Stories by Doug Halsall

The condition in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age may invariably affect their state of health and well-being as well as impact their health decisions.These are referred to as social determinants of health and include income level...

Hospitals worldwide seek to reduce the length of time patients are admitted as this not only saves the facility resources but it can also be safer for the patient to be treated and released as soon as possible.According to a study conducted by the...

If there were to be a disaster at your medical practice, or hospital, such as a fire or, since we are in the midst of the hurricane season, flooding, could you go to a new location, or even work from home and access all your patient and other files...

Healthcare is driven by market forces just like any other business.   While it is not the conventional, product development and sale or service offering and acquisition business, healthcare encompasses both these concepts. If one is in the...

Integrating telemedicine into the healthcare system is not as hard as you would imagine, especially given that the systems and other tools are readily available to do so. But if we should begin using telemedicine as a major component of the...

Last week, I attended the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, which showcases the best of breed in health and supporting technology.New, improved and emerging technology was on show and it...

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...

The transformative role of technology is boundless as long as we are willing to open our minds to the possibilities. Health technology can be applied to almost every aspect of healthcare to improve efficiency and access. Radiology, though not...

Health sectors across developed and developing countries have long struggled with making improvements to infant and maternal health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) for example, indicates that approximately 830 women die each day from...

October was celebrated as breast cancer awareness month and it brought into focus the very long-standing and urgent matter of the effect of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the Jamaican, Caribbean and world population.Although most deaths each...

I recently explained and referred to data as the 'new oil', and if we understand the true value of data and what it can do for health care then we would now know that there are boundless opportunities that we can carve out to improve service...