Population Health

Concept Realisation's Nasser Massoud says GCC digital health success depends on patients trusting technology, regulators supporting innovation sans safety risks and insurers paying providers fairly for telehealth services.

Also, Mandaya Royal Hospital Puri becomes the first in Indonesia to introduce a robotic system for kidney stone removal from South Korea.

Beset by challenges on many fronts, small and rural health organizations are harnessing new technologies to improve care delivery and keep their doors open.

The Health Information Law will start requiring providers to share information, such as vaccinations, medications, and laboratory results, to the NEHR system from early 2027.

A study examines the mechanistic link between pregnancy with a Down syndrome fetus and an elevated risk of maternal cognitive decline. Eitan Okun, head of the Paul Feder Laboratory for Alzheimer's Disease Research at Bar-Ilan University, discusses.

Instead of buying digital innovations, Middle Eastern countries should focus on creating and scaling up their own products while developing local workforces, says Alvarez & Marshal's Mazin Gadir.

The region's healthcare leaders outline the key digital health and AI trends they expect will shape clinical care, data use, and innovation in the new year.

Marissa Fayer, DeepLook Medical CEO, says that true patient empowerment depends less on new technology and more on increased availability and affordability as well as culturally sensitive practices that respect patients' needs.

Anna Basevich, SVP at Arcadia, says the new Investments in workforce and integrated technologies can help strengthen and expand care in rural areas.

By searching and cross-referencing all electronic health record data, large language models are helping to provide leading-edge oncology care to more patients while freeing up nurses' time, says Dr. Aaron Gerds at the Cleveland Clinic’s Cancer Institute.