Professional Development

The combined entity will offer primary care, mental health, occupational health, and pharmacy and musculoskeletal services to a combined base of 630 clients.

Healthcare technology company athenahealth announced a new general manager of the company's digital clinical decision support subsidiary epocrates.

Also, researchers from India have developed an AI model that can detect indications of carpal tunnel syndrome in ultrasound videos. 

Cognito Therapeutics announced healthcare industry veteran Christian Howell joined its team as chief commercial officer.

Kidney-care company Monogram Health, digital diagnostics company ixlayer and direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers also announced appointments.

Pearly Chen, VP of business development and partnerships at HTC VIVE, relays the results of a report on extended reality use for training healthcare professionals, the feedback received after adoption of the tech and HTC's Accelerator X program.  

Quy Vo-Reinhard, dHealth Foundation director and cofounder, highlights the key challenges and applications for frontier technologies, such as immutable health records, the interoperability of health data exchange and the need for education.

Dr. Abdullah Ghazi relays how simulation learning, like augmented reality and 3D printing, prepares future healthcare professionals for real-world scenarios.

Osama El-Hassan of Dubai's Health Authority talks about Zimam and how the GCC region built a workforce by upskilling and promoting digital health implementation. The process helped with workforce retention and technological adoption.

Altering education methods and allowing employees to be innovative with career flexibility are crucial to ensuring retention and longevity in the healthcare workforce, says Dr Shafi Ahmed, chief medical officer at Medical Realities.