Digitalization of Healthcare: September Newsletter

WELCOME! 🤝    

Welcome to our newest monthly newsletter, namely, your regular update on the latest in healthcare IT! We are happy to provide healthcare IT professionals, authorities and providers with a go-to resource to expand their industrial expertise. Here is what we have selected for this month: 

• Sectoral News: You can quickly learn about the must-learn news, regulations and developments worldwide.  

• Podcast Curation: You can gain healthcare IT expertise in minutes with our selected podcasts, even within the busiest schedules.  

• Must-Read Articles: You can discover our recent selection of articles designed to enhance your healthcare IT expertise and understanding. 

• Impactful Seminars: You can quickly look at various seminars and fairs that offer diverse formats to promote your healthcare IT expertise. 

We're here to keep you updated on the recent insights and developments in healthcare IT, empowering you to stay ahead in the dynamic world of healthcare technologies. 

OUR LATEST POSTS ✍️ 

• We shared our monthly newsletter, showcasing a curated selection of July's top news and developments. 

• We asked our followers about their opinions on annual costs for medication errors. 

• We expressed our MobiThera - Remote Physiotherapy & Ergotherapy App's role in enhancing personalized physiotherapy and ergotherapy with AI. 

• We shared our motion about the Pharmaceutical Track and Trace System's, branded as DrugXafe, role in ensuring a trustworthy pharmaceutical supply chain on a national scale. 

• We celebrated being ranked first for the third time in the 'Sectoral Software - Health' category of 'Bilişim 500 - Türkiye's Top 500 Information Technology Companies Research'. 

• We published our blog post on the importance and necessity of interoperability in healthcare IT systems. 

• We presented our Hospital Information System with a video explaining its potential to revolutionize healthcare services on the administrative and clinical sides. 

• On Book Lovers Day, we immersed ourselves in the comforting atmosphere of words. 

• We answered the question on annual medication error costs and explained how DrugXafe minimizes these costs. 

• On International Youth Day, we celebrated young people's lively energy and explained the Tiga Foundation's role in young talents' support. 

• We narrated how we ensure our products are demonstrably reliable with academic research power and collaborations with leading experts. 

• We showcased our Enterprise Master Patient Index's (EMPI) role in stronger patient identity management. 

• We displayed how Personal Health Record (PHR) empowers patients and users to access their electronic health records (EHR) 24/7. 

• We shared our blog post on pharmaceutical track and trace benefits, presenting DrugXafe as a best practice. 

• We explained how we provide all the answers about healthcare IT. 

• We provided details about our global standards for achieving more secure and standardized healthcare IT systems. 

• We described the role of Predis in enhancing proactive population health management with predictive analytics. 

• We introduced our Health Analytics & Reporting System's position in data-driven decision-making in national healthcare systems. 

• We delivered insights about the Central e-Prescription System's role in enhancing patient safety and preventing health care harm by facilitating prescribing management. 

• We illustrated our principles and the driving force behind our success stories. 

• We talked to our Head of Product Management about the future of interoperability, Health Information Exchange and health informatics. 

• We explained our Hospital Information System's function in achieving the 'triple aim' by optimizing all clinical and administrative processes. 

• We clarified how our Healthcare Interoperability products increase different systems' ability to exchange healthcare data for improved healthcare quality. 

• We shared KLAS Research's report on nurse burnout and demonstrated how our products, like the Health Information Exchange (HIE) Viewer, can help reduce burnout. 

• We introduced our comprehensive Prescription & Medicine Management product family, designed to empower national-scale prescription systems. 

• We published a blog post covering the latest news and developments in healthcare IT from August. 

DON’T FORGET TO WATCH! 🎬 

NEWS 📌 

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in Africa a severe global health threat. The WHO recommends that countries increase their efforts to monitor the spread of the virus, provide better healthcare for those infected, communicate effectively about the risks and work with international experts. Read More 

• The report titled 'Creating an Environment of Trust and Responsible AI Adoption and Use' from the Digital Health Society and the European Institute for Innovation Through Health Data presents the findings and recommendations from last year's round table. It highlights the potential benefits of AI in healthcare while emphasizing the need for trust, transparency and ethical considerations. The recommendations include strengthening AI governance, improving stakeholder communication and promoting European AI policy in healthcare and clinical research. Read More 

• South Korea aims to centralize electronic health records (EHR) on a single platform called My Healthway. This platform will give South Koreans access to health records from different healthcare facilities in a standard format. Healthcare providers can also access these records with the patient's consent. Currently, 860 health institutions are connected to My Healthway and 144 more will join next month. Read More 

• Healthcare Denmark, a non-profit group, released a detailed study about Denmark's digital healthcare. The report focused on three key areas: how health data is gathered and shared, technologies that help patients and tools that save healthcare professionals’ time. The organization used these categories to propose ways to improve healthcare access for Danish citizens by offering at-home treatments, online solutions and new healthcare technologies. Read More 

• In Rabat, Morocco’s Minister of Health, Khalid Aït Taleb and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Health, Fahad bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at improving healthcare quality, patient safety and pandemic response. The agreement prioritizes early detection, preventive and therapeutic medicine, digital health, control measures, population health improvement and collaboration in blood transfusion services. This partnership will enable the exchange of information and expertise, as well as expert visits, conferences and health training. It also encourages scientific research and knowledge sharing in medicine and telemedicine. Read More 

PODCAST SUGGESTIONS 🎧 

• Healthcare Strategies - Industry Perspectives: Scaling Interoperability Efforts 

• Faces of Digital Health - Artur Olesch on the Use of Health Data, European Policy and Book recommendations 

• Healthcare IT Today - Ripped from the Headlines: CrowdStrike, ONC, Biden/Trump and the Olympics 

• Digital Clinic - Driving Innovation in Healthcare Through Digital Transformation and Strategic Leadership 

• Faces of Digital Health – Digital Health Strategy in Spain and Catalonia (Jordi Piera Jimênez) 

ARTICLE SUGGESTIONS 📚 

• KLAS Arch Collaborative Report KLAS Arch Collaborative Nursing Guidebook 2024 - Nursing EHR Success. by Jenna Anderson, Lauren Manzione. KLAS Research. August 2024. KLAS Research 

• Conceptualization and Establishment of Value-Based Healthcare in Saudi Arabia: A Scoping Review by Bayan Hariri, Dr Faisal Albagmi, Afnan Aljaffary. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences. August 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2024.07.008 

• Innovation and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Personalized Healthcare. by Li, YH., Li, YL., Wei, MY. et al. Sci Rep 14, 18994. August 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-70073-7 

• Comparing the Accuracy of Traditional vs. FHIR®-Based Extraction of Electronic Health Record Data for Two Clinical Trials. by Maryam Y Garza, Christina Spencer, Muayad Hamidi. et al. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. August 2024. DOI: 10.3233/SHTI240666 

• German Healthcare in the Postpandemic Era: Physician Insights. by Christian Julius, Elisa Wunderlich. et al. August 2024. McKinsey & Company 

• Advancing Healthcare Through Interoperability: Implementing Scalable Solutions for Patient Data Integration. by Shramika Gour, Ashley Peake, Chao Tong. et al. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. August 2024. DOI: 10.3233/SHTI240390 

• Community-Engaged Artificial Intelligence Research: A scoping review. by Tyler Loftus, Jeremy Balch, Kenneth L. Abbott. et al. PLOS Digital Health. August 23, 2024. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000561 

WEBINARS AND SEMINARS ✈️ 

• 23 September – 25 September 2024 - Oman Health Exhibition & Conference - Sultanate of Oman  

• 23 September - 25 September 2024 - World Medical Innovation Forum - Boston, the US 

• 25 September 2024 - Portugal Healthcare Innovation Summit 2024 - Lisboa, Portugal 

• 8 October 2024 - NHS Connectivity Conference - London, the UK   

• 20 October – 23 October 2024 - HLTH 2024 – Las Vegas, the US 

• 21 October – 23 October 2024 – Global Health Exhibition - Malham, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  

• 3 November 2024 - 6 November 2024 - AfriSummit - Grand Nile Tower - Cairo, Egypt (We are also attending!) 

• 6 November – 7 November 2024 - 7th GCC eHealth Workforce Development Conference – Dubai, UAE (We are the HIE partner!) 

• 11 November – 14 November 2024 - Medica 2024 - Düsseldorf, Germany 

• 26 November – 29 November 2024 - The Conference on Public Health in Africa - Rabat, Morocco 

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