The hospital-centric model, the organisational form of family medicine, the lack of multidisciplinarity in the CTS, the lack of self-criticism and planning of the NHS after the first lockdown, the emphasis on televisits and not on active remote surveillance: these are the mistakes that are costing us dearly and how to remedy them.
Author: Massimo Mangia
The UK drug agency will use IA to detect the adverse effects of vaccines for Covid-19
The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) held a tender to entrust the development of a system based on artificial intelligence.
CDSS to predict the course of patients during Covid-19
Two American studies reveal the effectiveness of these systems in determining the risk of complications and helping doctors plan treatments.
An app for Gemelli hospital’s cancer patients
The Gemelli ART (Advanced Radiation Therapy) of the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS has developed an application to monitor patients undergoing radiotherapy.
Telemedicine, in order to evolve, must be integrated into the National Health Service
The keyword of any project must be interoperability: technological, organisational and clinical.
Record growth in digital therapies is foreseen over the next five years
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.
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.