Search Tag: e-health
2019 23 Jul
A shortage of health workers is not just a problem of the developed, wealthy countries which often have to stretch their healthcare resources to meet the demands of growing elderly populations. The problem is prevalent in most countries of the world. In India, for example, there is a shortage of over 3.9 million doctors and nurses. In addition...Read more
2018 12 Jun
Today we as healthcare providers face a new challenge: unleashing the power of digital technology to fundamentally reinvent how healthcare is delivered. This was the challenged posed to attendees at the recent ehealth conference. “E-health transforming healthcare in disruptive times ” held in the Royal College of Surgeons. Health leaders from...Read more
2015 27 Feb
Ahead of its annual Congress in Hamburg, which is focused on the topic of patient safety, the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) has published a policy statement from its membership that calls for universal application of electronic prescribing across Europe in order to deliver a step change in medication error prevention. The statement...Read more