Quicker diagnoses, new treatments, reduced risk of medical errors, and voice-enabled advice... The prospects for AI in healthcare are numerous, but what will it take to achieve them?
Healthcare has evolved beyond business as usual. The people who touch healthcare —patients, family members, clinicians, administrators, and IT—expect more than they used to. They are demanding increasingly sophisticated digital...
Thomas Yaw Berko rides an old bicycle 30km each way to reach some of the communities he works in as a volunteer health worker in southern Ghana. For the...
Cisco Spark is now ready for use in healthcare consistent with customer needs for HIPAA, a U.S. healthcare law that establishes requirements for the use, disclosure, and safeguarding of individually identifiable health information.
HIMSS18 is now in our rear-view mirrors. As usual, it was a whirlwind of a week — one full of interesting and engaging exhibits and sessions that revealed the top...
Think about the last time you, a loved one, or a friend needed medical care. It can be an overwhelming, confusing, and often daunting experience. There isn’t a lot of...
Today, Shanti Gidwani is Cisco’s national director for healthcare in Canada — but in a former life she was a Registered Nurse. As we approach the biggest Health IT event...
Are you old enough to remember professional work life before the internet? If so, you know that way the world works is changing—fast. And yes, that includes healthcare.