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Alexandra Hospital leverages cloud-based service to help patients avoid preventable chronic disease

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Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health technology company ConnectedLife and Fitbit. Moreover, users can set up nudges and reminder alerts on medication, exercise, or scheduled medical checkups.

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Digitalization in healthcare empowers patients

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In today’s digitalized healthcare environment, keeping the best outcomes for patients at the center of all activity increasingly depends on the smart use of medical data. A digital platform that assembles and structures a wide variety of data in a user-friendly format has the potential to remedy this situation.

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OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

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Patients discharged from hospitals often were readmitted due to complications that could have been prevented with better monitoring and more proactive management, said Matt Nieukirk, director of the SNF practice at OSF HealthCare. This continuous engagement helps to maintain the stability of patients' conditions and prevent readmissions.

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Prioritise digital healthcare from early life, says Lancet report

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There were calls for a new approach to the collection and use of data in order to protect the individual’s rights, and the requirement for strong ownership of digital health rights and transparent investment roadmaps. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Microsoft releases data-driven updates for healthcare cloud

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Data integration toolkit with unified display for provider IT administrators and tools to advance health data exchange within organizations. Dataverse Healthcare APIs that support bi-directional integration capabilities of FHIR data. ON THE RECORD.

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ThedaCare health system sees huge patient adoption of new digital front door

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"The goal was to integrate data from many traditional sources and present it via a web portal, enabling patients to view their health records and lab results, and refill medications online. Andrabi, president and CEO of ThedaCare. This access now is mandated by the Patient Right of Access law.

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Singapore's iHiS taps Google Cloud, Accenture to drive healthcare innovation

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Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore's national healthcare technology agency, has collaborated with Google Cloud and Accenture to promote the development of data-driven applications to "deliver more high-quality and digital-first healthcare experiences."