Search Tag: health data

IT Management

Influencing-the-future-use-of-health-data-through-public-perception

2023 04 Oct

The public will be invited to play a role in shaping how the NHS uses their health data to enhance patient care. As part of a series of significant events, the NHS plans to gather public opinions on the digital and data transformation within the healthcare system. These events will provide the public with a valuable opportunity to inform the NHS's...Read more

IT Management

Challenges-in-patient-and-caregiver-access-to-health-data

2023 14 Sep

Despite over a decade of building interoperability across the care continuum, healthcare consumers continue to experience frustration due to the absence of smooth and timely access to their personal health information.   In 2022, The Sequoia Project convened a group of diverse healthcare consumers, many of whom have dual roles as caregivers for...Read more

IT Management

Who-and-hl7-collaborate-to-support-adoption-of-open-interoperability-standards

2023 03 Jul

Recognizing the importance of interoperability standards in digital health transformation, WHO and standards-development organization, Health Level Seven International (HL7®), signed a  Project Collaboration Agreement  to support the adoption of open interoperability standards, globally. Adoption of interoperability standards are critical for consistent...Read more

IT Management

Using-data-to-transform-israeli-healthcare

2022 22 Sep

Although an old concept, it stands true to say that the collection and analysis of data will improve patient outcomes.   Healthcare systems must track and collect data efficiently, but this can be a difficult task when a large proportion of the population do not have medical insurance or access to medical facilities. Consequently, their data cannot...Read more

Digital Transformation

Using-data-to-transform-israeli-healthcare

2022 22 Sep

Although an old concept, it stands true to say that the collection and analysis of data will improve patient outcomes.   Healthcare systems must track and collect data efficiently, but this can be a difficult task when a large proportion of the population do not have medical insurance or access to medical facilities. Consequently, their data cannot...Read more

Health Management

In-search-of-gold-in-health-data

2022 13 Sep

The low quality of health data is at the core of why we are not making the most of data science. However, new ways of dealing with acquiring those data can overcome this situation. Key Points High-quality health data are essential for healthcare delivery, health research and innovation. However, two key problems must...Read more

IT Management

Remote-monitoring-of-age-related-diseases

2022 09 Sep

An interdisciplinary research team at the University of Bern and Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, has demonstrated a promising new method using remote sensors to detect health problems in the elderly population.   The deployed system is made up of contactless motion sensors that were placed in the homes of elderly study participants. The...Read more

Executive Health Management

Satellite-data-project-to-support-healthcare

2022 09 Sep

Satellite imagery and satellite data have the potential to provide critical health insights. For example, governments use satellite data to map the spread of a disease within a specific location. This information can provide a sense of how effective a health intervention is or where more attention is required to improve that intervention. In recent...Read more

IT Management

Health-data-forum-2022

2022 17 Nov

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Health Management

Hospitals-on-fhir-preparing-hospitals-for-european-health-data-space

2022 08 Jul

Hospitals and other healthcare organisations are where health data is predominantly created. If the European Health Data Space (EHDS) is to become a reality for citizens, both via supporting primary use as well as secondary use of health data, data located in these organisations needs to be able to be shared. Experts, industry, and EU-funded projects...Read more

IT Management

E-health-2022-conference-and-tradeshow

2022 01 Jun

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Executive Health Management

Health-data-innovation-perspectives

2021 26 Nov

Prof Paul Timmers at the University of Oxford and European University Cyprus speaks about the importance of protecting European interests and sovereignty in health data innovation. Key Points Protecting health data as digital assets is vital for safeguarding European sovereignty. National health innovation policies should...Read more

Executive Health Management

How-lack-of-accepted-standards-prevents-connected-health-from-taking-off

2021 13 Oct

Lack of globally accepted standards in health data management hampers the advancement of Connected Health, which we hope, can give the world faster, cheaper, and more accessible preventive healthcare. With thousands and thousands of personal medical sensors available on the market, dozens of electronic health record systems used at hospitals,...Read more

IT Management

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

Executive Health Management

Eu-health-place-social-network-for-health

2021 01 Jun

Balancing Human Rights Online Through “Action” Regulation If we are to effectively modulate the benefits and harms from social networks and misinformation, there is an inherent value in the “audacious” idea of creating a publicly owned social network at the EU level. A balance between freedom of speech and dangers of misinformation has to be found....Read more

IT Management

Big-data-vs-old-age

2021 18 Apr

The majority of older adults who represent a large part of healthcare patient population have little knowledge about how their personal health data are collected and processed, a new survey shows.   You might also like: 2020 saw an unprecedented rise in cyber attacks on healthcare systems and institutions. However, in 2021...Read more

Digital Transformation

Big-data-vs-old-age

2021 18 Apr

The majority of older adults who represent a large part of healthcare patient population have little knowledge about how their personal health data are collected and processed, a new survey shows.   You might also like: 2020 saw an unprecedented rise in cyber attacks on healthcare systems and institutions. However, in 2021...Read more

IT Management

Synthetic-health-data-challenge-phase-i-informational-webinar-and-q-a

2021 02 Feb

Speakers Stephanie Garcia, MPH @ The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Crystal Kallem, RHIA, CPHQ @ Clinovations Government + Health Casey Thompson, MSN @ Clinovations Government + Health Read more

Executive Health Management

Reimagined-hospitals

2020 29 Jan

In 10 years, the healthcare system will be a different beast. The power of technology and data will change the way we face the current challenges driving us towards more integrated care based on population health and value, with increased patient engagement. This all means the old healthcare provision paradigm is crumbling. Not that hospitals will...Read more

Executive Health Management

The-reuse-of-health-data-governance-and-trust-as-catalysers-for-quality

2020 29 Jan

Summary: The European Institute’s for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) total quality approach to data: four governance pillars designed to boost the quality of learning health systems and research to advance personalised medicine. The value of the massively growing health data volumes to advance healthcare and clinical research is beyond...Read more

IT Management

Cybersecurity-key-best-practices-for-protecting-health-data

2019 19 Nov

With digital technology now widely used in healthcare, from doctor appointment scheduling apps to telehealth systems, risks of patient data being hacked have increased immensely. As such, the concept of "patient wellbeing" has evolved to include data privacy and protection.   This change is not surprising considering that, given recent high-profile cyberattacks –notably...Read more

Executive Health Management

Measuring-the-nation-s-health

2019 13 Nov

Summary: A new health index proposed by the UK Government may be an effective way of collecting and acting upon abundant health data. It could also facilitate funding allocation to the most efficient initiatives, if devised and applied properly. As a nation, we do not lack health statistics. We collect hundreds of figures, from simple mortality...Read more

IT Management

Optimising-healthcare-data-for-improved-patient-care

2019 16 Oct

Harnessing the power of healthcare data is key to developing innovative solutions that lead to better patient care.   At Medtronic , two key approaches enable the medical device company to utilise data on people's health to help hospitals become more efficient and effective in their delivery of care. The first one entails developing devices that...Read more

IT Management

Hda-2019-health-data-analytics

2019 16 Oct

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IT Management

Uk-data-hubs-speed-up-new-meds-research

2019 01 Oct

The NHS has massive amounts of health data held within its various trusts and other facilities, and these "data silos" make it difficult for researchers and innovators to access and use important data about people's health. This problem will soon be a thing of the past as new data hubs – a total of seven – are set to be rolled out across the UK starting...Read more

IT Management

Health-and-consumer-tech-partnerships-on-the-rise

2019 26 Sep

Digital technology and mHealth expansion  not only enable patients to be more proactive in keeping themselves fit and healthy, these tech innovations are also underpinning the growth of consumerism in healthcare.   With data collected from medical devices – including wearables and other mHealth tools – becoming increasingly valuable for disease...Read more

IT Management

Cost-effective-healthit-solutions

2019 10 Sep

Data has become an important asset in today's digital world; moreover, increasing IT use and automation results in more of this asset being created. Interestingly, other industries pale in comparison with healthcare when it comes to the amount of data generated – ie, about a trillion gigabytes of data each year coming from a variety of sources such...Read more

IT Management

Making-a-success-of-health-data-exchange

2019 05 Sep

Recently, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported the success of a data exchange platform being used at emergency departments in several Alaskan hospitals. The Collective Medical platform allows for easier health data exchange between hospitals and means that emergency department staff have immediate access to a patient’s medical history. The system...Read more