The Irish Department of Health has published Ireland’s digital health framework for 2024 – 2030, setting out a roadmap for digital transformation across the nation’s health services, covering the roll-out of a shared care record, the deployment of electronic health records (EHRs), a new patient app, and more. A “key […]
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Children’s Health Ireland announces that new children’s hospital will be “fully digital”
In a LinkedIn post, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has announced that its new children’s hospital will be “fully digital”, equipped with a new electronic health record (EHR) and using tech for the management and delivery of health services, “moving from old paper-based systems to digital systems”. CHI refers to Project […]
“If we are always successful then I’d argue we’re not being innovative at all”: panel discussion on international digital health development
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, […]
Deep dive: digital health in in Slovenia
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 […]
Deep dive: digital health transformation in Japan
Join us as we take a look into digital health transformation in Japan, to find out more about how the nation is embracing technology in the realms of health and care. In a report published on Japan’s digital policy in December 2021, the Minister for Digital, Karen Makishima, spoke of […]
WHO Global Initiative on Digital Health launches with focus on capacity and collaboration
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH), with the initiative focusing on aligning resources for country-led digital health transformation through “strengthened collaboration and knowledge exchange” along with supporting the implementation of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025. GIDH’s objectives also include assessing […]
Interview: Tino Marti, digital health economist, on digital health initiatives in Spain
We recently caught up with Tino Marti, a digital health economist based in Spain, to talk about recent projects he has been involved with, European perspectives, and future directions in health technology. Tino is currently digital health facilitator at the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) based in Brussels, Belgium, which […]
HIMSS announces launch of new health infrastructure adoption model
Global advisor HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) has announced the launch of its new Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), with a focus on cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability, performance, and outcomes. The model is designed to help health leaders to optimise their health system’s technical infrastructure, by creating an assessment report […]
44 new EU4Health grants mark progress on future European Health Data Space
The European Health and Digital Executive Agency has announced 44 new EU4Health direct grants in the field of digital health with the aim of supporting EU countries in implementing the future European Health Data Space. The grants form part of a wider portfolio of projects that the €5.3 billion EU4Health […]
Deep dive: digital health in Saudi Arabia
Here, we take a deep dive into the state of digital in health in Saudi Arabia, looking specifically at progress toward the nation’s Vision 2030 for health, the newly-released National Biotechnology Strategy, the Saudi Genome Program, and the latest on wider digital transformation. Vision 2030 Vision 2030 marks a national […]