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The UK’s Royal Marsden Hospital in London has developed an e-form solution using Hyland OnBase that captures and tracks COVID-19 symptom responses from cancer patients remotely, prior to an appointment or treatment visit.

Medical professionals can make community-based patient care more personal and human, claims patient speaker Monica Evason.

Facing unprecedented challenges, many healthcare organisations and government institutions have turned to Watson Assistant, IBM’s AI-powered virtual agent to assist in responding to the deluge of inquiries from patients, employees, and the public at large.

Professor Sam Shah, founder and director of Faculty of Future Health, says the acceleration and increased adoption of technology during the pandemic is a positive takeout, but the digital divide must be addressed by greater investment.

COVID-19 has revealed a lot about the world we live in. It has reinforced the possibilities that open up when we collaborate and come together, united towards a common cause; in this case, of defeating the spread of SARS-CoV-2 says Atif Al Braiki, CEO, Abu Dhabi Health Data Services LLC (Malaffi).

Clinician burnout is a significant global challenge and healthcare technology can be both part of the problem and the solution. Join Nuance and a panel of European healthcare leaders to find out about initiatives to tackle burnout.

Healthcare IT News sits down with US-based Rebecca Love – a nurse, entrepreneur, inventor, author, TedX speaker and the first nurse featured on Ted.com – ahead of her keynote session during the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Event that is due to kick off on 7 September.

Data sharing and quick, precise decision-making are critical in all health organisations, especially when the coronavirus pandemic stretches their capacities to the limits. Four European hospitals share experience in digitalisation of Intensive Care Units (ICU).

The recent series of events of Black Lives Matter have revealed the vast disparities that impact UK BAME workers within the health tech industry, and so actions are being taken to combat these inequalities.

Clinicians have been using the immersive technology to minimise patient contact and improve acute care during COVID-19.