The attitude of nurses towards the use of artificial intelligence in clinical practice remains ambivalent. It ranges from the hope that artificial intelligence will revolutionise the profession to fear for their own jobs. In view of the ongoing shortage of skilled labour, nurses* are exposed to a high workload 1. Not only is there a […]
Older people often move unsteadily and can easily fall and injure themselves. To prevent this, sensors could record and analyse movement patterns and warn of risks. Researchers in the Digital Health innovation field at the Bern University of Applied Sciences are investigating this. Part 1 dealt with the opportunities and challenges of the technology; in […]
How can digital technologies be used in health care and prevention? Can technology relieve the burden on nursing staff? And what does it take for the technology to be accepted by patients and staff? Researchers at BFH Health are investigating these questions in an Innosuisse project. In a series of articles, they provide an insight […]
The digitisation of the healthcare system is strongly encouraged, but in practice it is often carried out in a careless and haphazard way. Successful transformation requires not only technical expertise in the healthcare sector, but also design expertise from the business world. The shortage of healthcare professionals has been shown to have a negative impact […]
The Digital Health innovation field at Bern University of Applied Sciences conducts research in the area of digitalisation and technologisation of healthcare with a focus on nursing. The aim is to generate perceptible added value for users in the collaboration between humans and machines. The technologisation and digitalisation of healthcare is omnipresent. Due to its […]
Robots can take over repetitive and monotonous tasks in the care of sick and elderly people and thus relieve the nursing staff. A Zurich-based company has developed the mobile assistant Lio. In an interview, CEO and company co-founder Michael Früh describes what Lio can already do, what it will be able to do in the […]
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