The healthcare industry is facing several challenges in adopting new technology, including privacy concerns and regulatory hurdles. However, there are also opportunities for technology to improve healthcare access, affordability, and patient outcomes. As technology continues to evolve, it will be important for healthcare providers to balance these challenges and opportunities to provide the best … [Read more...]
Three Crucial Developments for Healthcare in 2023
The healthcare industry has been aware of the opaque transfer of patient information between clinical care teams for many years. Technology can be the answer to both increasing communication between often siloed teams as well as ensuring patient safety. We’ve seen improvements in delivering better care to patients with the use of digital health tools and digitally-enabled care models, but … [Read more...]
Cayman Islands: Health City moving towards training institution
World-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty has plans to convert the hospital he founded here, Health City Cayman Islands, into an institution for training Caymanian students to become the healthcare professionals of the future. Part of the original deal Shetty made with the Cayman Islands Government to build the hospital in East End, in which HCCI received a number of controversial concessions, … [Read more...]
The case for integrating telemedicine education into medical curriculums
[Reprinted: mobihealthnews, 6-11-2020] Across a number of different specialties, students – and even practitioners – can put practical technology skills to use and gain an emphasis on collaboration for the rest of their careers. As telehealth consultations and other remote-care capabilities continue to spread throughout healthcare, these technologies are more and more likely to play a … [Read more...]
Exchange Agreement Between Caribbean Medical Interns and their African Counterparts
The governments of Kenya and Barbados have signed a cooperation agreement that will see the countries establish higher education ties among other benefits. As part of the agreement signed by Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley, the University of the West Indies (UWI), will enter into student and faculty exchanges and other similar joint initiatives with Kenya’s … [Read more...]