For over a decade, Omada Health, a US digital behavioral medicine company, has helped individuals living with prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, and musculoskeletal issues manage their care better with the help of digital tools and personalized support. Their reflection on what works in chronic care? Motivation is malleable, and understanding specific health goals is essential.
Read MoreOne of the biggest global challenges in healthcare at the moment is the workforce crisis. Workforce shortages are not related to the number of people that get trained for healthcare professionals but the working conditions that they need to operate under. Here’s how Buurtzorg organizes community work with self-managing teams.
Read MoreWHO estimates a projected shortfall of 18 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low- and lower-middle-income countries. What do doctors want and what kind of careers can they have?
Read MoreThe field of healthcare digitalization is maturing and getting increasingly sophisticated, demanding healthcare and technology leaders to think more strategically than they were perhaps required a few years ago.
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 MoreNina Capital and Level 20 recently published a report about gender diversity in the PE/VC space on the Spanish market. Research showed that in aggregate, women represent 30% of the workforce. Only 17% of senior roles positions are held by women.
Read MoreIntegrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal (CIUSSS West-Central Montreal) covers 345,000 people, with a staff of over 12,000 and over 600 doctors. In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Connected Health Innovation Hub inside the network was formed to further leverage technologies and innovation for increased healthcare improvement and sustainability.
Read MoreSave the date for 29 June 2021.
Join the premiere of (OVER)DOSE - a documentary about medication management and patient safety.
Read MorePhishing, Whaling, and exposure of patient data are a rising occurrence of the increasingly digitalized healthcare systems. 2020 saw more data breaches than previous years. What are the basics to know?
Read MoreDespite enjoying clinical practice, Benedict Evans still came to a point where he felt he is not passionate enough about what he does, and as a surgeon, he realized he enjoys talking to patients more than treating them when they are under anesthesia. He went to a consulting position at McKinsey, then back to an NHS Trust to drive digital innovation and now to a VC position.
Read MoreMany doctors leave full-time medical practice to become entrepreneurs. Many of them do that to solve systemic issues plaguing healthcare. This series includes four doctors from the US, UK and Spain, Daniel Kraft, Michael Docktor, Owain Rhys Hughes and Guillem Serra explain their experiences with healthcare IT during their clinical practice, and their motivation to develop technological solutions for healthcare.
Read MoreEntrepreneurs, policymakers and doctors are the most common commentators of medicine and healthcare. Patients are in the limelight much less often. Their stories, however, can be very powerful in bringing understanding of the faults of healthcare systems.
Read MoreBuilding communities is time-consuming and demands special soft skills. Aline Noizet is a digital health connector with rich experiences of building and getting to know communities in digital health.
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 MoreDuring the planning of implementation requirements for the Perth Children’s Hospital, which took several years, Chris Johnson made sure to include in planning representatives of all the groups in the hospital, who would be affected most in the end — pharmacists, doctors and nurses.
In the end, around 40 people reviewed the implementation requirements and took part in meetings, where IT vendors were demoing their solutions.
Read MoreIn the last decade, healthcare has started moving to value-based care and so-called patient-centricity. Patients are increasingly seen as customers, that don’t just receive information and treatment but instead take an active part in it.
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