ePrescribing has become a norm in the US healthcare system. Now, the expanded role of pharmacists and the integration of non-physician prescribers into the healthcare system signifies a move towards a more accessible healthcare model, potentially alleviating some of the clinicians' burdens.
Read MoreHealthcare data in the US is very fragmented. But many companies have been working on creating consolidated patient views, Reveleer being one of them.
In the US, patients have their healthcare data scattered across care providers, who they often change if they change their job and, consequently their insurers. Insurers have their own networks of healthcare providers, causing the individual to go from one healthcare provider to a different one when life changes happen. And when these providers use different IT systems, data gets siloed.
Read MoreThe US has had ePrescribing since 2001. The new player aims to give more value to the patients.
Read MoreOneLondon is a project that supports a vision of joined-up health and care. It is a pan-London collaboration between leaders from the 5 Integrated Care Systems in the capital. London’s healthcare system is complex. It covers a population of 10 million people and is connecting 35 NHS Trusts and 1385 GP practices.
Read MoreToo often, patients need to repeat their medical history when in contact with different healthcare providers. Consequently, clinicians need more time to make decisions than necessary because they can’t access patient data. London managed to digitize urgent care plans.
Read MoreKarim Karshavjee is the Program Director of the Masters of Health Informatics program at the University of Toronto. He is the co-author of the chapter on Designing Disease-Specific mHealth Apps for Clinical Value in the book Smart and Pervasive Healthcare. The chapter offers an overview of the current usability and use of mHealth apps and what to take into account if you are developing one. To quote one of the findings - “While investments in mHealth is continues to grow, usage of mHealth apps continues to be low. Based on the data in 2017, the use of apps was especially low amongst patients with chronic disease who are most likely to benefit from their use [4]. While 38% of respondents with no health condition had downloaded 1–5 mHealth apps in a survey in 2017, only 6.6% with hypertension had done the same. “
Read MoreSharing of data has improved with the introduction of the messaging standard called FHIR. But throughout the years, debates about open standards and open ecosystems have started to become louder and louder.
Read MoreThis short series explores the state of healthcare IT and digital health in Finland, Norway, Denmark, and on a broader scale. The topics addressed include national healthcare infrastructures, access to healthcare, care for the elderly, and more.
Read MoreEnd of August, Days of eHealth were organised as part of the Slovenian Presidency to the Council of EU. Among other presentations were panel discussions about healthcare digitalization practices in Germany, Catalonia, Israel and Finland.
Read MoreEpisode 101 highlights some of the thoughts about digital health development and factors impacting innovation and solutions design across the world: Venezuela, India, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Read MoreHIMSS has more than 100.000 members around the globe and is often seen as the global healthcare IT community care-taker. Every year, the global conference in the US attracts more than 40.000 people, says Wolf.
Read MoreEpisode 22 of Faces of digital health offers a recap on a few lucid thoughts on interoperability, AI, and how we need to start thinking if we wish to live in a better society in the future, from Exponential Medicine.
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