According to a Juniper Research study, the number of people using therapeutic and wellness applications will increase from 627 million in 2020 to more than 1.4 billion in 2025.
Author: Massimo Mangia
Diagnosing the Covid-19 through the breath
Breathonix, a spin-off from the National University of Singapore (NUS), is developing a device that can diagnose the virus in less than a minute.
The biological samples of the Bambino Gesù Hospital take flight with Leonardo and Telespazio
An experiment carried out by Leonardo, Telespazio and Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with ENAC (National Civil Aviation Authority) for the transport of healthcare materials near Rome, was successfully completed.
Perfection or nothing: the attitude that holds back innovation
Even in crisis or emergency situations, such as the one we are experiencing for Covid-19, the habit of rejecting everything that is not 100% effective is not lost, emphasizing its limits and possible problems.
The first two digital therapies are now prescribed in Germany
Eleven months after the approval of the Digital Versorgung Gesetz (DVG), the Digital Health Care Act (DVG), two apps are now prescribed by German doctors.
WHO publishes a guide on how to integrate digital interventions into health programmes
The guide complements the WHO guideline with recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening.
During the truce of Covid-19 we have not sufficiently enhanced the “digital weapons”
After the long emergency we all took a breath and imagined that the worst was over. Unfortunately, this is not the case and we risk paying dearly for this choice.
Health care, for safety, has taken a lot from aviation, but not all of it.
The world of civil aviation and the strong focus on “safety” have inspired the clinical risk models that today are used in hospitals. However, leaving aside some very important aspects.
Apple Health Records now available in Europe and Canada
The “Health Records (Clinical Documentation)” feature within the Health application is now available to users in the UK and Canada. With it, users can securely view and store their medical records directly on their iPhone.
A CDSS that predicts the complications of Covid-19
The FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) that provides when an adult patient hospitalized with COVID-19 is at risk of further complications.
