Monday, September 16, 2024
For a recent interview, HTNI caught up with Rich Temple, vice president and chief information officer at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in New Jersey, to find out more about the organisation’s digital status, priorities and progress from the last 12 months. Rich started out by offering a brief introduction […]
A $20 million donation to Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit American academic medical centre, has been made by Dwight and Dian Diercks to “fuel key elements of Mayo Clinic’s vision for the future of healthcare”, with the fund intended to boost initiatives such as developing generative AI tools for insight into […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a technical brief on the role of AI in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), outlining uses and risks across health education, screening, diagnosis, care management, and more. As well as recognising the opportunities for digital innovations to “improve access to and […]
The Argentinian Ministry of Health has launched a collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with aims to optimise health work across the country and to strengthen “the common task to promote the improvement of health care”. The Federal Network of Quality in Health is housed in PAHO’s Virtual […]
In Canada, Island Health has announced the go-live of its new electronic patient record with hopes of enhancing patient experience “through improvements to the quality, safety, and consistency of patient care”. Hospitals within the Island Health healthcare authority are expecting benefits including real-time information on patients for care teams, less […]
The Australian Digital Health Agency has published the Australian National Healthcare Interoperability Plan up to 2028, focusing on high quality data, digitally enabled models of care, and sharing of information across the healthcare system. The plan outlines healthcare interoperability as involving “an ecosystem of connected providers that conveniently and seamlessly […]
We’ve taken a look into the current status of digital health in Mexico, covering recent developments, electronic health records, telemedicine, and more. Background At the time of writing, according to our research, Mexico does not currently have a national digital health strategy. International bodies such as the Pan American Health […]
The Gauteng Department of Health (DoH) in South Africa has begun the process of digitising patient records within its public hospitals, setting a target for 800 million to be digitised over the next three years as a “minimum”. The initiative forms a part of the DoH’s wider aim to expedite […]
In Cleveland, US, a study using a predictive model to identify patients at high risk of missing appointments has resulted in a “meaningful decrease” in overall no-show rates. By combining the results of the predictive model with targeted phone calls to those deemed most likely to miss appointments, MetroHealth succeeded […]
For a recent interview, we were joined by Ted Scott, VP of innovation and partnerships at Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada, to discuss the healthcare network’s current digital projects and priorities, as well as the wider digital health landscape and opportunities for tech in Canadian healthcare. Beginning with an […]
