Tuesday, October 22, 2024
HTNI tuned in to day two of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Summit of the Future 2024 event for a session around “multistakeholder dialogue on investing in digital public infrastructure for equitable future health systems”, which focused-in on assistive technology as a use case. To kick off the discussion, the […]
University of Iowa Health Care (UI Health Care) has shared how artificial intelligence is being utilised within the organisation with the aim of supporting teams, reducing the administrative burden, and developing stronger connections with patients. In order to shape future directions with regards to technology use, UI Health Care sought […]
In France, the rollout of the national SI-SAMU programme is continuing with the deployment of the 12th SI-SAMU in the departments of Côte d’Or and Nièvre. The programme focuses on supporting SAMUs (Service d’Aide Medicale d’Urgence) in their digital transformation, making products and services available to them to help support […]
A new collaboration is to see the use of AI and digital twin technology in discovering and developing new treatments for cancer. The agreement between Orion Corporation, a Finnish pharmaceutical company, and Aitia, an AI-enabled biotech company based in Massachusetts, will see the creation of “Gemini Digital Twins” to combine […]
HTNI recently caught up with Benedict Tan, group chief digital strategy officer and chief data officer for SingHealth – the largest public healthcare cluster in Singapore – and a member of the board of directors at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Benedict shared with us his vision for […]
May, an app designed for future parents and offering medical messaging, pregnancy support and a range of health tools designed to “simplify your daily life”, has raised €7 million in funding to support expansion plans. The latest funding is to focus on two key areas: developing the app’s health offering, […]
Novari Health has announced the implementation of a regional diagnostic imaging central intake system in Northwestern Ontario, with the hopes of “helping to improve access to care for diagnostic imaging services in the region”. Working with hospitals including Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC), the implementation will offer participating […]
UNICEF’s Annual State of Digital Transformation report for 2024 has been published, citing the importance of maintaining “momentum on the inclusion of children in digital transformation”, and highlighting progress and key aims around AI, gender and tech, cybersecurity and children’s health data. Three projects or areas where progress has been […]
The FDA has approved an AI cardiac solution to help support clinicians in identifying patients at high risk of coronary artery disease, utilising medical imaging data to measure coronary artery calcium (CAC) as a predictor for future cardiovascular events, and potentially helping to offer more patients improved preventative care. The […]
The Zambian Ministry of Technology and Science and the Zambian Ministry of Health have begun the rollout of the nation’s digital health systems project in hospitals across the country, with hopes of enhancing service delivery, digitising health services, and “safeguarding the supply of medicines”. Felix Mutati, minister for technology and science, […]
