Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) has shared how all healthcare facilities in Abu Dhabi are now connected to the Malaffi platform, a health information exchange platform designed to securely connect public and private healthcare providers and create a centralised database of unified patient records. The connection has […]
Cancer care providers in Nova Scotia are adopting a cancer-specific electronic medical record system called ARIA CORE over autumn, along with expanding an online patient tool designed to connect patients with their care teams. The patient engagement app provides patients who are using an online calendar with access to their […]
University of Iowa Health Care (UI Health Care) has shared how artificial intelligence is being utilised within the organisation with the aim of supporting teams, reducing the administrative burden, and developing stronger connections with patients. In order to shape future directions with regards to technology use, UI Health Care sought […]
May, an app designed for future parents and offering medical messaging, pregnancy support and a range of health tools designed to “simplify your daily life”, has raised €7 million in funding to support expansion plans. The latest funding is to focus on two key areas: developing the app’s health offering, […]
Jordan-based Presight, combining big data, analytics and AI to create positive impacts across sectors and industries, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Jordan’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, with focus to “set the pace of digital transformation in the country’s healthcare sector”. Through the contract, Presight will […]
We recently had the opportunity to chat with Kumar Satyam (Satyam), digital health consultant and chair for the technical committee at HL7 India. Satyam discussed his views on the importance of interoperability and de-centralisation within healthcare, sharing examples of his work in this area in practice as well as his […]
In the USA, national non-profit organisations OCHIN and OSIS recently announced that they would enter a formal partnership with the aim of helping to address challenges facing the healthcare delivery system, aligning their capabilities to better support sustainability and accelerate innovation. OCHIN describes itself as a “leader in equitable health […]
Lagos Ministry of Health has shared insight into Lagos SHIP (State Health Information Platform) following recent signing agreements around its launch. Lagos SHIP is described as a “digital healthcare platform designed to boost healthcare services” through the leveraging of Interswitch’s technology infrastructure, creating a “comprehensive” health information system capable of […]
Accenture has announced the acquisition of German healthcare management consultancy consus.health, with the aim of building capabilities around digital transformation and managed services and enhancing consus.health’s reach across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Consus.health provides services including medical strategy, patient management, infrastructure management and construction management services, and has a “strong […]
HOP’EN 2, a funding programme run by the Digital Health Directorate aiming to support digital transformation of healthcare establishments in France, has opened its first applications phase, with health establishments invited to apply to achieve the programme’s objectives. The programme is built around four key objectives, including improving service access […]
