Digital health interventions, such as mobile applications, are increasingly being viewed as potential ways to encourage behaviour change to improve health outcomes in areas including diet, exercise and sleep. Among women in the pregnancy, pre-pregnancy, or post-pregnancy stages, healthy lifestyles and behaviours are of key importance to the mother and child. Using digital health solutions […]
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Next generation of Clinical Entrepreneurs sought to accelerate healthcare innovation: The Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) – the only workforce development program designed to drive clinician-led innovation in Australia – is opening applications for the second time to clinicians and allied health professionals. for its two-year pilot program. AUSCEP aims to accelerate ideas that have the […]
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Taking control of back pain offers long-lasting results with ‘Back in Shape’ programme: writing exclusively for the Hippocratic Post, Consultant Osteopath Michael Fatica shares the innovative ‘Back in Shape’ programme which he conceived during lockdown to alleviate back pain misery for his patients. The impact of lockdown at the height of the pandemic was, of […]
Ground-breaking project to monitor young patients at home wins funding from NHSX: The Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Isansys Lifecare have won funding from NHS England’s Transformation Directorate (formally NHSX) to create a hospital from home for acutely unwell children. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK, has successfully trialled the state-of-the-art […]
The ongoing dire situation in the refugee camps in Greece is presenting healthcare staff on the ground with huge challenges. People who fall ill are cared for on-site by doctors and nurses from various charitable organisations. A few months ago, MedUni Vienna joined forces with the organisations “Crisis Medical Association” and “Hands on Global” to […]
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Automating processes with AI RSM webinar takes place on Thursday 24 September, 6.00pm to 7.00pm By automating processes with Artificial Intelligence (AI), health and care professionals can reduce administrative burden in order to free up staff so that they can focus on care and provision of services. Anne Foster, Customer Success Consultant at Eggplant, will […]
The Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology has initiated an enterprise-wide implementation of the Sectra digital slide review and image storage and management system to enable digital pathology as part of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives. “As Mayo Clinic continues to lead the transformation of health care delivery and accessibility, […]
RSM webinar: Improving remote care by monitoring speech: Dr Yoram Levanon will describe the main concepts behind the use of vocal expression to gain insights into healthcare. He will present his vision of a future where remote care is enhanced by the continuous monitoring of speech to infer health status through AI-Human interactions. This webinar will explore: How emotional and physiological […]
Everyone is talking about digital health, but what sorts of things does it include? Telemedicine is the real time interactions between patient and doctors using digital communications, and also remote peer to peer consultations on medical topics. Telehealth covers patient monitoring, for example patients using blood pressure monitors which relay data into secure systems which […]