Population and Public Health

Effective use of health data is vital but the practicalities are mired in problems, according to experts speaking at an event held in Brussels yesterday (21 April).

While it feels like it was only yesterday that Expo 2020 Dubai opened its doors, the first World Expo in the MEASA region concluded last month. Dubai-based Rachel McArthur asks whether we will follow through on the lessons learned in healthcare from the event.

Interested parties are being asked to provide digital health solutions for free.

Experts say preparedness is stymied by funding gaps and complexity, according to Brussels-based Frieda Klotz.

The report makes 185 recommendations on the use of data for research and analysis.

Also, Vietnam is set to release vaccine passports on 15 April.

Projects will use cloud-based technology to address global health issues. 

More than six in 10 Australian parents said they are not confident in spotting signs of social or emotional problems in their children.

Also, Indonesian private hospital group EMC Healthcare has chosen InterSystems for hospital digitisation.

Despite significant investment and well over a decade of different transformation plans and initiatives, there’s still much to do before we can say the health and care system has truly gone through a digital revolution.