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Future Food-Tech 2024: Exciting innovations from the show

Future Food-Tech 2024: Exciting innovations from the show

  • Food

The future is bright for the food and beverage industry. That’s the message heard loud and clear at Future Food-Tech 2024.From fresh new start-up brands to industry experts, the event celebrated innovation at all stages of food and beverage production.But there were a few trends, which stood head and shoulders above the rest – food

Mycoprotein’s finished being quiet and about to raise its game

Mycoprotein’s finished being quiet and about to raise its game

  • Food

Mycoprotein was available for decades and consumers had perhaps grown complacent, but the product was in the perfect position to tap into a series of essential consumer and climate needs, experts speaking on a panel at the Future Food-Tech event in London said.“It’s [mycoprotein] available now. We have it and have it at scale, so

A beginner’s guide to ‘instafraud’

A beginner’s guide to ‘instafraud’

  • Health

A recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal revealed that a staggering $50 billion has been pocketed by insurers from Medicare for diseases no doctor actually treated. Perhaps one of the most concerning aspects of this explosion of fraud is the emergence of what industry insiders are calling “instafraud” – a practice where artificial intelligence

Encryption experts say providers should look to PETs for safer analytics

Encryption experts say providers should look to PETs for safer analytics

  • Health

Privacy and data usage in the age of artificial intelligence are colliding in healthcare where maintaining trust is as essential as advancing patient care. Secure encryption technologies and regulatory guidance can help to ensure health systems get a handle on protecting the patient data they store and use. Rina Shainski and Dr. Kurt Rohloff, cofounders at

Building ‘solid’ medical data exchange infrastructure

Building ‘solid’ medical data exchange infrastructure

  • Health

Governance must be built into hospital medical image exchange from the start. That was what Monief Eid, a senior consultant for enterprise imaging and e-health for Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health, stressed in the HIMSS24 APAC session, “Enterprise Imaging and Image Exchange Challenges Across the Globe.” He noted governance, along with interoperability and infrastructure, as a major challenge in

Key to implementing value-based care at national scale

Key to implementing value-based care at national scale

  • Health

While revising policy and regulatory frameworks is indeed crucial to enable and promote the transition to a value-based care model, there is another important factor to consider. Dr Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia, demonstrated at HIMSS24 APAC what a successful value-based population health programme looks like.

South Korea’s smart hospital concept: A focus on patients’ need and experience

South Korea’s smart hospital concept: A focus on patients’ need and experience

  • Health

Developing smart hospitals has been a way for South Korea to meet the growing demand for more personalised healthcare in their fast-ageing society.  At the helm of this effort is the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), an agency under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Its principal researcher, Jong Yeob Kim, shared how they