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Israel is fostering innovation in life sciences, nanotechnology, material engineering, genomics and more, says Anya Eldan, vice president of the Startup Division of the Israel Innovation Authority.

The workforce is embracing technology to improve patient outcomes in areas such as barcode medicine and sepsis, says Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CMIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust in the UK.

The trust is the first in the UK to be validated at the highest level for its EMR capabilities. 

As we have heard repeatedly over the past few months, there is a need to think of managing this pandemic in the same way we prepare for a marathon rather than a sprint, says Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer, HIMSS.  

Healthcare providers face mounting pressure to reduce clinician burnout, improve efficiency and increase patient satisfaction. To achieve this, they need easy access to data that can be aggregated, consolidated and provide insight into clinical and operational decisions

Eleven months after the German federal government passed the Digital Healthcare Act (DVG), two health apps are now officially available for prescription.

Dr. Ian Chuang, chief medical officer for Elsevier's EMEALAAP Health business, says clinicians can leverage evidence-based knowledge in a meaningful way that can help at the bedside during situations such as COVID-19.

Also, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT to save quarter of a million pounds through e-Observations.

The non-profit programme is being supervised by volunteer doctors from the Young Emirati Volunteer Leaders Initiative, in partnership with the Zayed Giving Initiative and General Women’s Union.

Innovations in medical device manufacturing, remote medical treatment systems and medical software were among health tech solutions showcased at the online South Korean Pavilion, as part of the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference.