Search Tag: digitisation
How the Digitisation of ICU can Power the Fight Against COVID-19
2020 11 May
GE Healthcare introduces an out-of-the-box COVID-19 tailored solution that automatically captures data and provides quick and relevant COVID-19 clinical insights. As the tsunami of Coronavirus “COVID-19” (SARS-CoV-2) cases surged across the globe from east to west, the scaling up of Intensive Care Units (ICU) in Europe accelerated to increase... Read more
Reimagining Hospitals
2020 03 Feb
One of the most cost-effective ways to reinvent hospitals will be through information technology. Over the next decade we can give hospitals the equivalent of brains and nervous systems. The fully digitised hospital of the future will become a healing machine, sensitive to the precise needs of each patient, seamlessly supporting human caregivers... Read more
How tech improved healthcare hiring process
2019 05 Feb
The success of an organisation or business entity is often dependent on its employees' efficiency and productivity. Needless to say, effective HR management should be an important focus of a company's operation. Take the case of a leading hospital chain in the U.S., for example. The hospital has a large network of business units spread across 61... Read more
Digitizing healthcare
2019 21 Jan
Affidea launches new digital tools in its network to improve patient experience and boost operations workflow. Affidea, the leading pan-European provider of advanced diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer care services, has announced the launch of two new applications to drive forward the digitisation of its operations and increase productivity... Read more
Top killers
2018 21 Aug
In healthcare, the tendency is more on managing events after they happen rather than adopting a proactive approach to prevention. This is a major reason why the number of CVD patients continues to increase each year and why cardiovascular disease continues to be one of the leading causes of death and disability. Approximately 17.7 million people... Read more
Digitisation 4.0: the transmission of patient data
2018 21 Aug
New methods of patient empowerment and communication with doctor. In the Mühldorf clinic, patients have been equipped with a ‘smart visit’ app in a pilot project to gain experience with a new instrument of data communication. Data Transmition There are numerous apps to assist people with a broad range of issues relating... Read more
Wachter: healthcare complexity means lengthy digitisation process inevitable
2018 13 Mar
Healthcare lags behind other industries when it comes to widespread and effective use of digital tools. That's the observation of Robert Wachter, MD, a healthcare leader who has been critical of health IT's shortcomings. In most industries, widespread digitisation takes 10 to 15 years, according to Dr. Wachter, the chair of the University of California,... Read more
Prof. Michio Kaku walks audience into a profound future during RSNA session
2017 06 Dec
Thursday afternoon’s plenary session at RSNA 2017 in Chicago last week saw audience members gather for one of the week’s most profound and informative, yet deeply optimistic discussions, where Professor Michio Kaku engaged the audience in an enlightening walk into the future through the eyes of a theoretical physicist. Titled “The... Read more