Search Tag: patient empowerment
2023 09 Jun
At HIMSS this week, Harvey Castro, Emergency Physician, ChatGPT healthcare expert and author of ChatGPT & Healthcare: Unlocking the Potential of Patient Empowerment, talked about how ChatGPT could revolutionise healthcare. According to a study published in Scientific American, ChatGPT has an IQ of 155. As Dr Castro points out, this means ChatGPT...Read more
2020 02 Dec
Google in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( AHRQ ) is launching a pilot project aimed at helping citizens to plan their doctor’s appointments. You might also like: How Will FAMGA Shakeup Healthcare? In a blog post, Dave Greenwood, Product Manager at Google Health, notes the advantages of planned...Read more
2015 15 Jul
The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) has said that the period until 2020 is critical for the development of mobile health. In the newly issued report on its annual ‘Thought Leadership Debate’ held in Riga during eHealth Week in May, EHTEL brought together key speakers on the issue of mHealth and integrated healthcare under the theme of...Read more
2015 14 May
The Self-Care Hub, the new online tool that empowers people with long-term health issues to better understand and self-manage their conditions, has received excellent feedback during its preview at the Library of Birmingham. The web-based solution aims to reduce the need for face-to-face consultation with clinicians, reducing reliance on over-stretched...Read more
2015 15 Mar
A new patient-centred app now available for download in the iTunes Apple Store will empower women affected by breast cancer to participate in the research process by recording their symptoms and progress using sensors and surveys via their iPhones. The “Share the Journey: Mind, Body and Wellness After Breast Cancer” app is itself an interactive study...Read more
2014 30 May
Gives healthcare providers immediate insights into patient satisfaction Long Range Systems, (LRS), a leading supplier of messaging and tracking solutions, has announced the launch of Check Point Surveys, a tablet survey application that helps businesses collect on-site patient feedback. “Healthcare providers cannot afford to find out about...Read more
2014 20 May
The MIHealth Forum takes place in Barcelona this week in a city, which seeks to become a laboratory for mobile health technology. On 22 May, the European Commission’s Gisele Roesems will lead a session on the commission’s Green Paper on mHealth deployment, which has the objective of addressing issues and breaking down barriers which exist...Read more
2014 01 Apr
The Centro Diagnostico Italiano in Milan, Italy, has launched its first app, giving access to the over 600,000 patients who frequent its 21 centres annually to view their test results on their Android tablet, smartphone, iPad or iPhone. Offering patients the possibility to arrange their own results in a computerised health...Read more
2014 26 Mar
The relationship between doctor-patient in the 2.0 era The democratisation of new technologies and particularly Internet has fundamentally changed the relationship between patient and caregiver. "Patient Empowerment" will be one of the highlighted topics of WoHIT 2014 Nice from 2 to 4 April. In a context where chronic diseases, especially...Read more