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Health and Wellness Informatics News Sengkang General Hospital partners up with Cadi Scientific again. They are developing new smart facilities using RTLS and IoT as the backbone. Sengkang General Hospital was using advanced technology even before the pandemic. They were tracking their assets and contacts using RTLS. But after the pandemic, the use of RTLS has grown multifold. Now, the hospital wants to manage and organize workflows using RTLS. They also want to bring in the Internet of Things to help with care. The hospital collaborated with Cadi Scientific. Cadi Scientific is a local healthcare technology company. They will work…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Mahidol University in Thailand has started a VR program to train medical students. Indira IVF will use AI tools to find the best embryo. Genomics Thailand got two new genome sequencers. Royal Mahidol University is a university in Thailand. They have collaborated with Jolly Good. Jolly Good is a Japanese VR company. The partnership aims to start a VR training program. The program will help medical students receive hands-on training. The students will also receive VR training in the area of infectious disease treatment. Jolly Good to provide all the equipment necessary for the VR…

Health and Wellness Informatics News HIMSS wants its members to get involved. It wants them to promote policies on telehealth expansion and maternal health. They are the core issue in health right now. Many healthcare stakeholders are getting initiated for involvement in some initiatives. HIMSS is doing the initiation. The two initiatives support quality care for the at-risk population and the underserved. HIMSS wants stakeholders to expand access to these groups. Telehealth expansion and maternal health are also among the policies. HIMSS is also celebrating its Global Health Equity Week. As a result of this, it is promoting two policy…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Boston Medical Centre is working on a new type of RPM system. It will also allow the staff to detect BP in patients. The goal is to prevent deaths and manage the health of patients. Boston Medical Centre is a non-profit academic medical center. It is also the largest safety-net hospital in New England. The hospital is famous for its medical care. Infants, children, teens, and adults receive care. The hospital is also shifting towards the use of RPM. Dr. Christina Yarrington is the chief of maternal-fetal medicine. She works to have all the necessary…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Meta has violated many healthcare data policies. It also used a pixel tracking tool. The US Senator has questioned Zuckerburg about this. Mark R. Warner is the US Senator. He has concluded that Meta and policies consulting healthcare data are not right. He also appeared concerned that Meta tracked the healthcare data of many patients. The data collected could have had negative consequences in some situations. The Senator wrote a letter to Meta CEO and expressed his concerns. He said that there are some minor problems with the code used. He also said that this…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Public Health Emergencies won’t last forever. With it, telehealth services can also see their last day. The impact of this on healthcare can be dangerous. Telehealth has benefitted a lot of people post-pandemic. But the emergency can’t last forever. This means that telehealth will eventually end. There is a lot of confusion over patients’ loss of access. But PHE will get renewed again for one time. Mr. Biden recently declared that the “pandemic is over”. After this weird statement, there was a state of panic among hospitals. They are now gearing up to end all…

Health and Wellness Informatics News The healthcare systems across the entire world are changing. Australia is soon planning to implement an electronic medication register. A local healthcare software by the name of Modeus will handle the entire functionality. If we believe the reports, the electronic medication will first roll out at King Edward Memorial Hospital located in Perth. The authorities are planning for gradual implementation across the WA Health system. The authorities are in a plan to implement this electronic medication in 80 hospitals and health facilities. This system will exponentially decrease the paperwork. With an electronic medication register, hospitals…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, developed a new virtual care plan. They aim to provide virtual care instantaneously. They are still working and developing it. Lansing in Michigan hosts the Sparrow Health System. It has already started working on a virtual care plan to take its system to a whole new level. The main goal was to provide instant on-demand virtual care. The pandemic hampered their plans. But they used Epic EHR to run the system through video calls and telephones. They achieved their goal of 1500 visits per year within a month. Also,…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Hospital Authority in Hong Kong is digitizing its healthcare system. The main goal is to bring in sustainable healthcare. They are working on AI solutions. HA continues to contribute to digitizing its healthcare. They also have one of the best clinical management systems in the world. Their vision is to get a smart hospital. Hospital Authority also aims to bring in sustainable healthcare. The HA also says that they will take the digital transformation journey further. Dr. Joanna Pang is the CMIO of the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. She presented a presentation. The presentation…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Mr. Biden said that the pandemic is over. This can affect the telehealth policy. Congress and other agencies are deciding what to do. The American Telehealth Association continues to discuss the fate of telehealth policy. Congress and other federal agencies are weighing in a lot of factors. The pandemic accelerated the growth of the telehealth policy. The pandemic has also taken and given a lot of things. Recently, Biden declared that the pandemic is over. This has made the agencies question the telehealth policy. They want to decide whether they can lift the emergency or…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Srisawan hospital is undergoing digitalization. The hospital partnered with two health firms. The partnership aims to propel the digital journey of the hospital. Srisawan Hospital is a private tertiary healthcare provider in Thailand. The hospital also wants to maximize its potential in quality of care. The hospital wants to develop an optimum hospital experience. So, the hospital is working hard to undergo digitalization. This can be a game-changer for the hospital. The hospital also partnered with GE Healthcare. They both signed a memo of understanding. The aim is to deploy digital solutions. These solutions will…

Health and Wellness Informatics News A study based out of Sydney will test the impact of AI on clinical decision making. For example, the AI tool will look into chest x-rays. It aims to provide better, quicker decisions. A new study will measure the impact of Artificial Intelligence on clinical decision making. The analysis works through a big project. The name is the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre project. The project will also study how this solution can help with management and decision-making. Sydney is the epicenter of this study. Macquarie University and a startup, annalise.ai, lead this study. Sydney…

Health and Wellness Informatics News HL7 and CodeX with FHIR are working to enable automation. The automation will be between the payer and the provider. This also increases access to radiation treatment in cancer care and oncology. Evernorth is the health services arm of Cigna. Varian is an important part of Siemens Healthineers. Both of them are collaborating. The goal is also to use FHIR to better interoperability and standardization in oncology. Health system-to-payer systems are very efficient. CodeX collaborators are using these systems. The system will also reportedly reduce costs by a big margin. In addition, through this system,…

Health and Wellness Informatics News A study suggests that pandemic telehealth care leads to lower opioid use. As a result, there are fewer chances of overdose. Pandemic telehealth care related to opioid use disorder led to better outcomes. The patients who got this care had lower chances of overdose and more retention. Methadone and Buprenorphine were the medications used in this study. JAMA Psychiatry conducted this study. There were two groups for this study. One was a pre-pandemic group. Another one was the pandemic group. 19.6% of people in the pandemic group received pandemic telehealth services. But only 0.6% of…

Health and Wellness Informatics News AI and ML can help women with their delivery. Mayo Clinic’s study suggested that AI and ML can help with labor. They can also predict complications. Mayo Clinic and its researchers have found a new way to use AI. They believe that machine learning can predict changes during pregnancy. It can help women in labor. It can predict a vaginal delivery and the safety of both the child and its mother. The process of birth varies for every woman. Therefore, doctors and obstetricians also analyze the fetal heartbeats of the child. They also look into…

Health and Wellness Informatics News Many leaders focus on digital health needs through digital infrastructure. Therefore, interconnectivity and interoperability are very important. The year of the pandemic was very difficult for patients. It was more difficult for the healthcare industry managing them. Many healthcare authorities had to think of a new way to address these problems. They also planned to include digital health and its services as a major part of their solution. Raj Kurup is the Digital Strategy Lead for Healthcare at Equinix Asia Pacific. Chad Rajapakse is the CA Lead in Health and Public Sector for Accenture Australia.…

Health and Wellness Informatics News ScionHealth and Cadence have collaborated on the development of the RPM system. It is for the benefit of chronic disease patients. The system will support chronic care. ScionHealth is a system based out of Louisville. Cadence is a New York based tech company that works in healthcare. They have partnered together. They are also bringing in an RPM system. The system will debut in 18 hospitals in 12 states. RPM stands for Remote Patient Monitoring system. Chronic disease patients in ScionHealth can get chronic care at their homes. They also don’t need to visit the…

Health and Wellness Informatics News FBI prevented a hospital cyber attack on Butler Country Health Care Centre. There was no data loss. They identified the infected server and took it offline. FBI’s quick action prevented a hospital cyber attack. Butler County Health Care Center dodged the attack. The center is in David City, Nebraska. July 4th was the planned date for the attacks. Some investigators in Ireland gave info on this attack. They warned the FBI. They also said that cyber-attacks could take place in Nebraska and Iowa. However, Cynthia Neesen is the IT Director for the Health Care Centre.…

Health and wellness Informatics News UK national health-tech provider NHS Digital has scheduled trials to evaluate the role of wireless technologies in improving patient care delivery. The Wireless Centre of Excellence trials opened for proposals from NHS organizations. They can ask for funding to develop wireless technologies that close connectivity gaps in healthcare environments. Petra Wilson, a HIMSS senior adviser, remarked on the trials. She said, “Mobile technologies allow care provision at the patients’ whim. It also reduces backlogs and accelerates access to healthcare. NHS has the opportunity to innovate ground-breaking technologies. Other healthcare systems can also adopt them through…

Health and Wellness Informatics News PatientBond and Vizient have come together to build patient engagement and digital behavior change programs. PatientBond is a patient engagement SaaS provider. Vizient deals in healthcare improvement and analysis. The programs will come up at Vizient member healthcare institutions. This tool will provide personalized psychographic insights. They aim to proliferate patient behavior and improve engagement and end results. The programs include condition-specific messaging and care gap closures. They’ll also feature screenings and appointment reminders. Medical institutions associated with Vizient will offer these programs. They include academic medical centers, pediatric clinics, and community hospitals. These digital…