Ahmad Yahya, CIO of the American Hospital Dubai, and his team have been supporting their senior management directives to align and support Dubai Health Authority efforts in proving patients with COVID-19 containment measures with high quality medical care. His team rapidly switched from the ongoing IT initiatives to addressing the pressing requirements of the situation […]
Jens Kögler, Healthcare Industry Director EMEA, VMware It feels like we have reached a turning point in the journey towards improving quality of life – a topic we covered at length in our recent ‘Future of Healthcare Report’. Technology has become the cornerstone that connects patient, doctor and community. But while it augments our understanding […]
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing industries for Innovation, as covered in our recent Future of Healthcare Report. Some areas of healthcare have been changed dramatically to embrace space age ideas into reality. It took decades to introduce the first healthcare Instrument – the Stethoscope, and today we are introducing organ replacements, 3D printing, […]
Jens Koegler, Healthcare Industry Director VMware EMEA There’s a great deal of excitement in the healthcare industry when it comes to technological innovation in patient care. From AI-enabled pacemakers, to IoT wearables and 3D printing of organs, the innovations we’ve seen in the last decade can now help prolong a patient’s life or increase their […]
Jens Kögler, Healthcare Industry Director EMEA Cybersecurity is a significant threat in the healthcare industry because of the interconnected nature of modern healthcare networks – something we touched on in a previous blog. The consolidation of so much highly personal and vital data in an ‘organisation’ that everyone uses makes it a target for hackers […]
Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) was one of the largest investments in healthcare ever undertaken by the Irish Government when it was built over 20 years ago. Through its engagement with VMware, TUH has strengthened its security, protecting patient data and corporate reputation. By equipping objects with sensors to monitor their environment and an internet connection […]
With almost 4,300 employees in the hospital (almost 5,000 employees including subsidiaries), 21 clinics, ten independent clinical departments, seven institutes and a revenue of 350 million euros per annum, the Municipal Hospital in Braunschweig covers almost the entire spectrum of medical care for around 1.2 million people. For some time now, Lower Saxony’s largest hospital […]
Louise Fellows, Director, Public Sector UK&I The healthcare industry is one of the most challenging to transform. It has a huge number of legacy systems with vast amounts of highly sensitive, personalised information and is beset by funding challenges. All in an environment where time pressure is a key driver in delivering accurate and safe […]
By Jens Koegler, Healthcare Industry Director EMEA Europe has made great progress in healthcare in recent years. According to a recent Deloitte report, an EU citizen born today can expect to live 30 years longer than his or her ancestors a century ago. And much suggests that this trend will persist. What exactly is driving this […]
By Louise Öström, Vice President of Cloud EMEA Introduction Over the last couple of months, I’ve been talking about using technology, and more specifically cloud computing, for good. From farmers in Kenya to disaster relief and increasing the reach of education, irrespective of location, technology is being deployed as part of efforts to help those […]
Download our free eBook – “Securing a New Lifeline for the NHS” ## Against a backdrop of more persistent and diverse cyber threats, the NHS is facing an uphill battle in keeping patient data safe and vital services operating efficiently. The WannaCry ransomware attack in May this year, which crippled a number of NHS Trusts, […]