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HIMSS22 Europe: ‘We need to develop eco-friendly digital health’

Healthcare It News

of the world’s net greenhouse gas emissions come from the healthcare sector – double those from the airline industry. According to a report from the NGO, Healthcare without Harm , around 4.4% These emissions directly lead to global warming.

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Radar not Cameras Helps Cairns Health Keep an Eye on Elderly Patients

Healthcare IT Today

Luna encourages patients to follow care plans, reminding them to take measurements and stay engaged with their health. Elder Care Innovation Needed According to the World Health Organization, in just 5 years (by 2030), 1 in 6 people in the world will be aged 60 years or over.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues. For 2030, consider….

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

Bill of Health

Similarly, Bangladesh’s 2020 monitoring and implementation report under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 makes scant mention of persons with disabilities and fails to name any disability-specific climate resilience measures.

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NHS England online service aims to eradicate hepatitis C

Digital Health News

A new digital service from NHS England and Preventx aims to improve diagnostics for hepatitis C to help reach the goal of eradicating the virus by 2030.

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World Mental Health Day – October 10, 2021

Healthcare Blog

While the pandemic has made it increasingly difficult to find help for mental health illnesses in the past 18 months, these issues have been around for years, with many countries not offering mental health resources at all.

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Telehealth Is Just Healthcare Now – One Post-COVID Certainty, Three Reports

Health Populi

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

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