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Matching supply and demand
Automation can create a better healthcare ecosystem, Praful Mehta CEO of Vamstar tells Healthcare World There is a general recognition that the healthcare sector provides huge amounts of data. It’s also agreed that there is a huge amount of waste and duplication of...
Achieving global interoperability
Group Editor Sarah Cartledge explores The Lyniate Partner Program, speaking to regional partners Mozon, Virtus Informatics, Aamal Medical and YMH-IT Solutions about their place in the ecosystem Lyniate collaborates with healthcare organisations around the globe...
Taking UK health standards global
Advanced Clinical Solutions director Josie Winter explains to Healthcare World how international organisations can enhance patient safety As healthcare becomes more global thanks to technological advances, the opportunity for knowledge sharing has increased. UK...
The virtues of virtual wards
Patients can now receive the same standard of care in a nursing home or their own home, says Ian Chambers, CEO of Linea Population ageing is increasing at a rapid pace. Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years of age will double...
Moving towards a UAE and KSA primary care model
Christina Sochacki, Senior Counsel, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences, KSA at Al Tamimi, looks at key changes in UAE and KSA According to the World Health Organisation, primary healthcare is a core basis of a successful healthcare system. The intention in the UAE...
Extreme heat & climate change could increase the risk of malaria and other diseases
With record-breaking heat waves dominating summer forecasts worldwide, there are increasing global health risks resulting from climate change, particularly in mosquito-borne diseases which are among the most climate-sensitive diseases. Rising temperatures, changing...
Jab to ‘cure’ genetic heart conditions could be available in less than five years
A once-in-a-generation medicine could prove to be the solution for genetic heart conditions, say researchers A team of researchers from around the world are developing the first-ever cures for inherited heart muscle diseases by rewriting DNA in order to fix faulty...
BioNTech expects Omicron-adapted vaccine deliveries as soon as October
New omicron specific vaccines are expected to be ready in the coming months, say vaccine producers With 3.6 billion doses already shipped globally, current demand for the vaccine in Europe and the US is waning, as many people in these regions have already received...
Telemedicine, connectivity and the fly in the ointment
Simon Hill, Chief Technical Officer for connectivity specialist Excelerate Technology, discusses the challenges of performing diagnostics in areas with compromised phone reception Telemedicine has advanced considerably over the past decade, not least because we live...
The need for standardising healthcare recruitment in the digital age
Jim Campbell, Director of Health Workforce at the World Health Organization, speaks to Sarah Cartledge about the need for an international healthcare workforce register in the current climate Workforce has always been a pivotal issue within healthcare discourse, even...
UAE health data localisation in 2022
Al Tamimi’s Andrea Tithecott, Partner and Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice, and Andrew Fawcett, Partner, Digital & Data consider the application of the new ICT Health Law and Resolution 51 Since the introduction of a Federal law specifically...
How AI is transforming procurement in healthcare
Vamstar CEO Praful Mehta explains how AI is altering the procurement process for the better The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has made great strides in recent years, with the technology making its way into industries as diverse as manufacturing and...
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