Developing smart hospitals has been a way for South Korea to meet the growing demand for more personalised healthcare in their fast-ageing society. At the helm of this effort is the Korea Health Industry Development…
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CMS Guidance for Rural Hospital Growth: Introduction
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released updated guidance for hospitals aiming to convert into rural emergency hospitals (REHs). This new provider type was established…
Whittington Health NHS Trust has deployed an electronic prescription solution (EPS) from CLEO Systems in its community heart failure team to replace paper prescriptions.
The EPS, which began being rolled out in August 2024, is…
Seoul-based Asan Medical Center (AMC) has been validated for Stage 6 of the new HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM). The new INFRAM, introduced in March, assesses an organisation’s infrastructure maturity based on cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability,…
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What You Should Know:
– Philips and Jackson Health System have released the findings of a collaborative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) demonstrating the substantial sustainability benefits of transitioning to Philips’ next-generation monitoring solutions.
– The study,…
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Dr Alec Price-Forbes has been appointed as the national chief clinical information officer (CCIO) and Helen Balsdon as the national chief nursing information officer (CNIO).
The appointments have yet to be officially announced, but Digital…
Connie Moser, Chief Executive Officer, Navenio
If any sector requires process improvement, it’s healthcare. There are well publicized NHS waiting list woes and A&E delays, but behind these figures are workforce and operational issues that…
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Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea has recently been validated for Stage 6 of the HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model. The hospital’s IT infrastructure architecture was assessed in five areas: mobility, security, collaboration, transport and…
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Joyce Moran who has worked with Youtheory for over 8 years now as the Training and Education Manager joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Supplement Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels &…
Another common sustainability strategy centers on finding more efficient data storage solutions. Nearly all acute care centers now use electronic health records systems, and it’s estimated that the average hospital produces about 50 petabytes…
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