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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

Healthcare It News

Digitalisation in healthcare holds the promise of optimising processes and expanding access to care. In the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, individual healthcare providers offer their own patient portals. This means if a person visits multiple facilities, they must use different portals to access their health data.

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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

Alok Mandal, Head of Healthcare Consulting, Virtusa Massive disparities continue to plague healthcare in the United States. Health equity means ensuring that health resources and services are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, geography, ethnicity, or financial circumstances.

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3 Ways to Get Started With AR and VR Technology in Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Jessica Rengstorf, Director of US Healthcare Strategy at Endava Augmented reality and virtual reality are innovative technologies that can provide tremendous benefits to the healthcare industry, bringing a deeper understanding of complex medical concepts to healthcare professionals and patients alike.

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Healthcare’s Evolution: Important Healthcare Trends in 2024

GoMoHealth

By Cassandra Cousineau Manager, Strategic Content and Engagement , GoMo Health The healthcare industry is constantly evolving. These significant changes are propelling innovation and setting new healthcare industry trends in 2024.  Virtual technologies are set to revolutionize healthcare delivery. that doesn’t include AI.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

Address social determinants of health. Accelerate digital health. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Note that WHO’s approach to digital health adoption includes equity, access, palliative care, privacy, and security. Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care.

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How a Thai hospital bounced back from a dip in international business

Healthcare It News

Ua-Anant has been at Bumrungrad for two years, building the foundations of a digital healthcare ecosystem which includes cloud infrastructure, automated marketing, online purchasing and ePayment, telehealth, and telehealth services including direct-to-nurse chat. Strong foundations. A win-win situation.

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Top takeaways from HIMSS22: What CIOs need to know

Healthcare It News

David Chou Healthcare chief information officers had a lot to take in at HIMSS22 this past week. There were many new product and partnership announcements and insightful panels and discussions, but here are two critical takeaway themes from HIMSS22 relevant to healthcare decision-makers like you! Healthcare cloud is everywhere.