healthcare

In an era dominated by digital innovation, the healthcare industry stands at the crossroads of technological advancement and the imperative to protect sensitive patient information. The integration of electronic health records (EHR), telemedicine, and interconnected medical devices has undoubtedly enhanced patient care, but it has also exposed the healthcare sector to an escalating wave of cybersecurity threats.

Health Technology provides a means of accessing various data that can be leveraged to improve population health and wellness and save resources that would have been used for treatment and care.

Data is powerful and can help with a number of issues if we know how, and are willing to, use it. The digitisation of the healthcare sector will lead to that sector becoming data rich.

Two weeks ago, my company, Advanced Integrated Systems, participated in the 16th annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium in Montego Bay, St James.

I was happy to be a part of this event, given its history of facilitating inventiveness and new methods of operation. It also helped that it was led by the always-forward-thinking Dr Carl Bruce and cosigned by the University of the West Indies (UWI).

The state of emergency in the parish did not deter attendance as participants hailed from all over the world and gathered at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.