Tagged with Digitalization

Opinion The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy-Making Act, recently signed into law in the USA, stands to make government data more accessible; thereby allowing researchers, statisticians and others inside and outside of government to make better, and evidenced-based, policy decisions. Carla Smith outlines the scope of the Act and its potential implications…

Korea Steve Hong, CEO, and Tony Lim, vice president & COO of Lemon Healthcare, lift the lid on the new streamlined hospital data services they are offering, and the benefits to speed and cost effectiveness that they will bring to healthcare providers and patients. Lim also reveals his strategy to expand…

Digitalization In an increasingly digitalised world, pharma companies are having to reconsider their communication strategies. Some, such as Swiss giant Roche, are turning to online webinars to better engage with healthcare practitioners (HCPs) across the globe.   Today’s doctors are time-crunched and digital-savvy, and they want targeted and relevant communication solutions…

Korea * This interview was conducted before GE’s announcement of its divestment of the GE Biopharma business Francis Van Parys, president & CEO of GE Healthcare Korea discusses their ambitions to roll out further AI-powered solutions to within the Korean market and their manufacturing footprint locally. Mr Van Parys also comments…

Spain Angeles Delgado, president of Spain and Portugal for Fujitsu, a globally leading Japanese ICT company, discusses the long history of the company’s presence in Spain and within its healthcare system. Delgado goes on to shed light on the affiliate’s ongoing projects in Spain and how Fujitsu is positioning itself as…

France Dr Marc-Alexander Burmeister, president of B. Braun in France, shares the exciting changes to come for B. Braun globally and in France, and discusses the shifting environment of healthcare in the country for medtech players following the launch of the “My Health 2022” initiative by French Minister of Health &…

France On February 4 in Paris, Minister of Health and Solidarity Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation Frédérique Vidal, Secretary of State to the Minister of Economy and Finance Agnès Pannier-Runacher, and President of the Healthcare Industry Strategic Committee (CSF) and Chairman of the French Federation of Health…

France Emmanuelle Quilès, CEO of Janssen France, speaks about how she joined the American multinational with the ambition to bring digitalization and transform the organization from the inside. Quilès goes on to cover the operational specifics of the affiliate and shares her insights on the French pharma ecosystem.   When I…

China Jack Wang, founder and CEO of Biomobie, shares the inspirational story behind the establishment of the company, the regenerative principle driving the technology of the Bioboostie device, and the innovative commercial partnerships he has established with leading health insurance companies in China.   My medical knowledge is limited. But I…

Korea Professor Jong In Lim, cyber security specialist and president of the Institute for Cyber Security and Privacy (ICSP) provides his assessment of the current situation for information security in Korea, and how this applies to healthcare data.   As one of the national experts in cyber security, could you introduce…

Spain Luis Campo, CEO of GE Healthcare Spain & Portugal, discusses the opportunities and challenges inherent in the Spanish healthcare system and the ways in which GE is collaborating with authorities to bring innovative solutions to Spanish patients.   GE Healthcare is pioneering the concept of a hospital Command Centre, learning…

Opinion Meghann Chilcott, senior vice president of OrderInsite, discusses the opportunities and threats around Amazon’s move into selling software that reads medical records.   Digital health records are notorious for creating more work for doctors. A lack of standard practices means that the information saved in these records is often copied and…