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.
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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.
CRM in the fight against Covid-19
Some healthcare organisations are using CRM systems to manage Covid-19 patients and suspicious cases.
Epidemics do not know borders: let’s create a European epidemiological network
Imagine fighting current and future epidemics by delegating the collection and management of epidemiological data to local and regional health authorities and regions does not make sense: we need a common European action.
How to develop a “medicine by- design” information system
In the design of an information system “medicine by-design” it is necessary to widen the focus on the data by associating new dimensions.
Health information systems must be “medicine by design”
In the tender specifications of health information systems, the medical component is often of little relevance. The focus is on technological, administrative and organizational aspects.
Interoperability by-design in application design
I note with great amazement that, with few exceptions, we continue to design healthcare applications as “islands in their own right”, but then worry, once the development is over, how to integrate them with other systems.
Implementing Value-Based Health Care in Europe
Today I suggest you an interesting paper that EIT Health has published on Value Based HealthCare (VBHC) in Europe.
Tele-medicine, before tele- is medicine, with all that comes with it.
The systematic adoption of telemedicine cannot ignore a number of aspects that must be considered and planned. Telemedicine is not just a technology.
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