Digital Health Weekly - LinkedIn Edition

Dear Friends,

Thank you for SO many of you for reaching out asking why there wasn't a newsletter last week. Honestly, life just got so busy. I was engrossed in finishing my Coaching certification and had to focus there. Sorry. Now I am back!

Welcome to this week's Digital Health Weekly with a synopsis and list of curated articles that I found interesting!

Check out my?#DigitalHealthWeekly ?for all?#DigitalHealth ?and?#Health ?related articles by visiting?digitalhealthnews.ca

Here is what I have in store for you this week:

1. Local healthcare providers taking steps to ensure they provide the right services and support to #LGBTQ + patients
2. #Canada 's #Healthcare system is going through challenges - some thoughts on this crisis
3. Experts have identified that there is a treatment gap for patients with #EatingDisorders and they are betting on #DigitalHealth tools to help fill that gap
4. We need to start looking for more value out of our #Healthcare #Investments in #HealthcareTechnology
5. The use of #ArtificialIntelligence is growing in the #MedicalDevice industry and will bring more innovation and potential - lets learn what's happening

Lets go!

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Zen.

This week's key articles from The Digital Health Weekly:

Local health providers take steps to accommodate LGBTQ+ patients

"While the world continues to learn how to fully and respectfully embrace the LGBTQ+ community, there is still a ways to go —?especially in the health care world.

But now doctors and health centers in the SouthCoast are taking steps to remedy these issues."

Is there a final answer to Canada’s healthcare crisis?

"The overall state of healthcare in Canada and what can be done about it. We are currently at a stand-still, as the provinces and territories insist on more federal money to fix the system and the federal government insists that more money be tied to measurement of outcomes." Lots has moved forward on this. Here is an additional article: Federal minister reports 'a lot of progress' in health-care talks with provinces

Those with an eating disorder may benefit from eHealth

"Eating disorders develop gradually and it often takes a long time for people with an eating disorder to seek help and receive treatment. This "treatment gap" can be reduced with eHealth, Ph.D. candidate Pieter Rohrbach has discovered."

Digital Investments In Healthcare Must Be Measurable, Not Just Marketable: Building A Case For RODI

"In reality, digital is a significant and hugely strategic undertaking. It’s a fundamental underpinning of future business transformation requiring big investments. Business transformation is designed to net certain outcomes, and as such, leaders in this industry need to evaluate our ability to achieve those outcomes and efficiencies."

Artificial intelligence in medical devices

"The use of AI is growing in several fields globally. The AI market is expected to reach sales of $93bn in 2023, up 12% from 2022, according to GlobalData forecasts. AI in medical devices has been a topic of conversation for quite some time, but AI is expected to become a key driver of medical device innovation, and the use of AI will likely increase in 2023."