EMEA

COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telehealth, but digital therapeutics, diagnostics and remote patient monitoring are predicted to play a more significant role moving forward, says Liz Ashall-Payne, founder and CEO of ORCHA.

The transfer of the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) system for health insurance to all public and private hospitals across the emirate has been completed.

The experience of the pandemic is strengthening the Skolkovo region as regulation changes are accelerating innovation, says Natalia Polushkina, vice president and CEO at Biomedical Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation.

Whichever way you look at it, many countries across the globe are experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases coinciding with the start of the Autumn/Winter seasons says Dr Saif Abed, founding partner at The AbedGraham Group.

Digital tools are being widely adopted across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, with remote monitoring for chronic care popular in the Nordics, says Marianne Larsson, director of new industries and innovation at Innovation Skåne.

The latest results from the HIMSS Women in Health IT (WHIT) EMEA Annual Survey found that lower salary, exclusion from decision making, increased workload and fewer public speaking opportunities are the major forms of discrimination for respondents.

Fast and frequently changing technology such as a COVID-19 chatbot can help in the pandemic response, says Mark O'Herlihy, VP at IBM Watson Health & Watson Health Consulting.

The integrated solutions aim to improve patience safety and reduce medication errors.

UK health secretary, Matt Hancock says test error “should never have happened.”