Special Report: Digital transformation is a pillar in Kuwait's Vision 2035
One goal of Kuwait ' s 2035 vision is to strengthen investment in high-quality healthcare, which has already led to increased efficiency, use of innovative technology and a changing culture. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - September 30, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Government & amp; Policy Source Type: video
Moving from reactive to predictive, proactive and preventative care in Israel
Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services in Israel, says innovative services have been implemented on a patient population level, based on data to identify potential issues to prevent disease. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - September 9, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Quality and Safety Source Type: video
How Israel is using its military defense expertise to fight war on COVID-19
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold discusses how Israel ' s military defense expertise fueled the production of medical devices, diagnostics and other data intelligence tools in response to COVID-19. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - September 1, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics Medical Devices Population Health Source Type: video
DeBakey in Baghdad and Beirut: The Internationalization of Surgical Education, 1945 – 1970
4th Annual DeBakey Lecture
The techniques and pedagogies of medical education in the fields of surgery underscore the universality of the medical profession and the internationalization of its pedagogies. This presentation looks into the field of surgery in the medical schools of Baghdad and Beirut as comparative transnati onal microcosms for the study of the development of pedagogical approaches of surgical education. Pointedly, this presentation focuses on Dr. Michael Elias Debakey ’ s centrality in this internationalization processes. In the aftermath of World War Two, Debakey was vernacularized in surgical canon. Me...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
How Israel's largest healthcare organization puts innovation to work
HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Charles Alessi and Clalit Research Institute Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Ran Balicer discuss the deployment of predictive, proactive and preventive digital care across a large population. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 18, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: HIMSS20 Digital Coverage Quality and Safety Source Type: video
Sheba's pursuit of perfection in Israel
Dr. Nathalie Bloch of the ARC Innovation Center at Sheba Medical Center, Israel, discusses the use of AI in dealing with COVID-19 patients, among various other innovative tools, in this episode of The Alessi Agenda. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - May 22, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics Artificial Intelligence Women In Health IT Source Type: video
Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Development: An Example of the Prototype Pathogen Approach for Pandemic Preparedness
NIH COVID-19 SIG Lecture Series
The prototype pathogen approach for pandemic preparedness has been applied to the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) over the last seven years. It was informed by structure-based immunogen-design concepts established for respiratory syncytial virus fusion (RSV F) subunit vacc ines, and focused on solving coronavirus spike structures, defining mechanisms of CoV neutralization, and evaluating MERS CoV vaccine candidates in collaboration with a commercial mRNA manufacturer. Prior spike protein engineering experience resulted in rapid sequence selection and using the mRNA m...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 20, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Treating mental health through telehealth during time of coronavirus
There is a rising need for digital tools in the mental health field under social distancing orders, says Dr. John Torous, director of the digital psychiatry division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - April 3, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Source Type: video
Deploying telehealth to improve access to healthcare
Mohannad Jameel M Brembali, general director of Health Supporting Systems at the Ministry of Health KSA, discusses Saudi Arabia ' s use of telehealth to improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of the country. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - March 9, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Government & amp; Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth Source Type: video
How Bahrain is taking advantage of telemedicine
Despite its many challenges, telemedicine is helping reduce the burden on secondary care in the Kingdom of Bahrain, says Dr. Khatoon Shubbar, who is with the country ' s ministry of health. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - March 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce Source Type: video
Planning for AI implementation in Turkey
The next priority in Turkey ' s drive to improve patient care, support clinical staff and pursue digital maturity is artificial intelligence, says Dr. Şuayip Birinci, the country ' s deputy minister of health. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 26, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Artificial Intelligence Government & amp; Policy Source Type: video
Three keys to attaining EMRAM Stage 7
Dr. Aziz Ahmet Surel, coordinator chief physician at Ankara City Hospital in Turkey, says clinical leadership, government support and financial resources are all central factors in driving digital transformation and achieving HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 17, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Interoperability Source Type: video
Lessons from a successful EMR implementation in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in the KSA, says that identifying and training physician champions while planning ahead are key factors in a successful EMR " go live. " (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 13, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Clinical Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Source Type: video
Kuwait's journey toward implementing a national EHR
Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwait Association of Surgeons, says his country wants to learn from others and collaborate effectively with all stakeholders, which offers huge potential as the country moves toward a national electronic health record. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 10, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & amp; Policy Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: video
Using smartphones to measure biomarkers for mental health behavior
Rashmi Patel, Fulbright Scholar at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, says active monitoring can ask questions while sensors can go deeper into mood and anxiety levels. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - December 31, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Connected Health Mobile Telehealth Source Type: video
