Search Tag: telemedicine
Imperatives for Rebuilding European Healthcare Systems Post-COVID-19
2020 11 May
How European healthcare systems can rebuild in the post-COVID-19 era. The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the very foundation on which the European healthcare system is based. So many revelations, so many regrets. To bring this into perspective, let us look at some hard numbers. At the time of writing this article, the novel coronavirus had infected... Read more
Virtual Consultations: Now or Never
2020 11 May
Summary: The use of virtual consultation and telemedicine is expanding rapidly due to the coronavirus crisis. Patients want to avoid hospitals and the health system prefers to keep non-infected patients away from hospitals to reduce congestion. Oliver Wyman consulting ensures that more than 50% of medical appointments worldwide have been provided... Read more
COVID-19, Telemedicine and Mental Health
2020 17 Apr
Locked-down America has been converted to a country gravely in need of virtual therapy amidst the recent Coronavirus crisis. During these trying times, telemedicine has emerged as a viable solution to help connect people with health professionals. While the healthcare industry works to mark the issues that put a stop to comprehensive and widespread... Read more
SFS: Priority Investment in Digital Transformation
2019 25 Nov
Digitalisation of healthcare helps to improve patient outcomes in a cost-efficient way. Therefore, healthcare providers widely view it as a way to cope with the increasing demand for healthcare services, caused by aging populations, rising levels of chronic diseases and general changes in lifestyles. New research from Siemens Financial... Read more
How to Evaluate Telehealth ROI
2019 17 Sep
Telehealth is one technological innovation that allows more access to healthcare for people in remote locations and underserved areas. For some provider organisations, telehealth is a means to further optimise delivery of care and improve patient satisfaction. But, as noted in a new study, telehealth entails upfront investments in technology, programme... Read more
Mind the Gap: Tackling Staff Shortages
2019 23 Jul
A shortage of health workers is not just a problem of the developed, wealthy countries which often have to stretch their healthcare resources to meet the demands of growing elderly populations. The problem is prevalent in most countries of the world. In India, for example, there is a shortage of over 3.9 million doctors and nurses. In addition... Read more
eTELEMED 2020 - The Twelfth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine
2020 22 Mar
eTELEMED 2020 is colocated with the following events as part of DigitalWorld 2020 . ICDS 2020 , The Fourteenth International Conference on Digital Society ACHI 2020 , The Thirteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions GEOProcessing 2020 , The Twelfth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information... Read more
ICT4AWE 2020 - 6th International Conference on ICT for Ageing Well & e-Health
2020 03 May
NOW ONLINE STREAMING DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find INSTICC on Social Media Read more