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Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, Canada, has gone live with a new Meditech Expanse electronic health record, taking to YouTube to share details of the transformation, roll-out, and impact.
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Seven projects in Korea aim to drive transformative change in healthcare

Seven new healthcare projects have been announced under the Korean ARPA-H Initiative, with the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute sharing details and issuing a call for research and development proposals to help implement them. The initiative is designed to “tackle national challenges through […]

Oracle Health launches digital assistant harnessing the power of generative AI to help reduce clinical admin burden for clinicians and improve patient satisfaction
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University of Alberta researchers to pilot AI scribe tool in emergency departments

Researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada are set to pilot an artificial intelligence scribe tool in three local emergency departments, with the aim of reducing the administrative burden of record-keeping on doctors and ultimately support them to deliver “better patient care”. The tool utilises AI based on large […]

In the US, MEDITECH has launched a new EHR-agnostic health information network to facilitate health data sharing between organisations.
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WHO and SNOMED International to develop joint sustainable framework

The World Health Organisations (WHO) and SNOMED International, responsible for determining global standards for health terms, have announced their collaboration on a joint sustainable framework designed to link the International Classification of Diseases 11th revision (ICD-11) and SNOMED CT. The partnership aims to “facilitate a seamless data conversion and linkages” […]

Rollout of OACIS EHR set to enhance standardisation and enable access to patient records at Lakeshore General Hospital
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Autumn rollout of EHR at Lakeshore General Hospital, Quebec

Across autumn Montreal West Island CIUSSS is set to roll out its OACIS EHR at the Lakeshore General Hospital site, with the aim of enhancing the standardisation of information tools across the CIUSSS’ facilities; enabling access to up-to-date patient records; and preparing for the wider rollout of electronic medical records […]

World Health Organization and TikTok collaborate to promote improved health literacy with "relatable and digestible video content".
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World Health Organization and TikTok collaborate to promote improved health literacy

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a year-long collaboration with social media platform TikTok, aimed at promoting improved health literacy by “translating science-based information into relatable and digestible video content”. The collaboration will see TikTok influencers offered support through the platform’s creator training programmes, collaborating with the WHO’s Fides […]

$70 million raised to accelerate development of US-based Suki's AI technology.
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$70 million raised to accelerate development of US-based Suki’s AI technology

US-based AI technology provider Suki has announced that it has raised $70 million in new funding for its mission to “make healthcare technology invisible and assistive with an AI platform that powers the industry”. The new funding brings the total raised to $165 million, which Suki says will help boost […]