Government & Policy
The "NHS Long Term Plan" focuses on prevention, integrating care and improving patient experience, says Hassan Chaudhury, digital health specialist at Healthcare UK.
The company is making the agency's open-source MyStudies platform available, enabling for easier access to data for research into new medications, devices and more.
UK organizations must look beyond their borders to collaborate more effectively with other systems, says Hassan Chaudhury, digital health lead at Healthcare UK.
The introduction of single sign-on technology at one hospital reportedly cut login times from 105 seconds to 10.
Thailand's healthcare informatics system is taking cues from what other countries have learned the hard way, particularly in terms of data privacy, says TPP Healthcare International's Togio Chayanuwat.
Former President Barack Obama’s signature health legislation was passed into law on Dec. 24, 2009, marking a fundamental shift in American healthcare.
Alberta has made big strides in digital transformation with the implementation of technology as it aims for patient-centric care, says Reda Alhajj, a professor at the University of Calgary.
Countries such as Tunisia can learn a great deal from Turkey's digital transformation, says Sonia Khayat, general director of International Cooperation at Ministry of Health in Tunisia.
Innovation
There have been many frustrations with how the federal EHR incentive program was implemented this past decade, but those big government subsidies have enabled headway that might not have happened otherwise.
The news is being touted by IDx, makers of the first medical device approved by FDA to use artificial intelligence to assess diabetic retinopathy.