Digital Health

The annual HIMSS (Health Information Management Systems Society) conference is the key event for the health IT industry, providing a comprehensive overview of the state of the market from the perspective of various stakeholders, including health IT vendors, healthcare payers and providers, and government regulators. HIMSS18 was held in March 2018....

Healthcare’s digitization is leading to an explosion of electronic data across all healthcare industry segments. Health-related digital data is pouring in from a variety of sources including electronic health records (EHRs), billing and medical claims systems, and a plethora of health monitoring devices. Profound changes are occurring in the day-...

Many successful products have been launched during SXSW throughout the years. Leveraging this success and its long history as a behemoth innovation-focused event, SXSW developed a platform for newcomers. With the SXSW Startup Village and the SXSW Accelerator, SXSW offers domestic and foreign startups a platform to introduce themselves to the US and...

Japan’s healthcare system is an icon of kindness and compassion. The country spends 11.4% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which equates to just over $560 billion or about one-fifth of the healthcare spending by the United States (US). At that level of spending, the Japanese people enjoy universal health coverage, affordable hea...

This Industry Docket provides a brief overview of the healthcare opportunity landscape in Bahrain, its position among GCC countries, its health indicators and availability of healthcare facilities, changing scenarios of payer and providers, past and future trends in inpatients and outpatients. Infrastructure and care division across the private and...

A few telehealth conferences have been held in Malaysia since 1997, but ‘The First Telemedicine Conference 2015’ was a notable event where multiple stakeholders, vendors, academia and healthcare providers gathered to discuss the initial steps for building an ecosystem for telemedicine. The conference held in August 2015 at Sunway Medical Centre...

APAC’s home health monitoring market is set to generate nearly $2.2 billion by 2020. Local and international vendors should identify the long-term market progression and opportunity within home monitoring for both acute and chronic care in this region. APAC is shifting from centralized to decentralized models due to the need for efficient care de...

eHealth to Strengthen Delivery of Care for Non-communicable Diseases in Africa Narrowing the Accessibility Gap through Partnerships, Growth Opportunities Created by Increased Disease Prevalence This study aims to analyse the eHealth market in Africa and its application in the mitigation of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The major focus is on ma...

The 13th annual Partners Connected Health Symposium was held at the Boston Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center in October 2016. The key theme of the event was “Digital technology that cares. Bringing the human element to life.” The following piece presents analyst highlights, views, and major observed themes in digital health as well as company-...