Lifen Injects Interoperability into French Healthcare System
The setting is France, but it could be anywhere. The communication lag between a patient’s healthcare providers — and sometimes its total absence — results in inefficiency and rising cost….
A Road Map for Resilient, Greener Healthcare
The healthcare sector consumes significant energy and resources, leaving a carbon footprint and huge amounts of waste — either directly or indirectly through the products and services it acquires, uses…
How Digitally Advanced Is German Healthcare?
After three years of contact restrictions, the annual digital health conference DMEA took place again in Berlin in April 2022. The joy of meeting people face to face was palpable;…
Reimagining Health
HIMSS22 shows new ways to improve healthcare delivery In the pandemic’s third year, the coexistence of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) conference in Florida and its digital…
Digitization of Healthcare Plays a Role in Beating Cancer
The EU considers digitization as a vital ally in this battle The Economist’s recent World Cancer Series: Europe 2021 event highlighted the urgency of combating rising cancer cases on the…
The Future Will Be More Connected
Roll-out of 5G in the German healthcare market begins cautiously The notion of healthcare as a string of singular encounters between a sick person and a caregiver has been superseded…
A Picture of Health
Technology as the third actor in healthcare consultations One of the most significant benefits that technology delivers, no matter the industry or organization, is more effective outcomes through the push…
Microsoft Takes Care of Business
A new release of its cloud offering for the healthcare industry Microsoft first announced its move into healthcare at its Build 2020 conference and launched its Cloud for Healthcare in…
Amazon Bandages Together the Healthcare Industry
Amazon Care gears up to offer a smoother patient journey in the US Amazon has set out to improve the healthcare experience of employees by joining up the different parts…
Injecting Tech Innovation into Healthcare
What’s the role of the private sector? The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care announced in July a collaboration with Amazon to enable people to use Alexa’s voice-assisted technology…