Telehealth
Biofourmis founder and CEO Kuldeep Singh Rajput discusses remote monitoring's role in reaching patients at home and reducing contact with COVID-19-positive patients.
Mohannad Jameel M Brembali, general director of Health Supporting Systems at the Ministry of Health KSA, discusses deploying telehealth to improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of the country.
Dr. Khatoon Shubbar, who is with Bahrain's ministry of health, says despite its many challenges, telemedicine is being deployed in the country to help reduce the burden on secondary care.
Moving toward telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience, says Dubai Health Authority’s Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh.
Egypt is looking to deploy best practice technology solutions across Africa, says Dr. Ahmed Safwat Mitwalli Elassal, board member with the Egyptian General Authority of Healthcare.
Dr. Ramadan AlBlooshi, Dubai Healthcare City Authority in the UAE, says for "telewellness" to have a major impact, telemedicine's treatment, prescription and follow-up process needs to improve.
AI-powered early warning indicator score software developed with Philips provides insights for better patient care, says Steven Mullins, district transformation manager at NSW Health.
Active monitoring can ask questions while a smartphone's sensors can go deeper into mood and anxiety levels, says Rashmi Patel, Fulbright Scholar at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Malinda Peeples, VP of clinical services, programs and research at WellDoc, muses on how technology adoption is revamping health education and support.
Drew Glaser, postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis, is using microfluidics technology to simulate conditions that occur in space.