Hayley Grafton and Helen Balsdon, two chief nursing information officers (CNIOs) at the forefront of UK digital nursing, are the first speakers to be announced for Digital Health Summer Schools 2025.
Grafton, CNIO at University…
The King’s Fund has called for patient engagement around digital health technologies to be more than just a “tick box exercise” if the government is to achieve its aspiration to shift from analogue to…
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The past year saw varying levels of digital transformations going around the health systems in Asia-Pacific. It has increasingly become evident that digitalisation – from nationwide networks down to individual hospitals – has become the…
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Sunway partners with Medtronic to test surgical roboticsSunway Healthcare Group in Malaysia recently announced its partnership with Medtronic.
According to a social media announcement, they signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to improve…
Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, health information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific.Dr Mahesh Appannan, Ministry of Health Malaysia’s head of digital health, Seyoung Jung, assistant professor and CIO of Seoul National…
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The Vietnamese government is now extending the implementation of its electronic health record system across the country.Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who heads the National Committee for Digital Transformation, made this announcement at the…
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Over the past few years, Homestyle, an aged care provider serving communities in Melbourne and Geelong, dealt with the herculean task of meeting the twin demands of sectoral reforms and adapting to the global…
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With an aging population and healthcare systems under strain around the globe, there’s an urgent need to improve efficiency in healthcare. The healthcare industry has been undergoing digitalisation for decades, with a focus on data…
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Digitalisation in healthcare holds the promise of optimising processes and expanding access to care. In some European countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Poland and Hungary, patients can access national portals that contain their prescriptions,…
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North Health Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with InterSystems, has implemented a digitalised ward admissions process that focuses on empowering nurses to prioritise patient care over paperwork, marking a significant leap forward…
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