Search Tag: healthcare data
2024 11 Nov
In healthcare, rapid access to up-to-date information can be the difference between life-saving interventions and missed opportunities. The ability to access, share and act on fresh data is crucial for patient outcomes, operational efficiency and financial performance. Yet, many healthcare organisations rely on outdated data, impacting their ability...Read more
2024 28 Oct
Value-based care (VBC) is becoming increasingly essential in healthcare, focusing on measuring and managing care quality, outcomes and costs. Unlike traditional fee-for-service models that reward volume, VBC aims to tie reimbursement to quality metrics and patient outcomes. This shift requires healthcare providers to embrace a data-driven approach....Read more
2024 09 Sep
In the modern healthcare landscape, data management is becoming more than just a technological necessity—it’s a cultural shift. Healthcare organisations are rethinking their policies and structures to improve data accessibility, leveraging data to enhance care delivery, streamline processes, and drive innovation. Leaders like Children’s Hospital...Read more
2024 24 Jul
The healthcare sector is undergoing a significant transformation driven by the massive data generation. With a compound annual growth rate of nearly 36%, this data explosion is fuelled by diverse sources, including mobile apps, wearable devices, cloud computing, and AI technologies. This vast reservoir of data, comprising clinical and claims information,...Read more
2024 24 Jul
The healthcare sector is undergoing a significant transformation driven by the massive data generation. With a compound annual growth rate of nearly 36%, this data explosion is fuelled by diverse sources, including mobile apps, wearable devices, cloud computing, and AI technologies. This vast reservoir of data, comprising clinical and claims information,...Read more
2024 16 Jul
Data is pivotal in enhancing behavioural health practices. By harnessing the power of data, healthcare providers can gain critical insights into patient demographics, preferences, and clinical histories, which, in turn, allows for the customisation of treatment plans to meet individual needs. Additionally, data aids in streamlining operational...Read more
2024 16 Jul
Data is pivotal in enhancing behavioural health practices. By harnessing the power of data, healthcare providers can gain critical insights into patient demographics, preferences, and clinical histories, which, in turn, allows for the customisation of treatment plans to meet individual needs. Additionally, data aids in streamlining operational...Read more
2024 11 Jul
Achieving true national interoperability in healthcare is essential for ensuring that all stakeholders have access to trustworthy, accurate, and actionable information. This seamless flow of data is critical not only for clinicians who need up-to-date patient information but also for other healthcare constituents, such as payers, consumers, and...Read more
2024 16 May
New research from Arcadia, a prominent healthcare data platform, exposes a critical issue: despite high confidence in data accuracy, a staggering 47% of healthcare data remains underutilised. This revelation poses a significant challenge, as it hampers efforts to optimise patient outcomes, streamline operations, and reduce costs. Dr. Kate Behan,...Read more
2024 08 May
The digital health sector faces significant data challenges due to its fragmented nature, hindering effective collaboration and resulting in suboptimal care, inconsistent services, and financial waste. Despite the potential of interoperable data to address these issues, efforts have been inconsistent, leading to numerous incompatible standards....Read more
2022 01 Nov
Data Expert to Develop Next-Generation Analytics Platforms for Customers Blue Health Intelligence® (BHI®) – a leading healthcare data and analytics firm – appointed pharmacy benefit management veteran Sam Mohanty as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Mohanty will oversee BHI’s IT and data engineering functions that support...Read more
2022 13 Sep
Patients and their families today are expecting more transparency and involvement in their care than ever before. They want to engage with their health, to access their medical records, and to be informed about clinical decisions and options. Clinicians and administrators also have heightened expectations about the data, analytical tools and technology...Read more
2022 13 Sep
Patients and their families today are expecting more transparency and involvement in their care than ever before. They want to engage with their health, to access their medical records, and to be informed about clinical decisions and options. Clinicians and administrators also have heightened expectations about the data, analytical tools and technology...Read more
2022 08 Jul
An overview of how exchange of knowledge can advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare with total data privacy. Key Points Artificial Intelligence is playing an important role in taking better decisions across multiple sectors and the healthcare sector is not an exception. Rule of thumb: The larger the datasets the better...Read more
2021 20 Oct
With the increased circulation of healthcare data, data monetisation has become one of the main topics in the data industry. The goal is to turn data into an economic asset to maximise efficiency, reduce costs and increase business value. This article discusses the need to monetise data and how this can be done ethically and efficiently. Key...Read more
2020 08 Sep
As the respiratory disease COVID-19 is caused by a new pathogen, SARS-CoV-2, there is so much uncertainty that makes the battle against the pandemic even more challenging. Experts continue with their research work to have a better understanding on COVID-19's underlying physiology and its interactions with the body's different system processes....Read more
2020 03 Feb
After three-and-a-half years of deliberations, the UK officially left the European on January 31st. A transition period until the end of this year will see both stakeholders drawing up a number of agreements, with trade being at the forefront. You might also like: Brexit Disruption Harnessed For A Better NHS As far as data sharing...Read more
2019 13 Nov
Summary: The future of global healthcare requires a shift towards a real-time, digital learning healthcare ecosystem, but how can we use patient data to achieve this goal? Healthcare data is seen by many as the ‘new goldmine,’ with many businesses in this field evaluated and sold at a significant value. Flatiron, the start-up...Read more
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
2019 11 Sep
The growing trend of consumerism in healthcare is drawing more attention to the provision of high-quality care at reasonable costs. It therefore behoves provider organisations to make significant strategic change in order to stay relevant and provide the kind of quality care patients, as consumers, expect. You may also like: The Hospital as...Read more
2019 26 Aug
An efficient mHealth network relies on patient data but provision of such data requires confidence that it is being sourced and used with integrity. HealthManagement.org spoke to three health data experts for their views on what healthcare can do to secure patient trust when it comes to accessing and using their data. Jaana Sinipuro Project...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Health data holds the promise of healing a plethora of healthcare operational woes. Saluscoop looks at how we can make data work for provider and patient. More and More Data for a Healthier Society We are experiencing a period of data explosion: the digitalisation of health records, the increasing use of smartphones, portable...Read more
2018 23 May
What could the new data protection law mean for health sector leaders? The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect on 25 May 2018, replacing the 1995 Data Protection Directive. Directly binding and applicable in all EU states, the GDPR aims to protect the data and privacy of the European population by giving...Read more
2018 24 Apr
The need to improve interoperability and security of the healthcare information systems is a major factor for the growing adoption of blockchain technology in the healthcare sector, according to a new report from global market intelligence and advisory firm BIS Research. The report says the blockchain in healthcare is projected to be $176.8 million...Read more
2018 20 Mar
Interoperability remains a major problem when it comes to managing healthcare data. In some large hospitals, even the sharing of information between care teams is sometimes difficult because the EHR system used in one department may be different from the EHRs used in other departments. To address these interoperability concerns, Google has launched...Read more
2018 27 Feb
The application of artificial intelligence in healthcare continues to expand, and this time AI will be used in combination with blockchain technology to create a global marketplace for healthcare data. In this blockchain-based marketplace, the monetisation of a person's health data (e.g., blood test results) will become possible. Longenesis, a healthcare...Read more
2015 03 Feb
Susannah Fox is the second Entrepreneur in Residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the largest philanthropic organisation in the US devoted solely to public health. The Entrepreneur in Residence is an experimental position which Fox assumed in September 2014. According to the RWJF website, Fox “excels at using data and storytelling...Read more
2015 06 Jan
The second annual data breach forecast published by Experian warns of an ongoing threat against data privacy and safety for healthcare organisations in 2015. Technological developments designed to increase efficiency and consumer involvement — such as record digitisation, cloud storage and wearable health monitoring devices — make healthcare data more...Read more
2014 08 Mar
Author Anders Olauson President The European Patients’ Forum 31, rue du commerce B-1000 Brussels [email protected] +32 (0)2 280 23 34 Links You are invited to sign the EPF Manifesto to support this campaign and therefore commit to include a patients’ perspective in your work:...Read more
2014 25 Feb
Norse Global Threat Intelligence Platform Identifies Healthcare Organizations' Compromised Networks, Applications, Devices and Systems In association with SANS, the most trusted and largest source for information security training, certification and research, Norse, the leading provider of live threat intelligence solutions, has released the...Read more