Did you know that the Persian scholar of medicine, Ibn Sina (980-1037) suspected that some diseases were spread by microorganisms? To prevent human-to-human contamination, he came up with the method of isolating people for 40 days. He called this method al-Arba’iniya (“the forty”).
Traders from Venice heard of his successful method and took this knowledge back to contemporary Italy. They called it “quarantena” (“the forty” in Italian). This is where the word “quarantine” comes from. The origin of the methods currently being used in much of the world to fight pandemics have their origins in the Islamic world.
Note: Ibn Sina’s full name was Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina. In the west he is also known by the Latin version of his name: Avicenna.
Did you know that the Persian scholar of medicine, Ibn Sina (980-1037) suspected that some diseases were spread by microorganisms? To prevent human-to-human contamination, he came up with the method of isolating people for 40 days. He called this method al-Arba’iniya (“the forty”).
Traders from Venice heard of his successful method and took this knowledge back to contemporary Italy. They called it “quarantena” (“the forty” in Italian). This is where the word “quarantine” comes from. The origin of the methods currently being used in much of the world to fight pandemics have their origins in the Islamic world.
Note: Ibn Sina’s full name was Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina. In the west he is also known by the Latin version of his name: Avicenna.
Insha Health is a subsidiary of Insha Holdings Berhad.
The company is working at developing innovative Shariah-compliant healthcare solutions by combining Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data all with the aim of creating a sophisticated Digital Health platform that is user friendly and offers transportability.
The key areas of digital health that Insha Health will focus on are:
- Personal health management and wellness
- Virtual care and telemedicine
- Remote monitoring
- Data and analytics
We aim to make health care better and cheaper by helping change the way healthcare is purchased and used, introducing new advanced technology to replace traditional treatment techniques where the differential in outcomes justifies this approach and we look at opportunities to collaborate across organisations that can offer synergistic outcomes for all stakeholders.
As health innovation interfaces with everyone in the world, it touches every individual at some point in their lifetime whether we are conscious of this or otherwise. It promises unanticipated ways to prevent, diagnose and monitor health issues.
The COVID-19 pandemic has solidified the importance of digital healthcare within society. Consultation and procedures migrated online to reduce social contact and transmission rates giving a boost to the nascent field of telemedicine. This paradigm shift in healthcare, as patients seek care that can be delivered virtually within the confines of their homes has focused attention on digital health offerings.