Future of Healthcare
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Robots in Healthcare
🤖Milton, a robot shaped like a penguin 🐧, is delivering medicines around hospitals as part of a new trial at Milton Keynes University Hospital (NHS). 📌 The trial aims to REDUCE THE TIME SPENT by hospital patients waiting for their medicines 💊, which is often the last step before they can be discharged. It will navigate between the hospital’s pharmacy and a selected in-patient ward a considerable distance away 🧭 It has a hatch for carrying the medicines, which has to be opened be human staff when it reaches its destination. 〰️ The bot uses SONAR and LiDAR technology 〰️ to navigate around obstacles such as people, wheelchairs and beds inside…
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Sustainability in Hospitals
🏥 HOSPITALS 🏥 are an essential part of our society and their SUSTAINABILITY is crucial to ensure they can continue to provide HIGH-QUALITY MEDICAL CARE to those in need 🧑🏻⚕️ 📌Here are some key points to consider TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY IN HOSPITALS: 🔌 ENERGY SAVING: Hospitals consume large amounts of energy, so it is important to implement ENERGY-EFFICIENT MEASURES to reduce their carbon footprint.> More efficient LED lighting systems💡, using solar panels 🌞, or implementing energy control systems 🔋. 💧WATER CONSERVATION: Hospitals also consume large amounts of water, so it is important to implement measures to reduce their water consumption.> Installing low-flow faucets and showers🚿, reusing water for non-critical purposes,…
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Digitalización en Sanidad
La mayor DIGITALIZACIÓN de la SANIDAD 🧑🏻⚕️ acelerará tendencias en marcha o conllevará varios cambios: · TELEMEDICINA 📡De acuerdo con cifras de la Comisión Europea, en un mes creció más que en los últimos diez años como consecuencia de la pandemia ‼️ · Acceso a SERVICIOS DIGITALES 📲Capacitando e implicando a las personas en el cuidado de su salud y en el control de la enfermedad y facilitando su relación con los servicios sanitarios. · CIBERSEGURIDAD 🔐Desarrollo de las prácticas de seguridad y PRIVACIDAD en el tratamiento de los DATOS 💿, así como la aplicación de estándares en la terminología y codificación de los mismos.
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Health Digitalization
👩🏻💻 DIGITALIZATION IN HEALTH is the key to a healthier society and a more prosperous HEALTH ECONOMY 🩺 It will provide TRUE VALUE if it makes an impact on three levels:⓵ In PATIENTS and CITIZENS, providing better health OUTCOMES and greater efficiency managing current resources.⓶ In HEALTH SYSTEMS, contributing to their SUSTAINABILITY and resilience, guaranteeing equity and access to adequate and personalized therapy.⓷ In the success of COMPANIES and entrepreneurs who bring their knowledge and investments for these developments. 📡 Innovation, and specifically INNOVATION MEDIATED BY DIGITALIZATION, has a vast potential that has not yet been fully exploited for strengthening health systems. 𝟏𝟓 ᵗʰ JUNE next week, some of the…
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AI in medicine
What a book! Cardiologist Eric Topol describes different advanced technologies and offers a balanced view of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine. Focused on America Health care System but with global implications, different technologies are coming such as big data, deep machine learning that will free up resources to improve patient care and increase HUMAN EMPATHY. Though imperfect, AI that pulls from millions of cases and research articles has already begun to aid doctors. Soon, AI may do most health care work at least “as well as” humans at a small fraction of the cost. AI could also transform nutrition science to allow personalized, optimal diets for everyone, as Nutrino Health…
