The latest OECD annual health report, Health at a Glance 2023, released this week, spotlights digital health as an “emerging health determinant”. The report also includes a full chapter on digital health for the…
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Health information exchange (HIE) is seen as a key component of effective care but remains poorly evidenced at a health system level. In the UK National Health Service (NHS), the ability to share primary…
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As the new National Health Service England chief information officer, John Quinn will run and be tasked with innovating the NHS’s critical technical infrastructure and managing cybersecurity for national services.WHY IT MATTERS
Quinn previously spent…
In todays fast-paced world, it is easy to miss out on important information, especially if you are trying to keep up with a lot of different sources. That is where the daily digest comes in – it is a tool that compiles all the posts created on the previous day, providing you with a convenient summary of everything that happened so you can stay informed, educated, and engaged with the Digital Health world around you.
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Virtual wards in the UK are beginning to see adoption in the National Health Service (NHS), the state healthcare apparatus, as a valuable measure to cut costs and reduce pressure on busy doctors.
The UK’s…
NHS Kettering and Northampton were looking for a trust-wide solution away from spreadsheets and to have consistency between projects and departments. That is where Asana and their partner in deployment, us at Generation Digital,…
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After a bruising run of 14 years on the frontline, I am not here to tell you about my predictions for healthcare or why it is time to invest in healthcare cybersecurity; no, I…
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To correct high blood pressure of the pulmonary artery, which can arise from congenital defects of the heart, an artificial heart ucan cost upwards of $190,000. Heart disease accounted for about one in five deaths in 2020 in theUnited States.
Even minimally invasive pulmonary artery banding — a surgical technique that has been in use since Harry Truman was president — requires access to the chest cavity. A new treatment under development by HeartPoint Global seeks to provide a minimally invasive alternative to current treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with Congenital Heart Disease.A device delivered through the leg would cost only…
#ProjectHealthViz was a great initiative to create a community of Tableau in the Healthcare field. Many great dashboards have been created during the time the project was running. I’ll be bookmarking a few here on MediFormatica. While the data set may now be outdated, I’m still interested in the visualizations themselves.
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