Search Tag: IT
2023 09 Oct
As the clock hands of healthcare turn rapidly towards a digital dawn, the importance of a robust IT backbone cannot be overstated. Today’s healthcare realm is much more than just stethoscopes and surgeries; it’s a complex orchestra of data analytics, real-time monitoring, and virtual consultations, all harmonized by the baton of cutting-edge technology....Read more
2021 30 Nov
The Dutch Ministry of Defense has signed a new framework agreement with international cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company Sectra . The 5-year contract contains the approved mobile encryption system Sectra Tiger/S and its infrastructure. The solution enables users to exchange classified information up to the classification level SECRET....Read more
2021 02 Feb
Speakers Stephanie Garcia, MPH @ The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Crystal Kallem, RHIA, CPHQ @ Clinovations Government + Health Casey Thompson, MSN @ Clinovations Government + Health Read more
2020 01 Oct
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS NEW DATES: OCTOBER 1-2, 2020 Find iCEE.fest on Social Media Read more
2019 31 Oct
With artificial intelligence and telemedicine gaining a foothold in healthcare, there are fears about technology easing medical professionals out of their jobs. Those fears and other issues around growing health tech adoption were tackled at the recent Becker's Hospital Review Health IT + RCM conference held in Chicago. In a keynote address to...Read more
2019 14 Oct
NHSX , created by the UK government early this year , is leading the way in transforming healthcare through digitisation. The agency's primary aim is to bring the benefits of modern technology to every patient and clinician, such as early disease diagnosis and timely treatment, as well as reducing the burden on medical staff. You might also...Read more
2019 10 Sep
Data has become an important asset in today's digital world; moreover, increasing IT use and automation results in more of this asset being created. Interestingly, other industries pale in comparison with healthcare when it comes to the amount of data generated – ie, about a trillion gigabytes of data each year coming from a variety of sources such...Read more
2017 24 Nov
Hospitals across Europe in general consider IT as an enabler to improve patient safety and care. And even though deployment of big-ticket technologies – notably EHRs and eHealth tools – is on the rise, many provider organisations continue to make do with tight IT budgets. As Robert Brauer, HIMSS Analytics Research and Quality Assurance Coordinator...Read more
2017 03 May
UK e-Health Week, Olympia London, 3 - 4 May 2017 Returning to Olympia for the third year; e-Health Week is devoted to the people and organisations that use the power of IT to transform health and care. Hosted by HIMSS, a global, not-for-profit organisation working in e-health for more than 50 years; the e-Health Week agenda is developed in partnership...Read more
2016 27 Jun
Companies and organisations struggle to keep an IT project within schedule and budget. According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study of 10,000 projects from 200 companies in 30 countries, only 2.5 percent of companies succeeded in completing their IT projects and the Journal of the Medical Informatics Association says that healthcare’s track record is...Read more
2016 10 May
A leading IT security expert suggests that healthcare organisations should follow professional baseball teams' lead and develop farm leagues to harvest talent they can ultimately employ to secure their networks. “Even when we were in the desktop/laptop/mobile phone world, there already was a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, people...Read more
2016 11 Apr
As part of a drive to bolster IT security, The Henry Ford Health System is taking important steps in the positioning of its departments. Eighteen months ago, the Detroit-based health system moved its clinical engineering department into the IT department to effectively manage 60, 000 medical Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The move has...Read more
2016 28 Mar
The XIV MEDICON Mediterranean edition taking place at the end of this month has announced its programme with technology themes in biological computing and engineering a big part of the agenda. The three-day Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing congress is taking place in Paphos, Cyprus from March 31 to April 2. “Medicon 2016 provides...Read more
2016 30 Mar
How Big Data, Cloud, Social Media and Mobility are Reprogramming Businesses 30 March 2016, Hilton Cyrpus, Nicosia Over the next five years, 90% of companies' IT investments will involve Third Platform technologies. While organizations will still need servers, PCs, client- and PC-based applications, and miles of cables, these technologies will...Read more