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Philips showcases integrated health informatics solutions across the care continuum during HIMSS21

August 9, 2021

  • With intelligent, secure, interoperable and collaborative solutions, Philips aims to illuminate a new path through the care continuum to address the quadruple aim
  • New HealthSuite solutions for acute patient management, diagnostic informatics and virtual care support health systems in their digital transformation

Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, will showcase its latest intelligent, secure, interoperable and collaborative informatics solutions virtually during the HIMSS21 Global Health Conference & Exhibition, taking place from August 9-13 in Las Vegas, NV. Philips will showcase its deep clinical and operational expertise and introduce Philips HealthSuite solutions that foster care collaboration, help enable precision care and provide care anywhere.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many healthcare leaders to focus on immediate needs and preparing for future crises, findings from the recently published 2021 Future Health Index reveal that leaders working on healthcare informatics have a positive outlook on building a resilient future, with telehealth and artificial intelligence (AI) high on their investment list. While accelerated acceptance and usage of telehealth has laid the foundations for digitalization, healthcare leaders are beginning to also focus on predictive healthcare technologies such as AI, with 84% saying they want to invest in this technology within the next three years.

“Over the past year and a half, health systems have been challenged to innovate and adapt how they deliver care and focus resources to meet patient needs. Continuing to embrace this digital transformation will help health systems thrive, while ensuring patients remain at the center of care,” said Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader Connected Care, Philips. “During HIMSS21, we are spotlighting our commitment to helping healthcare organizations embark on this new era of connected care and showcasing our integrated informatics solutions that help customers drive improvements in quality and efficiency of care across the continuum.”

Spotlighting Philips’ solutions that illuminate a new path through the care continuum
During HIMSS21, Philips will focus on the following 2021 key informatics themes: Care Collaboration, Virtual Care, Precision and Acute Care, Business Models, and Digital Transformation. Philips HealthSuite solutions available across these areas enable precise, collaborative, interoperable and virtual care to address the quadruple aim of better health outcomes, improved patient and staff experience, while lowering the cost of care.

At the center of any digital transformation work is Philips Care Collaboration [1], which is a collaborative approach to support a healthcare organization’s digital transformation. As health systems seek to manage, coordinate, orchestrate and synchronize care across the health continuum, each organization’s digital journey will be unique. Through Care Collaboration, Philips acts as a partner to healthcare organizations to gain a deep understanding of their challenges and determine how Philips’ advanced HealthSuite solutions can help them support data and workflows to deliver enhanced care to the right patient, in the right setting, at the right time. Philips solutions included within this approach are acute patient management, diagnostic informatics and virtual care. During the conference, Philips will introduce these new cloud-based HealthSuite solutions for patient journey management and acute care telehealth.

Philips’ virtual presence
Throughout the week, Philips will be featuring presentations and talks from Philips executives, customers and industry leaders discussing the latest topics in health informatics and health IT including digital transformation, virtual care, and more. A complete list of presenters, topics, dates, and times is available here.

Philips will offer a virtual HIMSS presence, the Philips Health Informatics Experience, allowing visitors to participate in on-demand sessions. Attendees can explore the 3D environment and view in-depth solution demos of the latest innovations from Philips. The experience will remain open to visitors until spring 2022.

For more information on Philips’ full portfolio of informatics solutions being showcased during the HIMSS21 Global Health Conference & Exhibition, please visit www.philips.com/himss and follow @PhilipsLiveFrom for #HIMSS21 updates throughout the event.

[1] Philips Care Collaboration is currently available in North America only.

For further information, please contact:

Anna Hogrebe
Philips Global Press Office
Tel: +1 416 270 67 57
E-mail: anna.hogrebe@philips.com


About Royal Philips

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s health and well-being, and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care. Philips generated 2020 sales of EUR 17.3 billion and employs approximately 77,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.

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Free water supply for residents experiencing disruption – MB

KUALA TERENGGANU, Aug 9  — The Terengganu government has announced free water supply for two months to the owners of accounts in two districts who were affected by a burst pipe at the river bed of Sungai Terengganu.

 

Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said it was a symbol of appreciation for the patience of residents in Kuala Terengganu and Kuala Nerus districts in facing the crisis, and the free water would be enjoyed after the repair work was completed.

 

“The state government truly understands the difficulties of the people in facing the current water crisis.

 

 

“To date, Syarikat Air Terengganu (SATU) is still in the process of repairing the pipe at Sungai Terengganu river bed,” he said in a statement via Facebook today.

 

He said the state government had also been distributing clean water to all the residents in the affected areas during the ongoing crisis.

 

“ I wish to thank to all quarters who have helped to ease the burden of the people including water supply companies nationwide, government agencies, non-government organisations (NGO) and volunteers.

 

 

“Hopefully, the repair work will run as scheduled to end this crisis,” he said.

 

Terengganu has been facing a water crisis since last Monday after a pipe at the river bed of Sungai Terengganu burst, affecting about 28,700 accounts.

 

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

 

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Siblings left to fend for themselves after parents die of COVID-19

KLANG, Aug 9 — The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all, especially children who either lost a mother or a father. Some suddenly found themselves becoming orphans when both their parents die at almost the same time.

 

This is what happened to five siblings in Port Klang when both their parents passed away just days apart due to Covid-19.

 

Their mother, Ramlah Muktar, 43, passed away on July 31 and six days later by their father Mohd Suhaimi Zakaria, 55, who breathed his last on Aug 7.

 

 

Now the eldest of the siblings, 21-year-old Iewanina Mohd Suhaimi, a student of International Islamic University, IIUM in Gombak finds herself pushed as head of the family looking after four of her siblings who are still schooling.

 

“They went so suddenly and it caught me off guard. I don’t know what to do,” she told the media after a visit by Selat Klang assemblyman Datuk Abdul Rashid Asari.

 

Her other siblings, Batrisyia Izzah, 19; Uzair Wazini, 16;  Ahmadinejad, 12; and Nisa Ailani who is five years old are staying in a unit at the Seri Perantau Flat in Port Klang, Selangor left behind by their late parents.

 

 

“Three of my siblings staying in hostels. And fortunately I am at home doing my studying online, so I can at least look after them at home,” she said.

 

Iewanina said before their parents passed away, they told her look after her siblings and never to stop studying. This was what motivated her to finish her studies at IIUM.

 

“My late mum also told us to succeed in this world and the hereafter.  Those words are etched in my mind now,” she said.

 

Meanwhile, Abdul Rashid said he had decided to adopt Intan Iewanina and her siblings under the Selat Klang state constituency and all their expenses  including daily and school needs are taken care of the constituency.

 

“I also plan to setup a fund for them and the fund will also be opened to other families since there are others like them,’ he said adding that he would be putting in RM5,000 into the fund for a start.

 

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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King, Queen convey condolences to singer Siti Sarah’s family

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their condolences to the family of popular Malaysian singer Siti Sarah Raissuddin. who died early this morning of COVID-19 infection.

 

Istana Negara in a statement on its Facebook account today stated that Their Majesties also expressed their sadness over her passing and hoped that her family will be patient and resilient as they cope with the loss.

 

“Their Majesties pray for her soul be blessed by Allah SWT and placed among the righteous,” read the statement.

 

 

She died at Tuanku Muhriz Chancellor’s Hospital (HCTM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Cheras, here, at 5.13 am.

 

Siti Sarah, 37, who was seven months pregnant, was admitted to HCTM on Wednesday evening after suffering from a severe cough and low oxygen levels due to the infection. The baby was saved by Caesarian section.

 

Her remains were laid to rest at 1.45 pm, at the Kampung Sungai Pusu Muslim Cemetery, Gombak here.

 

 

Siti Sarah and her comedian husband Shahmira Muhammad or better known as Shuib Sepahtu, 39, and their three children were confirmed to have contracted the virus since July 25 after undergoing screening tests when their maid tested positive for the virus. Her husband and the children have since recovered.

 

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

 

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Muhyiddin confident 80 per cent of population will be fully vaccinated by end-October

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9  — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is confident that the target of fully vaccinating all adults or 80 per cent of the country’s population against COVID-19 by the end of October can be achieved.

 

He said this was based on the encouraging progress made in the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).

 

“I was briefed by the Committee on Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) this morning. Alhamdulillah, the vaccination process is going according to schedule so far,” he said in a post on his Facebook today.

 

 

Since the launching of PICK on Feb 24, a total of 15,772,101 people have received their first dose of the vaccine, while 8,770,336 have completed both doses as of yesterday.

 

Muhyiddin said that by Aug 31, more than 60 per cent of adults in the country or over 40 per cent of the population will be fully vaccinated.

 

“This is definitely good news for all of us in celebrating National Day this year,” he added.

 

 

He said the latest data available in the country and overseas showed that cases in categories four and five and deaths would decrease sharply when the vaccination rate increased.

 

COVID-19 is a five-category disease, with categories four and five the most severe.

 

“InsyaAllah, we pray that our country will be able to emerge from this pandemic soon,” he said.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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Thailand speeding up vaccination among senior citizens to reduce fatality rate

BANGKOK, Aug 9 — Thailand is speeding up the inoculation of individuals aged 60 and above to reduce fatality rate in the kingdom.

 

Over the last 24 hours, Thailand recorded 19,603 new COVID-19 cases and 149 fatalities, bringing the total infections in the kingdom to 776,108 and 6,353 deaths to date.

 

 

Thailand recorded its highest daily COVID-19 death toll of 212 on August 7.

 

Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) assistant spokesperson Dr Apisamai Srirangsan said more than 65 per cent of the 149 fatalities reported over the last 24 hours involved those aged 60 and above.

 

Based on statistics, she said out of the of 2,417 fatalities reported from July 18 to Aug 8, 1,317 involve those aged 60 and above.

 

 

“The Public Health Ministry is speeding up the inoculation among senior citizens to reduce severity and fatality rate in them,” she said at COVID-19 daily briefing here today.

 

She added that the ministry is also stepping up vaccination among those with underlying health conditions and pregnant women.

 

Yesterday, Department of Disease Control (DDC) Deputy Director-General Dr. Sophon Iamsirsithavorn said the department wanted to vaccinate 70 per cent of the elderly population in Bangkok and provinces under “red dark” zones, in bid to reduce fatality rates by 50 per cent.

 

To date, he said about 3.67 million senior citizens nationwide have received at least a dose of vaccine.

 

On vaccination, Dr Apisamai said a total of 20.67 million doses have been administered since February 28.

 

Meanwhile, Dr Apisamai said the number of new COVID-19 cases in the kingdom reduced slightly to 19,603 compared to 19,983 cases on Aug 8.

 

She said the the new cases include 313 prisoners, adding that a total of 12 imported cases have been reported including three arrivals from Malaysia.

 

To date, she said a total of 214,421 patients remain hospitalized including in field hospitals nationwide. The number include 5,218 in critical condition and 1,084 depending on ventilators.

 

She said the new fatalities involved 84 men and 65 women aged between 4-month to 103 years old, including nine foreigners.

 

“A total of 26 died at home,” she said.

 

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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RM8 million in additional funds for survival of arts practitioners – Saifuddin

 

 

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9  — An additional RM8 million will be channeled to the Malaysian Cultural Economic Development Agency (CENDANA) to implement programmes that will help in the survival and sustainability of arts and culture practitioners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the additional allocation would benefit between 500 to 700 arts practitioners and administrative workers.

 

It can also generate 2,000 job opportunities involving nine arts and culture programmes covering grants, capacity building workshops, creative platforms and documentation, Saifuddin told a virtual media conference after announcing the recipients of the CENDANA recovery initiative fund under the Malaysian Creative Industry Stimulus Package (PRISMA) today.

 

 

“In total, within 12 months, an allocation of RM17 million has been approved by CENDANA to benefit the arts and culture sector. Now, an additional allocation of RM8 million under PEMULIH (National People’s Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package) will be administered by CENDANA for the benefit of arts and culture practitioners, artisans and administrative workers,” he said.

 

Saifuddin said the RM17 million allocation approved by CENDANA, namely RM10 million under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) and RM7 million under PRISMA, had ensured the survival of arts and culture practitioners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensured the continued production of local arts and cultural works

 

He said CENDANA today announced the approval of an allocation of RM7 million under PRISMA for cultural and arts practitioners involved in the performing arts, visual arts, independent (indie) music and crafts.

 

 

It is a continuation of the RM10 million that was approved recently under the CENDANA-PENJANA recovery initiative which has generated more than 3,000 new jobs, he said.

 

Saifuddin said the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) was committed to providing continuous support to the arts and culture sector which play an important role in the country and in 2020, adding that KKMM had implemented the PENJANA plan for the creative industry with a total of RM225 million to support the sector to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

For 2021, a total of RM89.2 million has been announced under the PRISMA initiative to help the arts and culture sector survive the pandemic situation, he said.

 

“KKKM is very grateful and thankful for the additional allocation of RM100 million for the creative industry under PEMULIH and is committed to rejuvenating the industry, and will continue to strive to protect and maintain businesses and jobs in this industry,” he said.

 

CENDANA, a unit under MyCreative Ventures, has been jointly responsible with MyCreative Ventures to manage PRISMA that was launched on Feb 5 this year.

 

Saifuddin said among the programmes under PRISMA that attracted his attention was the Adiguru CENDANA programme which aimed to encourage local communities who were committed to their arts, traditions and heritage to be collectively involved in the country’s growth.

 

He said the programme also ensured the continuity of Malaysian traditional art forms by recognising the achievements of Adiguru in traditional performing arts, visual arts, music and crafts throughout Malaysia.

 

Meanwhile, CENDANA chief executive officer Izan Satrina Mohd Sallehuddin said CENDANA had so far approved allocations for about 1,000 recipients, created employment opportunities for more than 11,000 Malaysians and upgraded the skills of more than 13,000 industry players since starting operations in 2017.

 

She said part of the efforts included recognising the contribution of Adiguru CENDANA which has played an important role in enhancing the sustainability and preservation of traditional arts.

 

This includes those championing the traditional arts in Hokkien Potehi (Glove Puppet Theater), Mak Yong, Kuda Kepang, Mah Meri Orang Asli Mask Dance, Padang Changkat Gambus Dance, Gambus traditional music, Syair or traditional Malay poem, Wayang Kulit and the Main Puteri dance, he said.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency