital Ecosystem: Ebit Srl – Esaote Group and HeartFlow • eHealth Solutions for networking in healthcare with new Patient Portal including Home Monitoring • PEPconnect for individual...Read more
2017 18 Apr
A number of obstacles must be overcome before blockchain can have widespread implementation in healthcare, according to technology experts. These include regulations, implementation costs, technical challenges, as well as deeply entrenched business models. See Also : How Blockchain Can Make HIT More Secure Healthcare has sets of rules covering...Read more
2017 04 Apr
Use of artificial intelligence technology is expanding not just in IT departments but also in other areas of business. Indeed, based on a global survey, a large majority (84 percent) of organisations view the use of AI as essential to being competitive. See Also : IT Needs for the Next Generation of Healthcare The survey by consulting firm Tata...Read more
2016 27 Dec
Hospitals do what they can to recruit the best doctors and nurses. However, it's just as important to attract the right people to take care of your hospital’s IT needs. With all the pending healthcare technology initiatives from the federal government, including an increased focus on i nteroperability with electronic health records(EHR) systems...Read more
2016 12 Dec
Consumerism is a growing trend in healthcare. Today, consumers are directly paying for more of their healthcare costs, both for the care itself and insurance coverage. In particular, only 48 percent of healthcare payer customers get their insurance from their employer. This means more consumers are covered by federal programmes (e.g., Medicare) or...Read more
2016 01 Dec
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post has launched her new business Thrive Global aimed at combating stress – especially that triggered by technology - enhancing wellbeing and improving performance at work and play. Addressing consumers’ relationship with technology is central to Thrive Global’s...Read more
2016 29 Nov
Stanford University researchers are saying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ripe for healthcare and that the sector could be seeing applications as early as 2030. In a project called One Hundred Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) devised by AI experts from a range of fields including healthcare, how AI will impact daily...Read more
2016 04 Oct
Technology used in connection with Bitcoin currency could be the solution for healthcare’s wide-ranging IT systems. Blockchain garnered global attention as Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer transactions system for verifying and recording transactions in a ledger. The healthcare sector innovators are starting to take notice of blockchain’s capacity...Read more
2016 27 Sep
Anna Sort is a qualified nurse, healthcare lecturer and the director of PlayBenefit, a Barcelona-based company which uses gaming to help people heal. What are your key areas of interest and research? Video games, Engagement design, behaviour change, Placebo effect/mind power, willpower and eustress. What are the major challenges in...Read more
2016 27 Sep
Europol published its much – anticipated annual Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report on Wednesday providing a frontline view for healthcare on how the cybersecurity threat is evolving and what organisations can do to fight it. The assessment focuses on important developments and emerging threats in cybercrime activity mostly...Read more
2016 12 Sep
The HIPAA does not stipulate the need to train employees to protect against the visual hacking but healthcare CISOs and CIOs should not let this practice fly under the radar says a IT security expert. Kate Borden of the Visual Privacy Advisory Council says that the low-tech nature of visual hacking means it is often overlooked in the drive for IT...Read more
2016 12 Sep
A new interoperability benchmark and measurement model for assessment of performance and progress is set to launch at the start of 2017. The model was established at last month’s KLAS Cornerstone Summit in Utah and is a collaborative initiative devised by industry representatives based on the 2016 Interoperability KLAS study design. ...Read more
2016 10 May
Health 2.0 is the premiere showcase and catalyst for the advancement of new health technologies. Through a global series of conferences, developer competitions, and leading market intelligence, Health 2.0 drives the innovation and collaboration necessary to transform health and health care. In addition to our flagship event held in the Bay Area each...Read more
2016 10 Aug
Until now and 2021, the total market for cybersecurity technology implemented by U.S. hospitals will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 13.6 percent. This is according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan which adds that health organisations need to take more action on cybersecurity than implementation of security tools. The report says that...Read more
2016 02 Aug
The Dutch National Police, Europol, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab have joined forces to launch the initiative No More Ransom (www.nomoreransom.org). The move represents new non-commercial cooperation between law enforcement and the private sector in the fight against ransomware. No More Ransom is a new online portal that aims to inform the public...Read more