Search Tag: big data
Mobility, Connectivity and Pandemics of Modern World
2020 15 Jun
In a recent piece for Campaign for Social Care, Andrew Tatem , Professor of Spatial Demography and Epidemiology, University of Southampton and Director of WorldPop and Flowminder , analyses how increased global connectivity has helped COVID-19 to become the fastest-spreading disease in history. You might also like : COVID-19: Data... Read more
The Future is Digital
2020 09 Mar
The debate about Artificial Intelligence (AI) versus healthcare personnel shows no sign of abating. While we can safely say that the role of physicians is not under any serious threat from technology, AI will be critical in managing data for more efficient diagnosis, workflow and patient care. ‘The Future is Digital’ offers exciting views on data... Read more
How Healthcare Can Unlock the Promise of Big Data
2020 09 Mar
Summary: The healthcare space will not only need to change its systems, operations and infrastructure, but also healthcare professionals may have to adopt an innovative mindset to embrace the changes and challenges brought to their working lives by implementing big data. I believe that big data present enormous opportunities in the healthcare... Read more
Big Data in Breakthrough Cancer Detection Tool
2020 16 Jan
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have used big data analytics to devise a personalised tool for prediction of cancer, patient survivability and patient response to immunotherap You might also like: AI Breast Cancer Diagnosis Matches Two Doctors This specially-designed 'scorecard' has been designed to be used... Read more
The Future ICU
2020 15 Jan
Critical Care Medicine has existed for many years, but was only recognised as a specialty in the last 40 years or so. However, during this time, there has been a tremendous amount of change. Over the years, our understanding of different critical illnesses has improved, and our treatment strategies have become more effective. Technology has also played... Read more
The Intersection of Big Data, AI, Precision & Predictive Medicine to Create the Future
2020 15 Jan
Over the next 50 years, critical care will evolve from a system that reacts to patient deterioration into a system that predicts and prevents these events. The application of real-time analytics to large-scale integrated ICU patient data will facilitate creation of learning healthcare systems and delivery of personalised and even predictive critical... Read more
The Future of Cardiovascular Medicine – Technology, Gender Bias and Treatment Strategies
2019 13 Nov
Prof. Mamas A Mamas is a structural interventional cardiologist, treating patients with underlying coronary artery with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in both the elective and emergency setting and undertaking Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions (TAVI). He is also the Associate Editor of Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions... Read more
2020: Another Year of Radical Change in Healthcare
2019 13 Nov
As we approach the New Year, it is time for forecasts and predictions. This is not easy, as the healthcare landscape today is changing faster than ever, driven by technological advancements and accompanying social, financial and regulatory shifts. The Editors-in-Chief for HealthManagement.org shared their views on what to look out for in 2020 to... Read more
The Politics of Tech Adoption in Healthcare
2019 13 Nov
A new report looking into the development and use of emerging technologies, notably artificial intelligence (AI), for healthcare has revealed concerns among some clinicians as to the real reason behind tech adoption. Within the NHS, the adoption of AI and other data-driven technologies is largely based on a “political or commercial imperative”... Read more