Sunday, September 8, 2024
In Canada, Island Health has announced the go-live of its new electronic patient record with hopes of enhancing patient experience “through improvements to the quality, safety, and consistency of patient care”. Hospitals within the Island Health healthcare authority are expecting benefits including real-time information on patients for care teams, less […]
We’ve taken a look into the current status of digital health in Mexico, covering recent developments, electronic health records, telemedicine, and more. Background At the time of writing, according to our research, Mexico does not currently have a national digital health strategy. International bodies such as the Pan American Health […]
For a recent interview, we were joined by Ted Scott, VP of innovation and partnerships at Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada, to discuss the healthcare network’s current digital projects and priorities, as well as the wider digital health landscape and opportunities for tech in Canadian healthcare. Beginning with an […]
The Government of Canada has signed a bilateral agreement to invest $256 million in improving healthcare access and services in Newfoundland and Labrador, in support of the province’s three-year action plan. As well as expanding access to primary care by adding new family care teams and adding urgent care centres, […]
Boston Children’s Hospital has launched a pilot of an AI solution for imaging analysis in paediatric radiology, aiming to “improve image quality and the speed and accuracy of image interpretation”. Using the Red Hat OpenShift solution, the hospital is hoping to replace “time-consuming” manual quantitative measurements, with the application automatically […]
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has urged the adoption of innovative technologies in the fight to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) across the Americas, with recent figures from 2023 showing an increase of 14 percent in the number of people falling ill with TB and an increase of 41 percent in […]
In the US, the FDA has qualified the Apple Watch’s Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which “opportunistically analyzes pulse rate data collected by the general-purposeApple Watch photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor” to identify episodes of irregular heart rhythms, for use in clinical studies. The Watch has qualified as part of the FDA’s […]
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH), a collaboration between Johns Hopkins Medicine in the US and Saudi Aramco, an energy and chemicals company in Saudi Arabia, has announced a new opportunity for innovators in musculoskeletal care (MSK). The call for applications, shared on LinkedIn by Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical […]
US-based healthcare organisation Ascension has released an update following the detection of unusual activity on select technology network systems on Wednesday, stating that it now believes this to be the result of a cybersecurity event. The company noted that it’s working with “internal and external advisors to investigate, contain, and […]
Canada Health Infoway has announced a new partnership with Dedalus, a UK-based digital solutions and services provider, with the aim of advancing healthcare interoperability across Canada. In a LinkedIn post, Dedalus shared that the partnership followed the “successful delivery” of the company’s Terminology Server in the UK’s NHS, and work […]
