Category: Health

The launch of “Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: Let’s strive for more,” set out to emanate a sense of unity and harmony. Sharing their personal experiences, the EU’s top politicians from both the European Commission and European Parliament became one with other cancer survivors to show that “the personal has become political.”...

Many healthcare companies have begun to find valuable and viable ways to engage audiences using social media, with a shrewd approach to content that ensures compliance....

While Chinese and global public health officials fight the current coronavirus epidemic, it is important to step back and examine the underlying causes of this outbreak. We are likely to see a continuation of infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics in the future and learning from this epidemic may help prevent or mitigate the impact of future epidemics....

Panelists agreed that the priority should be to ensure Europe’s capacity to compete in AI and to develop a good framework to attract investment, and incentivize industry involvement and innovation in healthcare. ...

In the United States, the issue of how to address prescription drug pricing will certainly be a hot button topic ahead of the 2020 election. The time is now for pharma companies to act and offer real and impactful solutions that help patients, while calling out elements of the healthcare system that create barriers to access in exchange for profit....

Patient consumers are increasingly influencing the future of healthcare. In this competitive and democratized environment, health providers and companies need to become more agile in the way they communicate....

With the global health community closely watching the UN's milestone High-Level Meeting on universal health coverage, Andrei Goldis takes a closer look at the World Health Organization's role in the evolving global healthcare landscape....

In healthcare, change is everywhere, affecting every patient and healthcare provider. More changes are coming, all with very few Rose Garden signing ceremonies. Buckle up for more change in 2020....

AI has a huge potential to revolutionize healthcare, but over-hyping AI can undermine the credibility of the promise....

The integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare is happening faster than predicted. Machine learning, natural language processing and robotics are already mainstays within the field of medicine....