Digital Health’s 2024 Review: Top 10 news stories
The last 12 months has seen a new government, a major cyber attack on the NHS and a commitment to £2bn tech funding hitting the headlines.
Digital Health News has picked out 10 of the…
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Forward Health is out; Hippocratic AI Patent; Vesta & Medical Guardian; WHO primary care handbook
Welcome to the November edition of Digital Health Digest!In this episode, we cover key updates in digital health, including innovative AI patents, advancements in remote patient monitoring, and the latest global strategies for transforming…
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Healthcare as a Right: How AI is Shaping Global Access
Andreas Cleve, CEO at Corti
The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, the world will face a shortage of approximately 10 million healthcare workers globally if health systems do not make significant changes. This…
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WHO Digital Transformation Handbook Boosts Global Health
Introduction
The World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced a comprehensive Digital Transformation Handbook designed to guide countries in digitizing primary healthcare services. This 98-page roadmap aims to modernize healthcare systems worldwide by improving data flow,…
WHO releases handbook for digital transformation in primary care
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Digital transformation handbook for primary health care, a roadmap to help countries digitize their health information to improve how health services are delivered. The 98-page roadmap was…
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WHO Approves Life-Saving Mpox Test for Global Health Impact
Introduction
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently taken a significant step toward mitigating the spread of Mpox by issuing an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for an in vitro diagnostic test. This test, crucial for…
Apple Launches AirPods Pro 2: All-in-One Hearing Health Experience
What You Should Know:
– Apple has introduced a groundbreaking new feature for AirPods Pro 2: the world’s first end-to-end hearing health experience.
– The innovative solution combines a scientifically validated Hearing Test with a clinical-grade…
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Dunscombe and Martins announced as Rewired 2025 keynotes
Professor Rachel Dunscombe, chief executive at OpenEHR International, and Professor Henrique Martins, associate professor in health management and leadership, have been announced as keynote speakers at Digital Health Rewired 2025.
Prof Dunscombe spent five years…
Indonesian puskesmas enhancing community health response with genAI
Community health centres, or puskesmas, in the Indonesian province of West Java, south of capital Jakarta, will leverage generative AI to augment their capabilities to address critical health issues. The Sumedang regency recently tied up…
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Exclusive: American Kidney Fund, Ubie partner for AI kidney disease detector
Global healthcare AI platform Ubie and the American Kidney Fund (AKF) will collaborate to fine-tune Ubie’s AI-enabled symptom checker for kidney disease detection with the aim of accelerating a patient’s time to treatment. Ubie’s AI…
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