LAS VEGAS - At the 2025 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition here, Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS, and Jonathan French, senior director of public policy and content development at HIMSS, discussed the organization's role in progressing health technology policy in government.
In their talk, "Forecasting the Global Policy Landscape in 2025," the pair...
Toronto-listed HEALWELL AI is making a multi-million-dollar purchase of New Zealand-based Orion Health to combine their capabilities in data infrastructure and AI.
The Canadian healthcare AI company signed a deal to acquire Orion Health, which offers health data management solutions, for CA$165 million or NZ$200 million ($115 million).
The transaction, advised by JP Morgan, is expected to close...
WELL Health, a digital health company that integrates and updates clinical and digital assets, announced the approval of a $44 million project, Health Compass II, funded by the Canadian government and designed to continue enhancing AI and interoperability in healthcare.
The initiative aims to streamline administrative tasks, enhance clinical decision-making and improve patient outcomes by...
Online calculator predicts long COVID risk
A COVID-19 risk calculator developed by a group of universities in Australia can now also determine a person's risk of developing long COVID.
The obstinate condition, which reportedly affects at least 65 million people worldwide, is commonly characterised by fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath.
Introduced in 2021, the online calculator can now...
Medtech offers API integration for real-time radiology reporting
Auckland-headquartered Medtech Global has recently worked with Zed Technologies and private diagnostics imaging company Horizon Radiology to enable real-time radiology reporting for general practitioners.
They have established real-time API connection through the Zed medical image-sharing platform so diagnostics providers can...
Consultmed to replatform to InterSystems' IRIS for Health
Consultmed is moving its referral management software to InterSystems IRIS for Health data platform.
The move comes as the health IT provider looks to "do integrations at scale." Hosted on Microsoft Azure, Consultmed enables referral management, virtual triage, Advice & Guidance, secure messaging, digital patient forms, requests for...
Microsoft, GE HealthCare, and LG Electronics have recently partnered with a shared goal of supporting smart hospital constructions in South Korea.
The trio have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and contribute their respective expertise in medical equipment and medtech solutions, smart hospital operation solutions, and cloud and platforms.
In particular, Microsoft Korea will...
HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum, hosted by MobiHealthNews executive editor Jessica Hagen, brought together thought leaders, innovators and clinicians to discuss the latest trends in remote care delivery.
Highlights included Penni Kyte, digital care strategy officer at Ballad Health, discussing how the Tennessee-based organization used the example set by air traffic controllers to break...
A government-funded initiative to seamlessly connect hospitals, government, insurers, and medical device manufacturers in the whole care process based on digital therapeutics and big data has commenced at Yonsei University Health System.
Yonsei's Severance Hospital recently started prescribing the insomnia DTx Somzz through the integrated platform called Connect-DTx.
HOW IT WORKS
Connect-DTx can...
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September 25, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the technology landscape across the healthcare industry, and the transformation continues. Healthcare organizations around the globe are investing in new digital technologies to enhance care delivery, reduce costs, manage workforce shortages and adapt to evolving healthcare delivery patterns. Youzhi Li, PhD, director of healthcare at Keysight, said, “Newer...
