article thumbnail

Alexandra Hospital leverages cloud-based service to help patients avoid preventable chronic disease

Healthcare It News

Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health technology company ConnectedLife and Fitbit. Moreover, users can set up nudges and reminder alerts on medication, exercise, or scheduled medical checkups.

article thumbnail

Fountain Life Acquires LifeOmic to Optimize Preventative Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Fountain Life, a leader in advanced diagnostics and preventative healthcare, has acquired LifeOmic , a health data technology company specializing in precision medicine. This acquisition underscores the growing importance of proactive healthcare. Fountain Life’s CEO and co-founder.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

The remaining 80% comes from the social determinants of health, such as public safety, the availability of stable jobs, access to green spaces, cultural practices, and more. Rural communities may lack easy access to preventive care and screenings. Language barriers may deter certain populations from finding accurate information.

article thumbnail

Bayer, One Drop Launches AI-Enabled Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Solution

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – One Drop , an AI powered chronic condition management platform, and pharma giant Bayer – their strategic partner/investor released their co-developed digital, AI-enabled, cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention module. One Drop CVD Prevention Module Features. Availability.

article thumbnail

Singapore to Pass Comprehensive Health Data Law

Triage Health Law

On December 4, 2023, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (Ministry) announced that the nation’s first ever comprehensive health data law, the Health Information Bill (Bill), will be introduced in mid-2024. A set of Cyber & Data Security Guidelines for Healthcare Providers (Guidelines) was also published.

article thumbnail

4 Keys to Modernizing Public Health Data Collection and Analysis

HIT Consultant

Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public health emergency also exposed significant gaps in U.S. public health infectious disease data collection and analysis methods which are critical for identifying behavioral risk factors and preventive actions.

article thumbnail

Microsoft releases data-driven updates for healthcare cloud

Healthcare It News

Data integration toolkit with unified display for provider IT administrators and tools to advance health data exchange within organizations. Dataverse Healthcare APIs that support bi-directional integration capabilities of FHIR data. ON THE RECORD.