24 May Healthcare news #1
All the latest news about Healthcare from around the world:
Using Data to Provide Better Health Care to New York’s Homeless
New York City Health + Hospitals, which serves more than one million people a year, is now sing data science to identify and “phenotype” homeless patients in order to help tailor their care and match them to the right hospital and community-based supports—ultimately including housing itself. Read more here
When survival is a popularity contest: the heartbreak of crowdfunding healthcare
A growing number of Britons are turning to online fundraising for essential treatment in a desperate attempt to get around NHS shortfalls. Figures published by the British Medical Journal show that at least £8m has been raised in the UK since 2009 for cancer treatment with an alternative health element alone. Read more here
The top 10 ways digital will transform healthcare
Janssen’s Kris Sterkens gives his thoughts on how digital will continue to influence healthcare in the age of information. With over 30 years in the pharma industry, he has witnessed tremendous advancements in healthcare, but few have been as significant as the dawn of digital. Since the emergence of the World Wide Web, digital technology has advanced at a staggering rate, and the healthcare sector has not been excluded from the impact of this revolution. Read more here
Health care giant Acıbadem Group eyes investment in London
One of Turkey’s largest health care operations, Acıbadem Group is planning to enter the British market with an investment in London. The latest investment of the group was launched in Istanbul’s Altunizade neighborhood with a $200 million investment two years ago. They also have other operations in several European countries, including the Netherlands, Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Read more here
Healthcare mobility can help in reducing hospital management cost
With digitalisation on the rise, discover how utilising healthcare mobility can help the world of medicine reduce its hospital management cost. Mobile applications are leading us to an advanced lifestyle, where every rudimentary task such as shopping, ordering food, booking tickets, and buying apparels are as easy as pie. Read more here
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