As healthcare becomes increasingly digitized, the promise of improved care enabled by technological advances inevitably must be traded off against any unintended negative consequences. There is little else that is as consequential to an individual as his or her health. In this context, the privacy ...
HEALTH promotionCOVID-19HEALTH literacyMEDICAL communicationThe digitization of health promotion and communication has become a major discourse in healthcare. This paper synthesizes my understanding of the role of health literacy, promotion, education and communication in ensuring effective...
Health IT [HIT] allows comprehensive management of medical information and its secure exchange between health care consumers and providers. Broad use of HIT has the potential to improve health care quality, prevent medical errors, increase the efficiency of care provision and reduce unnecessary health...
By leveraging the collective power of stakeholders and governments, member states can advance health equity worldwide, says Dr. Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization. ByHIMSS TV May 22, 2023 06:00 AM
The $7.5-billion mission entails the comprehensive development of core infrastructure—water and electricity supply, urban mobility, affordable housing, sanitation, health, and safety—while infusing technology-based “smart solutions” to drive economic growth and improve the citizens’ quality of life ...
Digitization of Physical Health Data in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Arpine Muradyan and Karine Sargsyan "Physical health is defined as the state of the body while considering everything from the absence of diseases to the level of physical fitness." EUPATI—European Patients ...
A spokesman of the provincial government told media that Rs380m will be spent on the digitization of land record and setting up of service delivery centers. KP govt allocates Rs786m for digitization in govt offices He lauded the support provided by USAID through its Global Health Supply Chain...
COVID's impact on healthcare goes beyond the obvious. Here, too, the lockdown meant rediscovery of existing technologies, and their embellishment for wider use. Tele-consultation, long feasible and demonstrated, became unavoidable due to movement restrictions and is now widely used. This too is ...
IDEMIA Receives Clearance to Distribute Three Health Cards in Germany March 1, 2021 IDEMIA will be facilitating the digital transformation of the German healthcare system. To that end, the company will be providing the country with three different […] ...
Globally countries have been very receptive to digitization. As a result, various policies have been developed in order to lead this trajectory, outcomes of which have seen investment in infrastructure, expansion of markets, increased tax revenues and re