Sunday, September 8, 2024
We recently caught up with Kate Renzenbrink, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO) at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Eye and Ear) in Melbourne. Kate shared insight around recent digital projects, priorities, and the wider digital health landscape in Australia. Kate recently started working for the Eye and Ear […]
Let’s take a look at the Future Plan 2050 of the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), a teaching hospital of the University of Hamburg and reportedly the largest hospital in Hamburg, to see what the hospital has planned in terms of “smart” buildings, AI, and robotics. In terms of progress to date, the plan […]
The Netherlands-based institute 4 Preventive Health (i4PH), a “strategic alliance” made up of four Dutch universities looking at the integration of technology and health, has announced the launch of its next round of seed funding, with the aim of advancing collaboration in preventive health. Titled ‘Embracing a Transdisciplinary Approach to […]
DIGITAL, a Canadian global innovation cluster for digital technologies, has announced a commitment worth an estimated $44 million to develop and deploy AI tech, with the aim of supporting healthcare providers and enhancing patient outcomes. The funding comes under the Health Compass II project, which aims to launch four AI-driven […]
A study recently published in the Africa Journal For Regulatory Affairs (AJFRA) has highlighted gaps in regulation for telemedicine and digital health in Ghana, pointing to an increased potential for malpractice and an “amplified” risk to patient privacy and data protection. Noting the “increasing reliance” on electronic health records (EHRs) […]
The European Commission has announced that AI Act, a legal framework which seeks to address the risks of AI and place Europe “to play a leading role globally” by setting out clear requirements and obligations in support of “trustworthy AI”, has officially entered into force today. Designed to address risks […]
UNICEF has announced the launch of a new course designed to help healthcare professionals in India to “stay ahead of the curve” of technological advancements in digital health, equipping and empowering healthcare staff with skills to support digital transformation in the health sector. The Digital Health Enterprise Planning Course was […]
The Brazilian Ministry of Health has begun the process of implementing a unified medical record, expanding its Meu SUS Digital app to facilitate access to health information, clinical history, test results, and more. The Ministry reports that the app has recorded in excess of 50 million downloads to date, with […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a call for comments from public health supply chain stakeholders for its draft health product catalogue digital transformation handbook, with the aim of supporting countries with the implementation of “standardised product master data management”. Supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), […]
The Croatian Ministry of Health has announced the installation of the first linear accelerator (cancer treatment device) of 21 to be provided for citizens under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, following a pledge from the government to invest €85 million in oncology treatment. The accelerators have been funded through […]
