Friday, September 20, 2024
The Algerian Press Service has announced a collaboration between public startup accelerator Algeria Venture and Roche, a Swiss company specialising in diagnosis and biotechnology, to help boost Algerian startups in health and medical technology. The two parties signed a memorandum of agreement to offer support for startups by providing them […]
California-based Augmedix, provider of ambient AI medical documentation & data services, has announced that its solution Augmedix Go is to become generally available for emergency departments, following the completion of a pilot programme with HCA Healthcare. Augmedix Go enables clinicians to engage with patients in a hands-free environment by pairing […]
Yesterday we held our first international webinar, where we were joined by a panel of health tech experts to discuss current digital capabilities, projects, and priorities from country contexts including Spain, Bermuda, and the UK. We welcomed Keltie Jamieson, chief health information officer with the Bermuda Hospitals Board; Tino Marti, […]
Virtual care is a concept that we have been following closely over on our UK site, but what has uptake been like elsewhere, and how is remote care being used by international health systems to tackle some of the challenges facing global healthcare? Here, we take a look into virtual […]
Early last year, the Slovenian Ministry of Health declared that “digitalisation is the key step to a modern health system”, following the presentation of the healthcare digitisation strategy for Slovenia until 2027. Slovenian Minister of Health Danijel Bešič Loredan voiced a commitment to ensuring that digital healthcare in Slovenia will […]
For our latest interview, we caught up with Inderpal Kohli, vice president and chief information officer at Englewood Hospital, New Jersey, to hear his insights on digital transformation, projects, priorities and challenges in the digital health space. Inderpal introduced himself by explaining how his career has been in the IT […]
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan has recently been revalidated for Stage 7 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model as well as receiving validation for Stage 6 of the HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model. During their assessment, evaluators are reported to have noted “impressive” demonstrations within the hospital’s operational, […]
An international acceleration programme for innovative start-ups focusing on the femtech sector has been launched by Italy-headquartered Zambon through their research venture Zcube, with applications open until 16 June. Applications are encouraged from start-ups and entrepreneurial ideas around the development of products and services to address “major medical needs” and […]
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and GE HealthCare have announced a collaboration aiming to provide mammography technology, training and educational tools to radiologists at Tanzania’s Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in order to ” improve access to screening and help clinicians lower the country’s breast cancer mortality rate”. As part […]
Tampa Bay Wave, a tech startup support organisation based in Florida, has announced the opening of applications for its 2024 HealthTech|X Accelerator programme, aiming to “fuel innovation and support high-potential healthtech startups in Tampa and beyond”. The programme offers an “immersive” 90-day experience including one-to-one mentoring, pitch coaching and investment […]
