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 – from the visionary to the practical

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On 17 May, the association Praevenire held its Digital Health Workshop for the third time as a participatory event - with over 40 experts and…

Steadily growing community for “inCLOUsiv”

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Digital exchange about mental health has been possible in Switzerland for the first time in a year with "inCLOUsiv". Together with the Pro Mente…

Two Key Learnings from the Health Crisis

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Covid-19 is strongly entangled with digital transformation, both in positive and negative ways. On the one hand, Covid-19 has boosted online…

Digital Health in the Covid-19 crisis (3) – what should now be improved

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During the lockdown, many countries had positive experiences with digital health (Atique et al., 2020). We should definitely continue the development…
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Digital Health in the Covid 19 Crisis (2) – It’s up to us what we make of the crisis

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Digital health is associated with many challenges that are not easy to overcome. We have to learn how to deal with them. A good example of the…

Digital Health in the Covid 19 Crisis (1) – There is no going back to the pre-crisis era

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The pandemic has hit us much more seriously than we would like to admit. It is high time to look reality in the eye, anticipate likely developments…

Health 2030 – Implementing Digital Health the Right Way

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How do we have to redesign health care so that people have more healthy years of life? Together with several hundred experts, the Austrian association…

Can digital technology help manage acute psychiatric crises?

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Use of technology for crisis management in acute psychiatric care - fewer coercive measures and faster recovery. What sounds theoretically tempting…

Study anatomy with virtual reality

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The Bern Education Centre for Nursing has been conducting interprofessional learning events for some time. An existing offer provides medical…

PARO – a robot for emotional moments

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The PARO robot was originally designed for the geriatric setting. Increasingly, PARO is also being used in child and adolescent psychiatry. However,…

Sustainable digitalisation – new roles for health professionals

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Digitalisation in the health sector is advancing. The early involvement and sustainable support of healthcare professionals are fundamental in…

Common sense and empathy – also needed in the age of digital health?

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Everybody needs that human touch. Even more so in the age of digital health. So. That was the given question and my headline in February 2020.…