Berlin’s Vivantes Hospital Network Champions AI for Enhanced Radiological Diagnostics

Berlin, Germany – Berlin’s Hospital Network, Vivantes – Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH, an integral part of healthcare services catering to the German capital’s 3.6 million residents, is surging ahead in its adoption of contemporary health technologies. They have recently announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support their medical diagnostics and treatment strategies. Harnessing AI for Precise Fracture and Embolism Detection …

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Transforming Healthcare in Canary Islands

In the Canary Islands, one of the EU’s outermost territories, digital innovation is thriving. The archipelago, located over 1,000 kilometers away from mainland Spain, is implementing a digital health strategy to cater to its 2.2 million residents and 12 million annual tourists. Interoperable EU-ePrescriptions have already been implemented since July 2022, enabling Portuguese citizens to obtain medications from Canary Islands …

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WHO & EU launch global certification network for Digital Health

Partnership with World Health Organization builds upon the EU’s successful COVID-19 digitalcertification system, bolsters the European Commission’s reputation as a key player in global healthcare andunderscores the effectiveness of the European Commission’s healthcare policies and regulatory frameworks.  This is the News:  This is the impact: The partnership between the WHO and the European Commission could mark a significant step forward in global health digitalization. …

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ICT&Health Article: A Blueprint for Digital Maturity Measurement?

In this article for ICT & Health, Armin Scheuer, Founder of ASC – The Digital Health Action Network, describes success factors of Germany’s national digital maturity assessment of hospitals. The country adopted a best-of-breed approach that could provide other governments with a blueprint for their own national digital maturity measurement. Read the full article here. Germany has taken a much-needed …

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Germany: Taking the successful-follower shortcut

A successful-follower strategy can help Germany address barriers in digital transformation and roll-out new services faster. In a recent E-HEALTH-COM article, Armin Scheuer, founder of Lemonmint, and Joerg Studinski, Digital Projects Leader at Agaplesion Health System, emphasize that Germany must learn from other countries to speed-up digital transformation of healthcare. Although one of the world’s technologically most advanced nations, the …

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