Population and Public Health

Are Italiian healthcare facilities ready to manage the significant funds that the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) has allocated to digitise health?

The system brought by NEC Thailand enables a faster and more accurate registration process.

Digital infrastructure, including e-Prescription and electronic patient record, is being rolled-out successfully according to findings from German agency, gematik - though providers still have concerns around data security.

The four-year agreement is estimated to be worth £5 billion.

The grant for the trusts will help improve digital and data solutions in the roll-out of a national programme.

Raising digital maturity in the Middle East is a key focus in many GCC markets and HIMSS has therefore announced a high-level Dubai CIO Summit, on 23 January 2022, to drive regional and international exchange in support of ongoing digital maturity initiatives.

The collaboration between the UAE capital’s Department of Health and Novartis will be dedicated to cardiovascular diseases – a leading cause of death in the Gulf nation.

The system has been trialled at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

The funding is for new technology to help tackle patient waiting lists.

Both passes will become available later in November.