As nurses are often the primary users of digital tools such as ePRO’s in hospitals, nurse engagement is critical to their efficacious routine use. Therefore, identifying factors that promote and decrease the use of these tools among nurses is a prerequisite to their successful implementation. This whitepaper looks at the underlying factors affecting technology acceptance...
Kaiku Health has strengthened its Board of Directors with health data science and machine learning expertise as Dr. Iya Khalil joined the board in September 2019. Dr. Khalil is a recognized healthcare and life sciences technology entrepreneur and the Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder of GNS Healthcare, a Cambridge based data analytics company. Her machine learning...
In recent years, there has been a drastic change in the treatment landscape of several advanced cancers. Cancer immunotherapies have shown to be a viable treatment option for many patients who would have otherwise had a poor prognosis with traditional treatments, such as chemotherapy. So far the most successful subtype of cancer immunotherapies have been...
Digital services have been found to increase health-related quality of life and several aspects of patient experience. However, to achieve the positive outcomes made possible by digital services, patients need to use the services regularly and diligently. This whitepaper discusses the adoption of digital services by cancer patients. It presents several hindrances and facilitators of...
Our western healthcare systems are facing tremendous challenges. First of all, patient numbers continue to grow. Europe’s old-age dependency ratio (people +65 years old relative to those aged 15-64) is expected to increase from about 30% in 2016 to over 51% in 2070 (1). Secondly, we have better, more personalised, targeted therapies but those come...