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The first in the Middle East, and largest of its kind worldwide, SEHA Virtual Hospital is a pioneering initiative in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare advancement, explains Dr. Mohammed Alhamali, Chairman of the National Innovation and Regulatory Sandbox.
The digital arm of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health, Lean Business Services has been heavily involved in Vision 2030, the kingdom’s health-sector transformation program. Ahmed Alnaji, Lean’s director of unified health record, explains.
Osama El Hassan, co-founder and chair of the GCC Taskforce on Workforce Development in Digital Healthcare (ZIMAM) explains the organization's transition into an NGO and the reasons behind this strategic shift.
Lusíadas Saúde Health Group needed to measure and improve performance per its strategic goals and chose EMRAM to navigate their hospitals through digital maturity, moving from intuitive to evidence-based management, according to CCIO Dr Ana Prado.
Dr Shafi Ahmed explains that better workforce planning, radical changes in training, and flexible career paths that allow for periods outside clinical practice are essential to meet the squeeze on workforce.
Professor David Lowe from the Scottish government talks about use cases where AI can be adopted immediately, the foundations that need to be in place and the change management processes required for successful deployment.
Nicholas Bunger, data engineer at Balgrist University Hospital, explains how reaching EMRAM Stage 6 improved operational efficiency and delivered an increase in capacity, which was helped by the staff's appetite to embrace change and innovation.
Dr Ricardo Leite, CEO of I-DAIR, explains how digital makes it possible to shift from "disease systems" to "health systems" by focusing resources (particularly a limited workforce) on things that can be fixed, thereby reducing the burden of disease.
Opening in 2021, Abu Dhabi's Reem Hospital embraced the digital assignment early on. In this interview with HIMSS TV, IT director Naushad Mohammed shares the essential applications that played a crucial role in the hospital's successful launch.
Abigail Norville from the Netherlands Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport explains that healthcare needs to evolve and we will need to foster and train our existing healthcare workforce to work in new ways.
Filipe Santos Costa, chairman and CEO of AICEP highlights the attractiveness of Portugal to health sector companies, including tech startups and particularly pharma, by optimising infrastructure, licensing and financial incentives.
Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, says health equity requires pragmatic designs that balance off data access versus data protection and designs that are tolerant of more basic infrastructure.