Digital Health

Innovators are focusing in on baby tech, as researchers from the University of Helsinki display a new movement tracking outfit and a team from MIT rolls out a smart diaper. 

The rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree is expected in the future, says Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH).

Brigham and Women's iHub leaders will talk about creating a roadmap for digital implementation at HIMSS20. 

See how Cambridge University Hospitals are delivering safe, equitable and sustainable healthcare, while ensuring that the patient is placed at the center, in this tour of a leading EMRAM Stage 6 NHS trust in the UK.

Also: Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals deployed LifeLink's text chatbot; Advantia Health inks deal with West Virginia's WIC program. 

The new service will allow patients to do VR rehabilitation therapy in their home. 

The key to being able to deliver the right care, at the right time and with the right information is interoperability, says Stephen Bromhall, CIO at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

While recognising their potential, the authors have warned against their use in the current state.

Reducing the rate of healthcare-associated infections and securing patient information are key when aiming to achieve high quality patient care, says Benjamin Philippe, EMEA Healthcare Sales and Business Development Lead at HP Inc.

JoAnn Difede, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses how her early work on a simulated digital therapy for PTSD patients led to her current work on VR therapeutics.