QEH partners with med schools to boost research, digital health

A new partnership involving the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and three medical universities could strengthen digital health services, research training and clinical education, hospital and university officials have said. The partnership involves the University of the West Indies (UWI) and two private universities, the American University of Barbados (AUB) and Era University in Lucknow in northern India, which signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday.

Head of QEH paediatrics Dr Kandamaran Krishnamurthy said the collaboration could take research skills to another level and support training for junior doctors, medical students and residents. “It’s a useful first step for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It’s going to lift up the research skill [to] a different level and… the training happening for the junior doctors, medical students, residents, and we should expand to our nursing staff as well. There’s a collaborative effort for healthcare staff in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, there’s stimulation, and digital health will be much [more] useful. ” AUB dean Dr Syed Kazmi explained that it had been in the works for a long time. “We both are fully accredited institutions in Barbados, and…