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The concept of digital health information was introduced in the 1970s when professionals began moving away from problem-oriented medical records and making the transition to electronic health records (EHR). Source : https://hitconsultant.net/2019/10/03/6-health-system-barriers-to-digital-health-transformation/ Date : October 3, 2019 at 08:20AM Tag(s) : #eSANTE ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

Vital, an Atlanta, GA-based AI-powered software increasing productivity and improving patient health in hospital emergency room has formed a development partnership with the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub. As part of the strategic partnership, Emory Healthcare becomes a lead research partner in developing and implementing Vital’s EDIS platform to improve overall…

Three hospitals in Alabama remained closed Wednesday “to all but the most critical new patients” due to a ransomware attack that disrupted medical care. Source : https://time.com/5690814/alabama-hospitals-ransomware-attack/ Date : October 2, 2019 at 05:57PM Tag(s) : #eSANTE ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company and Noom, a behavior change company, today announced a collaboration on digital health solutions focusing on weight management and education, with the aim of improving the lives of people living with obesity. Source : https://hitconsultant.net/2019/10/01/novo-nordisk-noom-obesity-partnership/ Date : October 1, 2019 at 10:17PM Tag(s) :…

The technology is there. The funding is nearly there. The health providers are getting there. But a new US poll suggests that people over 50 aren’t quite ready to fully embrace virtual health visits with their doctors and other providers – also known as telehealth. Only 4% of those polled…

Ubiquitous mobile technology like cell phones and smart watches play an increasingly important role in our health. You can have a checkup with your physician via the camera on your phone. Source : https://hitconsultant.net/2019/10/01/tele-treatment-evolution-telehealth/ Date : October 1, 2019 at 07:21AM Tag(s) : #eSANTE ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter…

Blockchain has been making big waves across healthcare, heralded as the technology that’s going to save healthcare. Source : https://hitconsultant.net/2019/09/30/blockchain-technology-right-technology-wrong-time/ Date : September 30, 2019 at 07:26AM Tag(s) : #eSANTE ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

A huge new CT brain dataset was released the other day, with the goal of training models to detect intracranial haemorrhage. So far, it looks pretty good, although I haven’t dug into it in detail yet (and the devil is often in the detail). Source : https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2019/09/27/ai-competitions-dont-produce-useful-models/ Date : September…

FDA faces an near existential crisis: digital.  New digital technologies have the capability to improve the way care is delivered to patients.  The question is, how do we make sure it is safe? Source : https://www.healthcare-economist.com/2019/09/27/how-will-fda-regulate-digital-health/ Date : September 27, 2019 at 10:06AM Tag(s) : #eSANTE ENG Share this… Email…

Flow, a London-based medical device company has announced the launch of its chatbot therapist to treat depression. Source : https://hitconsultant.net/2019/09/27/flow-chatbot-therapist-depression/ Date : September 27, 2019 at 06:50PM Tag(s) : #eSANTE ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

In an endeavour to deliberate upon various aspects of the healthcare delivery system, especially accessibility, affordability and cost-efficiency, the Healthcare Innovation Summit was organised in Chennai. Organised by Elets Technomedia, the healthcare conclave witnessed congregation of healthcare luminaries including key policymakers, international experts and industry veterans, who shed light on…

The Board of Trustees of Lafayette General Health and Ochsner Health System announced they have signed a letter of intent for Lafayette General to merge with Ochsner Health System. The merger builds on the clinical affiliation between the two health systems and the combined organization will be the largest and…

As part of our National Health IT Week blog series, we are going to take a look at the social determinants of health. This means the conditions under which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, to improve our overall health ecosystem and support healthy communities. Source : https://blogs.cisco.com/healthcare/one-approach-to-addressing-social-determinants-of-health-the-medibus-a-medical-practice-on-wheels…

University Hospitals Health System, a health system based in Northern Ohio has selected NextGen to deploy their NextGen Population Health platform that identifies gaps in care and enhances proactive patient health management. University Hospitals Health System has 18 hospitals, more than 50 health centers, and outpatient facilities and over 200…

EIR Healthcare has partnered with IMC Construction to increase healthcare facility creation, specifically incorporating EIR Healthcare’s MedModular system. IMC Construction will now be able to offer modular, prefabricated hospital builds for the first time, using the MedModular “smart hospital room in a box.” In addition to hospitals, the new venture…

Digital therapeutics has exploded as the new hot buzzword in digital health. But how are digital therapeutics different from digital health applications, applied health signals, or m-health technologies? The Digital Therapeutics Alliance was formed to answer that exact question. DTA Executive Director Megan Coder sets the record straight, hint: it…

‘Doctors graduating from govt colleges will have to work in rural areas’ Doctors graduating from Uttar Pradesh Government medical colleges will have to work in villages for two years, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said. The move is aimed to ramp up the number of doctors to cater to rural…

There’s a crispness in the air that marks fall’s arrival. But autumn’s appearance isn’t the only thing on calendars across the U.S. this week: September 23-27 marks National Health IT Week. The 2019 theme focuses on supporting healthy communities, and what better way to support communities than to learn more…

One of the biggest obstacles to data interoperability is the slow and piecemeal progress of healthcare organizations (HCOs) towards digitalization. While the benefits of digitalization are clear; improved efficiency, reliability of data, and enhanced communication, just to name a few; the critical (and most challenging) piece of the puzzle, is…

Pharmarack, a Pune-based startup has raised $3 million as part of Series A funding round led by IvyCap Ventures The healthtech platform also counts Unicorn India Ventures and Patni Group’s Currae Healthtech Fund among its investors. Source : https://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2019/09/healthtech-platform-pharmarack-raises-3-million-in-a-series-a-funding/ Date : September 23, 2019 at 07:15AM Tag(s) : #eSANTE ENG…