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A recent HIMSS Nordic Community webinar – moderated by Bogi Eliasen, HIMSS Future50 and director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies – addressed how Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway have enabled a sustainable human-centred health environment that influenced their crisis management during the pandemic.

Study found that increased mortality risk for ethnic minorities is only partially attributable to pre-existing clinical risk factors.

Radiologists have to agree on what kind of evidence matters, especially in the clinical setting, before they can unleash the power of medical imaging AI in patient care.

The response of the non-acute parts of the Italian healthcare system was the focus of a recent webinar hosted by HIMSS.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) denies claims that the app has failed NHS clinical safety and security test.

As a result of COVID-19, the UK has turned decisively to the tech sector to provide them with health solutions. But some places were more prepared than others. In the recent techUK webinar, ‘COVID-19: How Yorkshire’s health tech cluster is responding’, local experts discussed how the already strong integration of digital health tools benefited the ease and speed of the region’s pandemic response.

The HIMSS chief clinical officer says technology can be used more effectively to plan for healthcare provision in a second wave of the pandemic and beyond – and that we should not shy away from a proper discussion about the role data is set to play.

Also - Dutch company offers free analysis of COVID-19 CT scans.

Guard Sanitizing Gate is a walk-through offering that features an automatic 360-degree disinfection barrier that reportedly kills 99.9% of germs and viruses.

All over the world, 5G networks are on the brink of rollout, and some think that it is healthcare where most benefits can be expected. But is this really the case? Or are we only hyping technology instead of healthcare once again?