Trusts to HIMSS5 by December 2023: Will they Make it this Time?

Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid has announced a new target to complete the digitisation of the acute sector. The Highland Marketing advisory board discussed the approach being developed by NHS England's transformation directorate, and the challenges to making it work.

In the first week of February, the Health Service Journal reported that it had seen a PowerPoint presentation of the digital plans being drawn-up by NHS England's transformation directorate, which is absorbing NHSX and NHS Digital.

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Philips Signs Long-Term strategic Partnership with Oulu University Hospital Finland to Deliver Advanced Image-Guided Specialist Care

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Oulu University Hospital (Finland) announced a strategic 10-year partnership agreement to support the hospital’s ambitious OYS2030 renewal program. The program aims to transform the operations and facilities of Oulu University Hospital to meet the challenges of future specialized care for the approximately 750,000 inhabitants of Northern Finland.

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DMEA 2022: Advanced IT Applications for Improved Healthcare

26 - 28 April 2022, Berlin, Germany.
The coronavirus pandemic revealed the deficiencies in the digitalisation of the healthcare system, while at the same time emphasising the importance of broadly based, digitally supported healthcare. Innovative solutions for a successful, digitalised healthcare system are also being presented by the seven Gold Partners of the DMEA 2022: from the implementation of the e-prescription to standardised operability for IT applications, and the digital interconnection of different care sectors.

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An AI Model may Predict Elevated Pancreatic Cancer Risk Using EHR

An artificial intelligence (AI) model trained using sequential health information derived from electronic health records (EHR) identified a subset of individuals with a 25-fold risk of developing pancreatic cancer within three to 36 months, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022, held April 8-13.

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AI Predicts if - and When - Someone will have Cardiac Arrest

A new artificial intelligence-based approach can predict, significantly more accurately than a doctor, if and when a patient could die of cardiac arrest. The technology, built on raw images of patient's diseased hearts and patient backgrounds, stands to revolutionize clinical decision making and increase survival from sudden and lethal cardiac arrhythmias, one of medicine’s deadliest and most puzzling conditions.

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Philips Enables Seamless Echocardiography Workflows with the Launch of Ultrasound Workspace

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced the launch of Ultrasound Workspace [OLK1] at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session & Expo (ACC 2022). Philips Ultrasound Workspace [1] is an industry leading vendor-neutral echocardiography image analysis and reporting solution that can be accessed remotely via a browser.

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Telemedicine can Mitigate Barriers for Access to Obesity Care, Weight Loss Management

Telemedicine offers emerging opportunities to reduce barriers to obesity care faced by healthcare providers, patients and health plans, according to a paper published online in Obesity, The Obesity Society’s flagship journal.

It has been estimated that by 2030 nearly 80% of adults in the United States will have pre-obesity or obesity.

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AI Shows Potential in Breast Cancer Screening Programs

A major new study in Radiology shows that artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising tool for breast cancer detection in screening mammography programs.

Mammograms acquired through population-based breast cancer screening programs produce a significant workload for radiologists. AI has been proposed as an automated second reader for mammograms that could help reduce this workload.

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Image-Based ECG Algorithm Improve Access to Care in Remote Settings

Researchers at the Yale Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model for clinical diagnosis that can use electrocardiogram (ECG) images, regardless of format or layout, to diagnose multiple heart rhythm and conduction disorders.

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Entertainment, Communications and Information: What Are You Doing for Your Staff?

Opinion Article by Matt O'Donovan, CEO, WiFi SPARK.
Over the past two decades, the NHS has made a big investment in entertainment and communications systems, internet access and WiFi infrastructure.

The first wave came with the installation of bedside terminals that enabled patients to call their loved ones and to watch television without having to wait for a corridor payphone or the ward TV.

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