ICCBBA are recruiting a Technical Director to oversee the development and maintenance of the ISBT 128 Standard. The position is geographically internationally flexible, and the appointee will be expected to work from their home location and be able and willing to travel to the US and globally. They will manage a technical and standards development department located in Southern California.
Committed to the vision of the global adoption of ISBT 128 for medical products of human origin (MPHO), t
Here is the recording of the Usability Testing e-Seminar that we recorded a few months ago:
Here is the video of the latest e-Seminar in our Digital Health e-Seminar series with Dr Robyn Whittaker and Dr Rosie Dobson, hosted by Dr Jude McCool at Auckland University:
Come and join us for an exciting e-Seminar live on YouTube on 11 Sept 9.30 pm GMT!
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e-Seminar Title: "Using text messaging to extend diabetes self management support outside the clinic environment"
Innovative interventions are needed to address the growing burden of diabetes and associated costly and debilitating long-term complications. This seminar will present the evidence for a text message based diabet
A Review of the WHO Guidelines on Digital Health: Process and Next Steps
Presenters:
Dr Alain Labrique is an infectious disease epidemiologist, community trialist and a globally recognized leader in the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to strengthen health systems in resource-limited settings. Currently serving on the faculty of the Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Program of the Department of International Health, Labrique holds joint appointments in Epid
Friday, June 14th, 2019 11am EST (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM BST)
Attendence fee: $10 USD
Free attendence for attendees from DAC-listed countries: please use coupon code INT01 when registering.
Presenters:
Dr Alain Labrique is an infectious disease epidemiologist, community trialist and a globally recognized leader in the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to strengthen health systems in resource-limited settings. Currently serving on the faculty of the Global Disease
Dr Niall Winters, Associate Professor, University of Oxford
This talk focuses on how mobile technologies can support the training and supervision of CHWs in LMICs, drawing on empirical work in Kenya and Uganda. Dr Winters examines on-going research into how the latest advances in artificial intelligence may be leveraged to support exploratory learning by CHWs during their day-to-day work.
Dr Judith McCool, Associate Professor, University of Auckland
Dr McCool discusses the opportunities and cha
mHealth e-Seminar: Dr Niall Winters and Dr Judith McCool
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM BST at:
https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/1895308856266139649
This e-Seminar will consist of 2 presentations on the use of mobile technology to improve healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) followed by a group discussion.
Attendence fee: $10 USD
Free attendence for attendees from DAC-listed countries: please use coupon code INT01 when registering.
Presenters:
Dr Niall Winters i
A research group based at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust – Kenya and Oxford University has developed a free smartphone app for training health workers called “LIFE” which was launched during the Kenya Paediatric Association 2019 annual conference in Mombasa, Kenya.
The Life-saving Instruction for Emergencies (LIFE) smartphone app uses interactive 3D simulations of life-threatening emergencies to train healthcare workers to save lives. The simulations take place in a virtual 3D hospital where users have to
The MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare has authored a letter to Congress urging them to ensure safety is prioritized in the EHR Reporting Program that is already mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act. You can read that Act here and search “Sec. 3009A. Electronic Health Record Reporting Program” for the related information.
Complete the form by Feb. 28, 2019 to have your name included on this letter. They're focused on encouraging collective action this month—the 10-
A report from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) and The Health Management Academy entitled "Top of Mind for Top Health Systems 2019, Insights from health systems on IT priorities for the year ahead" has predicted that cybersecurity, telehealth and interoperability will be the most significant areas of health IT in terms of impact on health care in 2019.
These areas were identified following consultation with health IT executives from some of the US's largest health systems, and quantitati
The constant pressure to reduce costs associated with health care delivery and concurrently improve services drives innovation in in the healthcare industry: From digital data management to innovative medical devices and diagnostic tools, appropriate use of technology has the potential to facilitate better care while also reducing the cost of it's delivery.
As such it is no surprise that healthcare technology adoption is gathering momentum globally despite barriers to their use: not just those a
Our LIFE:Neonatal Resuscitation simulator for LMICs is now available for beta testing.
Download from:
Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.ox.NDM.LIFE&hl=en …)
iPhone (https://testflight.apple.com/join/9OZUKza9 )
Please let us know your feedback. More details about the LIFE proejct are available here: www.oxlifeproject.org
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