As health systems begin to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, much attention has been paid to the “cold chain,” the organizations and equipment that enable their necessary sub-zero storage and transport. Experts have pointed to the clear logistical and security challenges this unique supply chain presents. But others say that some of these hurdles around vaccine distribution […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on track to launch its National Unified Medical Record (NUMR) platform in 2021, the country’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has confirmed. Called Riayati, the NUMR system is set to connect 3,000+ UAE public and private sector healthcare providers, with the aim to be able to efficiently share […]
Since first becoming an accountable care organization, Texas’ Amarillo Legacy Medical ACO noticed that its home healthcare costs, at their highest point, were double the national ACO costs. THE PROBLEM When Mary Jo Zallar, RN, joined as COO, she began asking home health agencies (HHAs) to send the ACO weekly reports that included information such […]
Technologies such as telehealth and remote monitoring were seen as low priority or ‘good to have’ by healthcare organizations such as hospitals or even relegated further down the priority list to become pilot or proof of concept projects. However, these technologies have now come to the fore as healthcare organizations across Asia Pacific region have […]
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has been successfully validated against the EMRAM Stage 6 standards by HIMSS. The EMRAM, or Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model is an international quality standard which measures the adoption and maturity of a health facility’s inpatient EMR capabilities from 0 to 7. Staff […]
Tampa General Hospital has launched TGH InnoVentures, a venture capital fund designed to help drive a “culture of innovation” at the large academic medical center. WHY IT MATTERS TGH InnoVentures will have three components: The TGH Innovation Lab will help with the creation and curation of ideas and tools to help physicians and other team […]
A report published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association examined the ways in which 15 academic medical centers leveraged their electronic health records to address the COVID-19 pandemic – and the ways in which existing initiatives have fallen short. “EHRs contain many important data elements that can help with […]
Digitalisation will help create the collaborative and proactive healthcare service delivery models required to address post-pandemic challenges in the United Arab Emirates and across the Middle East, sector stakeholders have announced. A recent organised by the Dubai Economy department also found that the emirate could help trial these services within a smart healthcare ecosystem if it […]
The speakers were Roger Lim, senior policy officer at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands; Dr Carolina Garcia-Vidal, senior specialist at the Infectious Diseases Department of Hospital Clínic, Barcelona; Sameer Pujari, vice chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) ITU Focus Group; Dr Miguel Muñoz, head of business development of Mediktor; and Dr Jordi […]
UK charity, the Health Foundation has called for greater transparency around the COVID-19 contact tracing app, which is set to be launched across England and Wales tomorrow. It has raised concerns that the government has not revealed results of recent trials, which took place in the Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Newham. […]
