Digital Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed the uptake of digital health solutions in a way not hitherto experienced by the sector.

Spanish CIOs from major hospitals explained in a HIMSS Europe webinar how they are handling the extreme situation caused by the pandemic.

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Dubai-based private healthcare entities, Aster DM Healthcare and HealthHub by Al-Futtaim have introduced their own videoconference-style consultations to help the public during restricted movement.  

Digital health applications, consumerism, demographic challenges and data governance will be key imperatives in the year ahead, the study shows.

Criminals can use artificial intelligence to engineer automated phishing attacks with more convincing content and greater accuracy.

Experts at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum said the next phase of infosec should be to secure the human and put safety nets in place to protect them.

Richard Milani, MD, said healthcare is headed for big changes and the sooner hospitals and practices get on board with connected consumers and easy access to data, the better off they'll be.

The mission of the chief information officer is shifting quickly toward innovation, transformation and revenue generation, with organizations leaning on these execs more for their sociology and business school training than IT chops.

Taken together they represent an essential and very different way of thinking about the healthcare business model that exists today.