For a recent interview we sat down for a chat with Cheryl Fenwick Evans, previous clinical documentation specialist with Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand. In this role, Cheryl was responsible for helping to launch the Clinical Documentation Programme, which aims to enhance the quality of health information produced […]
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New collaboration on digital tech in health, informatics and data science announced in Australia
Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has announced the launch of a new collaboration on digital tech, informatics and data science in Australia. The Australian Council of Senior Academic Leaders in Digital Health is described as “a national, cross-university network advocating for the advancement of digital health”, harnessing the “combined […]
France’s Spotlight Medical secures €6.2m in seed funding for AI cancer prognosis
Spotlight Medical, a Paris-based precision medicine company aiming to solve “the critical issue of inadequate cancer treatments”, has successfully secured €6.2 million in seed funding for AI-driven prognosis tests designed to help improve cancer treatment. Spotlight Medical shared news of the funding on LinkedIn, highlighting how it would help to […]
Government of Nova Scotia announces expansion of YourHealthNS app
The Government of Nova Scotia has announced the expansion of the YourHealthNS app to allow patients to access more information about X-ray results, with Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson commenting that “this is just the beginning”. From this week, residents of Nova Scotia will be able to access X-ray […]
WHO releases new support tool for assessing and strengthening telemedicine services
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new support tool to help health systems in assessing and strengthening their telemedicine services, presenting a “comprehensive framework” addressing the “critical need” for accessible and effective telemedicine solutions. According to the accompanying guidance, the support tool “facilitates the creation of high-quality telemedicine […]
Albany Med Health System shares news on progress and expansion with Epic EMR
Albany Med Health System has shared the latest on progress with its electronic medical record journey with Epic, welcoming new features and preparing to expand the platform across more hospitals in the network by this autumn. Following Albany Medical Center’s go live of the Epic solution in March this year, […]
Netherlands Ministry of Health to procure €100m infection and disease control platform
The Ministry of Health in the Netherlands has issued a tender for the procurement of a platform, services and infection disease control system worth an estimated €100 million. The tender highlights that the Ministry of Health seeks a solution including “working pandemic-functional solutions” managed and maintained by the contractor, using […]
Interview: Dr Nojus Saad, president/CEO of Youth For Women Foundation & digital healthcare researcher
For our latest interview, we posed some questions to Dr Nojus Saad, president and CEO of the Youth For Women Foundation, France, and digital healthcare researcher and ambassador across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Nojus shared his experiences and insights from the field of digital healthcare spanning […]
Three Canadian SMEs selected for UK innovative health accelerator programme
Three Canadian SMEs have been selected for the UK’s Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber Propel@YH Boot Camp, bringing with them their innovative solutions designed to advance the health of the region’s population. The boot camp forms part of Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber’s commitment to bringing “the best health innovations […]
Australian roadmap for healthcare identifiers sets out plan to encourage uptake
The Australian Government has highlighted the publication of the National Healthcare Identifiers Roadmap from the Australian Digital Health Agency, running until 2028 and described as a strategic plan to drive uptake and encourage use of healthcare identifiers on a more consistent basis, to help ensure certainty about who is being […]