Category Archives: Digital health
the convergence of research, development, care and patient self-service. An early example of ecosystem engagement
Analytics in alternative medicine: the importance of data-driven acupuncture
Few people would dispute the importance of evidence-based medicine: that is, treating people in ways [...]
Medical concierge services set to thrive in the AI era
Around the world, private medical insurance is increasingly seen as an important element of employee [...]
A new use for chatbots: matching patients and clinical trials
At any one time, there are around 50,000 clinical trials taking place worldwide. Clinical trials [...]
Ten takeaways from the e-Health TrendBarometer
HIMSS Analytics looks at the adoption and use of healthcare IT in Europe. We assessed [...]
How far can robotics process automation be applied in social care?
Last weekend’s grim headlines included the funding crisis in both health and social care in [...]
Artificial intelligence, ambulances and ideas: a story of joined-up thinking
One of the biggest issues in a wide range of countries is access to healthcare. [...]
Is the healthcare community ready for chatbots?
Pressure is rising on healthcare systems around the world. Ageing populations, the increased cost of [...]
Highlights from DotMED Conference 2017, Dublin
As one attendee put it, DotMED’s venue, Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin, is not your [...]
Artificial intelligence in healthcare
Last week saw the publication of news that a robot had ‘beaten’ a human surgeon [...]
babylon: a doctor on your phone
It’s Monday morning, and you need to see a GP. Time to get on the [...]
Digital health – budget considerations
Ten digital hospital trends budget holders should consider: Digital innovations have the potential to hugely [...]
10 things you need to know about Integrated Clinical Environments (ICE)
An Integrated Clinical Environment (ICE) is a platform to create a medical ‘Internet of Things’ [...]
Bringing collaborative consumption to healthcare: Cohealo and Medstars
Collaborative consumption, sometimes called the sharing economy, involves systems for organised sharing, reusing, renting and [...]
Healthcare predictions are consistently optimistic about patient adoption of digital options
Making predictions about the future is a common practice among experts. Inevitably, some turn out [...]
The digital health of healthcare
We know that changes in technology are starting to cause huge unheaval in the way [...]
Looking from a different angle: PillCam COLON
We have often discussed wearables, whether in general in healthcare, or the specifics, such as Imogen Heap’s [...]
Healthcare’s digital future: where next for digitisation?
IT adoption has generally come in waves, across all sectors. The first, in the 1950s, [...]
A step to solving the healthcare crisis – training the developing world’s doctors
There’s a crisis in world healthcare. There aren’t enough doctors, even for the developed countries [...]
Turning health into a game: social change becomes fun
Doing the right thing is often a bit dull. In the fight between brown bread [...]
Document-sharing to increase efficiency
Document-sharing is a huge challenge in healthcare. The amount of paperwork that trails each and [...]
Crowdsourcing to solve healthcare problems
You may remember Foldit, the app that was used to persuade computer gamers to join [...]
Delivering healthcare by drone
Amazon has announced that it has plans to deliver goods by drone, to speed up [...]
How mobile apps are changing healthcare
We’ve come a long way from the days when you had to turn off your [...]
Empowering and engaging patients
What are the key changes in healthcare, and how do they affect patients? Diane Brodalski [...]
The future of scientific publishing: the role of Twitter
There is always plenty of speculation about the future of academic publishing: how will journals [...]
MedCity’s Big Health spreads its wings with Sleepio
We’ve been following the development of wearables with considerable interest. From Imogen Heap’s musical gloves [...]
Salesforce.com and Philips launch new digital platform for healthcare
There’s a new kid on the block in healthcare technology management. Philips and Salesforce.com have [...]
Using wearables to turn motion into sound
We’ve written before about the potential for wearable technologies to transform healthcare, but somehow it all [...]
ISO IDMP: what will it mean for hospitals and patients?
Standards for pharmacovigilance are changing. It’s been a while in the making, but the new [...]
Developments in telehealth – an update
We have written before about the potential of ehealth or telehealth in an ageing world. But [...]
Hyland’s focus on patient experience and patient safety
Headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, Hyland Software is a global company with more than 11,800 customers [...]
Driving health IT skills at grassroots levels
The Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) brings together computer professionals working in healthcare and [...]
Cloud in healthcare – the future or a step into the dark?
We have written a lot recently about cloud in local government and also how cloud is changing [...]
Peer-to-peer patient support
If you or anyone you know has ever had a chronic or life-threatening illness, you [...]
CATEL’s contribution to telehealth development
Club des Acteurs en Télésanté(CATEL), is a small organisation with a big ambition: to contribute [...]
Big data trends in healthcare
Since we first identified big data and analytics as one of the key drivers of [...]
Radio-frequency identification – from livestock to hospitals
Radio-frequency identification, or RFID, is the use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data wirelessly [...]
Sustainability in healthcare
As austerity measures begin to bite across the world, the cost of healthcare is becoming [...]
LabVantage prospers on demand for informatics
As healthcare budgets are squeezed ever tighter across the globe, many providers are looking to [...]
Spotlight on Germany
We kick off a series looking at healthcare across Europe with a focus on Germany. [...]
Lessons from FlexITy
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already having an impact on healthcare, and is likely [...]
Can wearable technologies change healthcare?
Wearable technologies are suddenly on everyone’s minds. And if you’re thinking Gore-Tex®, or perhaps LYCRA®, [...]
How the Internet of Things is helping healthcare
We’ve written on PublicTechViews.com about how the Internet of Things(IoT) can improve sustainability, but surely [...]
Disrupting the health ecosystem: how pharmacists can take pressure off GPs
It’s an increasingly urgent problem in many countries: the number of junior doctors going into [...]
How one hospital turned its website into a consumer magnet
Many hospitals are sceptical about whether digital marketing can really work for them. Yes, they [...]
Accelrys, BT and IBM show progress on hospital data management
We’ve written before about why hospitals need to get better at using data. In this [...]
Why e-health in an aging world is no longer an optional nice-to-have
Most people will probably be aware of phrases like the ‘demographic timebomb’, and ‘aging population’. [...]
App spotlight: Abriiz
Abriiz is an innovative mobile chronic health management platform developed by Ideomed, Inc. It connects [...]
Event review: eHealth week
This week saw the the seventh World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Dublin [...]
Why should hospitals get better at using data?
Around the world, hospitals and healthcare systems face increasing financial pressure. In the UK, the [...]
Should Healthcare Organisations Embrace Social Media?
Social media has taken the world by storm. Facebook, one of the most widely known [...]
The Current Healthcare Ecosystem is Broken
Although our main focus is to review IT in healthcare, it is also important to [...]
App Spotlight: SwiftPayMD
We estimate that globally physicians and/or their practices lose $10 Bn in charges due to [...]
Improving patient experience in the doctor’s office
Social media is transforming the way patients and care providers engage, monitor and review progress. [...]
App Spotlight: MedSpeak
Positioned as “critical companion for practicing physicians, medical trainees, nurses and paramedics” QxMD Software’s MedSpeak [...]
App Spotlight: Isabel Healthcare
Isabel Healthcare‘s 10-year-old diagnosis decision-support system, now available as an iPhone, iPad, and iPod app, [...]
A Tweet a Day Keeps the Doctors Away
Courtesy of: Allied Health World [...]
App Spotlight: Mayo Clinic Patient App
The Mayo Clinic Patient App provides patients with a range of tools to help them [...]
Putting patients in the driving seat: the policy perspective
On December 7th, the European Commission unveiled its most recent action plan to address barriers [...]
Event preview: Clinical Outsourcing World
Over the years of training has gathered momentum as drug developers see to shorten the [...]
App spotlight: iBGStar
Sanofi’s iBGStar is positioned as the first blood glucose monitor to sync with the iPhone [...]
Healthcare Analytics
While Big Data has been capturing headlines during 2012, the more enduring value will be [...]
App spotlight: drawMD
drawMD is the flagship product of Visible Health of Austin, TX. Conceived and launched by [...]
Widening array of mobility providers woo health care providers
Mobility is one of the hottest trends in the healthcare sector, and for that reason [...]
Why local health providers should pay attention to globalization
Globalisation or the growth of a market through worldwide relations is currently leading to [...]
Open/crowd sourced clinical trials have arrived
How does cancer know it’s cancer? At Jay Bradner’s lab, they found a molecule that [...]
Quintiles bets on its new Digital Patient Unit
As with many industries in today’s uncertain economy, healthcare providers face a multitude of complex [...]
ICON takes flexible approach to its technology enablement
Views on the role of IT and its use in clinical research are evolving. Outsourcing [...]
Embracing social media for clinical trials
When we looked at technology’s role in patient motivation, we saw three ways in which information [...]
IT for a patient centric service model
In our disruptor profile of goBalto, we introduced an alternative approach to effective study start-up. [...]
Disruption profile: goBalto
In the course of our research, we come across many case studies, supplier announcements and [...]
Technology’s role in patient motivation
One of the more significant findings from our “Mind the Gap” study is that trials [...]