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Dr Bilal Mateen, senior manager and clinical technology lead at the Wellcome Trust, shares how the trust addresses global health challenges, especially mental health, the impact of climate change on health and infectious diseases.
Germany's national digital maturity assessment has revealed that interoperability is a major barrier. Some hospitals don't want to share data, some are not able to, says Prof. Alexander Geissler from the University of St. Gallen.
"In this post-COVID world there just isn't enough capacity to meet the demand globally," Numan Chief Medical Strategy Officer Sam Shah says while discussing the need to create meaningful services that are accessible and make better use of resources.
Dr. Tamsin Brown, delivery lead at NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and pediatric lead at ORCHA, shares her learnings from the pandemic, including a mindset shift among patients and clinicians regarding digital tools and apps.
In this interview Agnes Buzyn, executive director at the WHO Academy, introduces the new learning center offering 100 programs, including blended formats, to health and care workers, policymakers and the public worldwide by 2024.
Alexander Meyer, CMIO at the German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB), talks about the running project of building a digital hospital, AI and the overall status of interoperability in German healthcare.
"It is important to streamline and coordinate our efforts to build a digital health workforce and to build international cooperation," says Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, professor and head of digital health at Deggendorf Institute of Technology.
According to Tarja Stenvall, Sanofi SVP of key markets and general medicines, a crucial cornerstone is to have well-informed and engaged patients. With less red tape, she finds, trust will turn into better patient engagement.
Hassan Chaudhury, interim commercial director for DATA-CAN, the UK's Health Data Research Hub for Cancer, discusses the mission of HDR UK and explains how access to data can improve patient journeys.
In order to help discriminated groups and reduce health disparities, key stakeholders must show "amazing leadership and be incredibly brave," says Steve Gilbert, a serious mental illness living experience consultant and anti-racism advisor.
(Sponsored) "You have to get a hold of the data and understand the business process. And then have a platform that supports the agility needed," says Atif Chaughtai, global healthcare market leader at Red Hat.
Digital Health & Patient Expert Birgit Bauer speaks about the core aspects of the Gravitate Health project and her involvement in the project's User Advisory Group, by offering the user perspective for a meaningful patient engagement.