Hospitals Granted Permission to Pilot International Patient Summary (IPS) Implementation
IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) has officially greenlit the implementation of the International Patient...
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WHO Releases Findings from ‘Digital Health in Europe’ Survey
In early September 2023, the WHO released a report based on data collected from a survey on digitalization in...
A smartphone with a clip for 80 cents measures blood pressure
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an inexpensive and accurate method for measuring...
Saudi arabia brings world’s first virtual hospital to life
SEHA Virtual Hospital is the most ambitious virtual care project being developed globally, aiming to reshape the...
Bambi Medical Secures CE Mark Approval for Revolutionary ExG System
In a significant breakthrough, Bambi Medical, a pioneering Dutch medtech startup, proudly announced today that it has...
Dutch OLVG hospital starts using AI in the ICU
This week, the Dutch OLVG hospital in Amsterdam officially introduced artificial intelligence at its ICU. The doctors...
Groundbreaking Research: EAR-EEG Headphones Predict Alzheimer’s
Researchers are working on a device that can be easily placed in the ear at home to aid in the early detection of...
Health Interventions in Retail: Where Health Meets Retail
The pressure on the Dutch healthcare system continues to increase. Aging population and persistent shortage of...
Healthware Group Proposes Digital Therapeutics to Enhance Depression Care Pathways in Italy
Healthware Group has released an Expert Opinion on the integration of Digital Therapeutics (DTx) to enhance care...
Doctors as data curators: care depends on information flow
Doctors combine the knowledge gained from the patient during appointments with data from other points of care to make...
Germany unveils a new strategy to “bring healthcare into the 21st century”
The German Federal Ministry of Health presented an ambitious "Digitization strategy for healthcare and nursing care....
E-health in Portugal and its five most popular services
Digital health was not brought to Portugal by the COVID-19 pandemic – the country pioneered its first e-health...
A quest to restore emotional care in medicine
Medicine is much more than 10-minute visits in a rush and patients left alone with their health concerns. So how do we...
New light-and-sound therapy could help patients with alzheimer’s
Startup Cognito Therapeutics has announced trials of an Alzheimer’s therapy device that will last a year and involve...
Data in healthcare: can we trust something we don’t know?
Data is key to shaping evidence-based health policies, providing citizens with tools and medicines that contribute to...
Who’s florence 2.0 will tell you now how to stay healthy
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a chatbot for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. It provides advice on a...
Smart healthcare and innovation: what’s next in digital health?
Digital health and promising buzzwords have been inseparable for years. But more and more, the question arises about...
Technology Helps Deliver Care In A Way That We Never Imagined
The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine, but quite a few barriers still block benefits that patients...
Does Prevention Justify Total Control? Data And Ethics During Health Emergencies
Lockdowns, contact tracing, obligatory testing, monitoring of people in quarantine, and COVID certificates – in...
Primary care physicians need… 26.7 hours a day to do their work
A new study published in The Journal of General Internal Medicine shows how overworked primary care physicians are: if...
Digital health at a glance in 29 European countries
The Ministerial Delegation for Digital Health of the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health presented an overview of...
What disrupts or facilitates the deployment of digital health?
Electronic health records, telecare solutions, eHealth applications for patients – the number of digital health...
What Will Metaverse Offer Physicians And Patients In The Future?
The metaverse promises a radically new virtual experience, an immersion into a digitally created world. As a physician,...
What Exactly Does The EU Commission Do For Healthcare?
A conversation about the latest EU initiatives for health, European Health Data Space and strategies for resilient...