Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Alberta Virtual Care Coordinating Body (AVCCB) has published its ‘Interoperability Saves Lives’ report, identifying several factors hampering provincial progress in health data interoperability and making recommendations on legislation, design, assurance, and oversight. The report was conducted by a working group who performed a cost/benefit analysis of health data interoperability […]
Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York State, has announced statewide proposed cybersecurity regulations for hospitals, to help “safeguard health care systems from growing cyber threats”. The announcement follows warnings from the US Department of the Treasury, the FBI, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, that hospitals are a target […]
Last month, Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its new Open Innovation Initiative, in collaboration with MIT, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine, and Samsung Medical Center. The new initiative will search for improvements to the digital health ecosystem, with research enabling Samsung to “develop its technology […]
At the G2O summit in India, the WHO announced that it would be launching a new Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH), which will support the implementation of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2025. The GIDH will “converge and convene global standards, best practices and resources to fast track digital health system […]
Amazon has launched One Medical, a healthcare benefit for Prime members, which provides “24/7 on-demand virtual care nationwide and easy to schedule office visits at any of One Medical’s hundreds of locations across the U.S.”. In a press release dated November 8th, 2023, Amazon revealed how it plans to “reinvent” […]
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Collaboration Village initiative, conducted in partnership with Accenture and Microsoft, has highlighted examples of the metaverse’s potential to “revolutionise” industries including health and care. With around 140 Village Partners including businesses, governments, civil society organisations and academic institutions, the platform unites leaders and decision-makers […]
