Extensive research has shown the potential value of digital health solutions and highlighted the importance of clinicians’ adoption. As general practitioners (GPs) are patients’ first point of contact, understanding influencing factors to their digital…
Continue Reading
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faces significant medication management challenges in its transition to the Oracle Health electronic health record (EHR) system. Deputy Inspector General David Case highlighted concerns about inaccurate medication information…
Continue Reading
Anyone who has been to a healthcare conference in the last few years knows that AI is dominating a lot of the discussions. The technology is often heralded as a winning solution that can…
Continue Reading
Northumbria University’s innovative use of virtual reality and simulation technologies in nursing education has been highlighted by Oxford Medical Simulation as an example of best practice.After Northumbria University invested in a state-of-the-art virtual reality…
Continue Reading
What You Should Know:
– 93% of physicians are experiencing regular burnout, spending an average of 15 extra hours per work outside normal hours, according to athenahealth’s latest Nationwide Physician Sentiment Survey.
– The athenahealth Physician…
Continue Reading
Rewired24 is just four weeks away and conference organisers have highlighted five recently added sessions participants won’t want to miss. Rewired24 is running from 12-13 March 2024 at the NEC Birmingham. With more than 300 speakers…
Continue Reading
What You Should Know:
.Zocdoc, leading healthcare marketplace that makes it easy for patients to find and book in-person or virtual care across over 250 specialties and more than 18,000 insurance plans, today introduced Guided Search.This…
Continue Reading
Background: Smart home technology (SHT) can be useful for aging in place or health-related purposes. However, surveillance studies have highlighted ethical issues with SHTs, including user privacy, security, and autonomy. Objective: As digital technology…
Continue Reading
In Japan, the intersection of healthcare and technology is a pivotal area, particularly highlighted by insights from a discussion between Peter Birch and Shinya Yamamoto on the Talking HealthTech podcast. Japan's healthcare system faces…
Continue Reading
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the dangers of tying healthcare delivery to brick-and-mortar healthcare facilities and has highlighted an ongoing need to create a distributed healthcare delivery ecosystem centered in patients’ homes and the community….
Continue Reading
