Update: HIMSS20 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. Read more here.
Given the pace of scientific and technological advancements, Sweden, one of the early adopters of digital, is well-positioned to leverage the opportunities of the transformation that we're seeing around the world.
But as Daniel Forslund [pictured on the right], chairman of the Stockholm region's innovation and development...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is promoting the idea of paying home health agencies for monitoring patients remotely.
Remote monitoring enables the collection of patients’ health data, such as vital signs, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, blood oxygen levels, heart rate and electrocardiogram readings.
In a statement Monday, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said more use of remote...
Politicians and policymakers should draft a ‘comprehensive strategy’ to ensure the NHS and social care system harnesses technology and innovation at pace, a final report from the Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care warns.
It calls for a 'digital first' approach and asks the system to leverage the use of innovative apps and devices, with an increased focus on prevention and promoting healthy...
Edinburgh, Scotland] A new national decision-making board will be in charge of driving the implementation of Scotland’s digital health and care strategy starting from July.
Setting out the requirements necessary to fully harness the power of information and technology, the strategy, published yesterday (25 April), was developed by the Scottish government in collaboration with the Convention of...
The UK government will open a Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation to ensure ethical standards are at the forefront of AI and data-driven technology development.
The new advisory body will work with regulators, the industry and the government to pave the way for sensible AI adoption.
In addition, more than £75m will be invested to deliver recommendations from Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Jérôme...
Despite this, we may soon start to see things moving forward. The recent government reviewof AI and machine learning technologies in the UK was rightly upbeat about the potential of this technology in areas like health care. But even if AI were advanced enough to be a routine part of a pathway (it’s not), we are even further away from machines being able to operate independently of clinicians....
Left to Right: Halamka, Dreyer, Landman, Stack, and Weygandt.
As regulatory efforts like ICD-10 and Meaningful Use continue to march on, the vision of policy and the reality of physician experience don't always line up. That was the key take away from The Art of Medicine, a panel discussion hosted by Nuance in Boston, Massachusetts this week.
"We had a Big Bang moment, we had a horrible...
