Digital Health
How can the health sector benefit from IT progress? How can each of us use IT safely in the daily management of health and illness? How do we create acceptance for new applications and technologies – digital patient files, Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data?
Research at the BFH Centre focuses on people. Together with those affected – patients, relatives and professionals – practical solutions are developed, for example for dealing with patient information that brings concrete benefits in everyday life. This involves the targeted use of IT, which exploits opportunities and limits risks. The priority is a responsible approach to safety, self-determination and the physical and mental health of patients, relatives and professionals. The BFH Centre ensures that the use of IT meets the needs and demands of those involved and continuously evaluates the effects in its medical informatics laboratory and in practice.
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Digital Health EN
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Inclusive Design of Digital Health Solutions for Older Adults
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Artificial intelligence for care
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How are pharmacies supporting digitalisation in the healthcare sector?
Digital Health EN, Professional Contribution EN
Focus on external hospital care: identifying communication barriers with mapping methods
Digital Health EN, Professional Contribution EN
Using Artificial Intelligence in Care – an ambivalent attitude
Digital Health EN, Professional Contribution EN
Digitalisation – beneficial development or social exclusion?
Digital Health EN, Professional Contribution EN
Sensor Technology in Health Care – Sensor Data and Algorithms (Part 2)
Digital Health EN, Professional Contribution EN