Innovation & News
Our innovation department aims at creating new knowledge, competencies and competitive advantages in trend technologies such as IoT, Big Data and AI in healthcare and active ageing environments.
We are leaders and technology providers in several HORIZON 2020 international projects that give us a look of Healthcare IT future.
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‘VBHC Thinkers Magazine’ publishes our article about our IoT-RTLS Solution ORvital
The VBHC awards magazine published in its latest issue the article written by our UK Country Manager and colleague, Jordi Rovira, about the ORvital solution. Digital transformation has become a reality in 90% of the ecosystems that move society. However, not all have embraced this transition with the same speed and adaptability and, healthcare …
Healthcare digitalisation, what is the current state of technological transformation in the Spanish National Health System?
After more than a year living with a global pandemic, if there is one clear lesson to be learned, it is that society has evolved. A social, economic, and political paradigm change in which technology has played a key role. In the most complicated situations, technology became an element that has kept us united, become …
Vall d’Hebron Hospital becomes a case study for MYSPHERA’S Patient Flow Solution
A recent study carried out for the European Economic and Social Committee under the topic “How the Digital Transformation can put humans at the centreof robotics and automation” highlights the OR4.0 project, subsequently named the ORvital solution. Digital Transformation is a reality, notwithstanding the fact some fields or wards have been much easier to …
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70% of non-essential surgeries cancelled after one year of pandemic in Spain
Sources: Las Provincias / La Vanguardia / El confidencial With vaccines already underway, but with COVID-19 still present in many hospitals, some of the most worrisome data from the pandemic are beginning to emerge; since in addition to the direct victims, the collateral effect is evident in many patients whose non-essential surgeries have …
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More than 45,000 trauma surgeries cancelled in Spain in the wake of the pandemic
According to the latest data published by the Traumatology sector of the Spanish Federation of Healthcare Technology Companies (Fenin), more than 45,000 scheduled trauma surgeries were not performed in Spain in 2020. With the latest information on waiting lists referring to June 2020, the data for subsequent months and 2021 are not expected to …
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Big Data & IT, two pending points in Healthcare
“The pandemic has shown that data management is fundamental… and we were not prepared,” says Juan Luis Cruz Bermúdez, CIO of the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, in an interview with ComputerWorld. COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the healthcare system. Not only has it overcome medical professionals and resources, but it has …
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Enhancing Patient Flow: A major milestone in the digital health evolution
Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) are part of our daily lives, but they are still a pending subject in areas as important as healthcare. However, the obstacles we are currently facing are pushing for a real change and digitalization that has begun to be a tool that must be taken into account in decision-making and …
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Reducing waiting lists: A priority challenge for the Healthcare System
The latest data published by the Ministry of Health in Spain showed record-breaking figures for surgical delays, with an average waiting time of 170 days. These statistics were presented last November which corresponded to June of the same year, at a time when our health system had not even begun to face the third wave. …
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NHS England Waiting List hits a record with 4.46 million patients in need of hospital treatment
Article written by Mireya Lázaro and Carlos Domingo S. ▸ NHS England figures show that the number of people having to wait more than 52 weeks to start hospital treatment in England stood at 192,169 in November 2020 – the highest number for any calendar month since May 2008. ▸ Professor Neil Mortensen, …
The impact of Lean Healthcare methodology on the health system
Our health system faces two challenges, which have become even greater during the pandemic: efficiency and sustainability. Resources are often limited, so the goal is to achieve more with less. This is precisely the basic principle behind the LEAN methodology and its application in the health system, the so-called Lean Healthcare system, whose main focus …
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ORvital: Tracing the path back to normality in hospitals
With only three months to go until our first year of living with the pandemic, hospitals continue to be our main defence against the COVID-19. The virus has put all the centres in trouble, not only in the country but also in the world, leading them to maximize the security and containment protocols. …
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MYSPHERA launches its surgical programmer to combat waiting lists
The pandemic has increased the numbers of patients waiting for surgery, as well as the waiting time for these operations. An unsustainable situation that can now be reversed thanks to MYSPHERA’s surgical programmer, created in collaboration with the Virgen del Rocío Hospital and the University of Seville. The mere existence of waiting lists in …
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The importance of controlling and managing ICU beds effectively
Within hospital facilities, in addition to human capital being fundamental, having the necessary equipment to treat patients adequately is vital. However, it is very difficult to predict the flow of patients that may enter the Emergency Department in a week or even a day; the variety of diagnoses that may be made and the treatment …
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MYSPHERA will present the ORVital solution at the EHMA’s 2020
MYSPHERA has been selected to present its new ORVital solution at the European Health Management Association Congress, EHMA’s 2020, in its 25th annual European conference on health management. This year the venue is taking place digitally through the lens of Rotterdam on 17-19 November 2020. The theme is “Health Management: realigning systems, contexts and players”. …
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MYSPHERA is awarded with the ”Best Innovation 2020” prize by the European Healthcare Design Congress
MYSPHERA’s ORVital solution is recognised by the European Healthcare Design Congress with the award for best innovation 2020. This award, apart from recognizing the platform’s merits, is a recognition, on the one hand, for the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona as one of the first centres to promote innovation and to commit to the …
ORVital shortlisted as the best healthcare innovation in 2020
OR4.0 has a new market name, ORVital. Our new solution has been shortlisted by the next European Healthcare Design Awards as the best “Design Innovation for Quality Improvement” solution. The process of transformation spurred by our new solution ORVital started by following a co-creation approach with all the key stakeholders in the surgical …
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The “new normal” of waiting lists: Waiting time could be tripled after COVID-19
Having left behind the state of alarm and the different phases of de-escalation, Spain is gradually entering the so-called ‘new normality’. A normality marked by masks, hand hygiene, social distance and, above all, the consequences left by the pandemic. Consequences that affect all social spheres, but which have been especially severe in the health sector …
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ORVital 4.0 & the Crisis and Post-crisis Management
Today most countries in Europe are recovering from the terrible period of COVID-19 crisis. After these tense and uncertain weeks marked by the pandemic and constant emergency, we are coming back to some degrees of the ancient normality. However, it is obvious for everybody that things will never be the same. After the feeling …
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Crisis and Post-crisis Management in HPSJ by means of ORVital 4.0
1. Global presentation of the solution The ORVital4.0 solution is a digital platform which makes it possible to manage and supervise in real time the different hospital flows (patients, equipment, materials, rooms, messages and tasks) and to ensure their traceability. To achieve this objective, it relies, among other technologies, on the wireless and contactless …
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MYSPHERA invited at EHMA’s conference 2020
MYSPHERA introduced the Operating Room 4.0 project (OR4.0) in the last edition of the European Healthcare Management Association (EHMA) Conference in 2019 in Finland raising the awareness about the profound transformation this solution is exerting in several hospitals. This year, the EHMA has accepted an abstract and invited MYSPHERA to present the final results. …
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GREEN OR4.0, heading to the green cognitive surgical area
In high-income countries, the carbon footprint of health-care systems has been estimated to be 3–10% of the total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions1. A recent report revealed that the NHS produces 5.4% of the UK’s GHG emissions. This represents 25% of total public sector emissions, equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 11 coal-fired power …
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The Post-Pandemic Healthcare Challenge: Restoring Normal Medical Processes
The collapse of the health system and its effects on medical care Since its spreading through Spain, the COVID-19 has not only confined citizens due to an unprecedented state of emergency in the country, but has also pushed many health centres to the limits of their resources. The pandemic causes a large number …
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MYSPHERA introduces its IoT solution for surgical processes in China
The Jiangsu region is a foundational part of China, and Nanjing, one of its most avant-garde capitals, not only in the region but also at the national level. With more than eight million inhabitants, the city is committing to innovation by strategically projecting different universities and research centres throughout the city in cutting-edge technological areas …
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What is OR4.0 project?
OR4.0 is a software tool that takes the information provided by the RTLS network in order to run any surgical process in an adaptable workflow software platform. This tool provides specific digital applications for all the different players participating in the surgical process, which includes OR managers, anaesthesiologists, nurses in the pre- and post-operative phase, …