Government & Policy

The COVID-19 crisis has 'forced people into virtual mediums,' says CEO

By Kat Jercich 01:27 pm September 09, 2020

Julian Flannery leads Summus, which offers remote second-opinion services for patients and employers. He says the pandemic has led to a "real acceleration of adoption" for virtual care.

Judge dismisses data privacy suit against University of Chicago and Google

By Mike Miliard 01:14 pm September 09, 2020

The lawsuit had alleged that de-identified data from University of Chicago Medical Center patients, used for machine learning projects, was still identifiable given Google's data mining and AI capabilities.

Left to right: Claudia Pagliari (director of Global eHealth Programme, University of Edinburgh, UK), Dr Mark Davies (chief medical officer EMEA, IBM and IBM Watson Health, UK), Jyrki Katainen (Former European Commission vice president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness, president of Sitra, Finland).

'New legislation needed to increase Europe’s data flow'

By Rosy Matheson 04:00 pm September 08, 2020

The law may have to change to enable a healthy flow of European data according to a former European Commission Vice President. Jyrki Katainen was speaking at the HIMSS & Heath 2.0 European Digital conference today.

(Top row-left-right:) Prof Dr Erwin Boettinger, Professor and Chair, Digital Health Center, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany, Prof Ran Balicer, Founding Director, Clalit Research Institute, Israel, Mary Harney, Former Minister for Health and Children, Independent Company Director, Ireland.

(Bottom row:) Dr Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer, HIMSS, UK

'Predictive, proactive, preventive care is not just a vision; it's something that can be done'

By Rosy Matheson 11:52 am September 08, 2020

Shifting the focus from acute to preventative health and care is the ultimate aim for the digital transformation of health systems globally. Precision health integrates health insights and social determinants to improve clinical and financial outcomes.

Fighting COVID-19: Collaboration, trust and standardisation

By Petra de Jong 02:37 am September 08, 2020

‘Critical care in critical settings – the human factor makes the difference’ was the theme of the recent HIMSS Dutch Community webinar that was moderated by Conchita Kleijweg, manager expertisecentrum Nictiz. Dave Tjan, intensivist and medical manager Acute Care at Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei, Joyce Simons, senior...

South Korean digital solutions to be showcased at HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference

09:22 am September 07, 2020

Eight health tech companies, selected by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, will present their solutions at the event. The technology on display will include innovations in medical device manufacturing, remote medical treatment systems and medical software.

HIMSSCast: The US needs a patient identification strategy yesterday

By Healthcare IT News 01:10 pm September 04, 2020

Earlier this week, an HHS working session met to discuss a long-simmering topic in American health policy: the need for a universal patient-identification strategy.