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From technology to farm management – how smart is Swiss agriculture, part 1

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Apps and digital business models have also long been used in agriculture. Although not everything is running smoothly, Switzerland is still in a promising position. In Part 1 of an interview, Societybyte author and digitalisation expert Reinhard Riedl talks to Michael Buser, Head of IT and Logistics at Fenaco, about why central IT departments are […]

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How are pharmacies supporting digitalisation in the healthcare sector?

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The situation in the healthcare sector is not rosy. Switzerland is facing major challenges; for example, the Swiss general practitioner and paediatrician workforce is over-aged. This could worsen basic outpatient care in the medium term (Work Force Study, 2020). But there is also a lot of potential for digitalisation (Thiel et al., 2023) and savings […]

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How cities and authorities are becoming smarter – a podcast episode about transformation

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Chatbots are already supporting some authorities. But overall, the Swiss are dissatisfied with the pace of digital transformation in the administration. Christian Geiger from BFH’s Public Sector Transformation Institute reveals what could speed up the process in the new podcast episode. Hackathons on the topic of smart cities or participatory democracy show that there is […]

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Networking and loss of consistency – Part 2: Distractions from the essentials

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Almost 10 years ago, the insider discourse on data protection changed fundamentally. The residual utilisation of the findings of that time is in full swing. But instead of reorienting data protection, it is clouding our view of major social problems of the present We have (hopefully) all realised that the “bullshit in – bullshit out” […]

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How public procurement supports the digitalisation of schools

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Schools are not just educational facilities. They have evolved into high-tech hubs with huge demands for hardware and software. In their study the Research Group on Public Procurement from the BFH’s Institute for Public Sector Transformation (IPTS) analyzed, if the procurement process in schools foster competitive bidding, as mandated by law to ensure quality and […]

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Focus on external hospital care: identifying communication barriers with mapping methods

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Functioning communication and smooth information flows play an important role in the complex setting of outpatient care. The CuraComm project is investigating where communication hurdles arise and how these could be overcome in the future. This article shows how the use of the visualisation technique “mapping” can be used to identify communication hurdles in a […]