Goldacre Review into health data calls for modern open working methods

Professor Ben Goldacre’s review into the use of health data for research and analysis has called for increased transparency and the adoption of modern open working methods. Goldacre, director at the University of Oxford’s Bennett Institute, was commissioned to undertake the review in… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
SNU Bundang Hospital, GE Healthcare partner to boost medical apps development

GE Healthcare and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital have signed a memorandum of understanding to support Korean medical startups by leveraging the latest Edison Digital Health platform. This partnership will see the first deployment of GE Healthcare’s Edison platform in South Korea,… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Roundup: AI COVID screening tool launched at Bangalore International Airport and more briefs

Corporeal Health Solutions delivers AI screening tool for COVID-19 at international airport The Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, India has officially launched an AI screening tool for detecting COVID-19 and other communicable diseases by Corporeal Health Solutions, a Chennai-based… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Three lessons to prepare for the “next pandemic”

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the global healthcare community to embrace technology to prevent future pandemics. He warned, however, that employing advanced healthcare systems won’t be sustainable if they are not resilient and able to withstand… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
AWS teams with THREAD for AI-enabled clinical trials management

THREAD, which develops technology and offers consulting services for decentralized clinical trials, announced a new collaboration this week with Amazon Web Services. WHY IT MATTERSAWS will help develop new enhancements for the THREAD platform, bringing scalable automation and built-in AI to… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Latest HIMSS report features APAC digital health transformations during COVID-19

HIMSS has recently published a report that looks into the digital transformations of Asia-Pacific health organisations during the ongoing pandemic. Their notable efforts are covered in the first volume of the quarterly Digital Excellence in Healthcare: APAC Case Studies series. This inaugural… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
How a locally governed health system teamed up with Optum to drive change

ORLANDO, Fla. – As a nonprofit, locally governed system, Boulder Community Health has served the region for almost 100 years. Since 1922, it has grown from a single facility to encompass a 173-bed hospital, a level 2 trauma center, 12 family and internal medicine clinics, five imaging… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Digital transformation requires staff buy-in for a seamless flow of information

From left: Dr. John Chessare, president and CEO of the GBMC; Bryan Bliven, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care; and moderator Janis Curtis, associate director of the Clinical Data Research Network at Duke, discuss digital transformation at HIMSS22. To get staff on board with digital… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Health inequity solutions require data, analytics and awareness turned into action

From left: Moderator Rowland Illing of Amazon Web Services, spoke with Dr. Ashish Atreja of UC Davis Health, Ashok Chennuru of Anthem and Dr. Daniel Low of Seattle Children’s Hospital and AdaptX at HIMSS22. ORLANDO, Fla. – A panel of provider, payer and tech experts speaking at… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
GE Healthcare to launch comprehensive digital health platform

At HIMSS22, GE Healthcare has announced its intention to introduce Edison Digital Health Platform, a vendor-agnostic hosting and data aggregation platform with an integrated artificial intelligence engine. The platform is being developed to enable hospitals and health systems to effectively… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More