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Mark Duman, managing director of MD Healthcare Consultants, discusses the need to allow citizens to embrace innovation and urges all stakeholders to collaborate in order to achieve a cultural shift in the NHS.
The NHS must ensure that it takes advantage of the opportunity that technology bestows upon it by ensuring that all stakeholders are prepared and willing to embrace innovation, says James Freed, CIO, Health Education England.
(Sponsored) Using digital tools helps free up clinic time, makes it easier for patients to access care while improving patient outcomes, says Andy Payne, PHR Subject Matter Expert, NHS Digital.
Further collaboration between key stakeholders in needed to protect the NHS' national critical infrastructure against hacktivists, major crime organizations and nation states, says Dr. Saif Abed, healthcare cybersecurity expert with AbedGraham.
Bart Geerts, consultant and senior researcher of anesthesiology at Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands says that his organization's board is now implementing an AI strategy that factors in governance, transparency and quality control.
Mapping current activities is an important first step, says Claus Duedal Pedersen, Head of International Department at Odense University Hospital, but a focus on clinical needs is key when implementing an effective AI strategy.
(Sponsored) Ali Abi Raad, InterSystems director of sales for the Middle East and India, says the next three years will lay the foundation to achieve the country's ambitious Vision 2030 plan to transform healthcare.
Ewan Davis, CEO, Inidus, says that patient-centered care is important, but it's also necessary to focus on how your staff is supported to deliver that care. He also shares his predictions and hopes for the future of the NHS.
Pirkko Kortekangas, Chief Development Officer at UNA Plan in Finland, says that data privacy is a priority, but sharing information is key in terms of identifying medical solutions.
Dr. Ngiam Kee Yuan, Group Chief Technology Officer at the National University Hospital in Singapore, hopes that his organization's AI and machine learning tools will serve to augment clinical practice and eventually lead to improved patient care.
(Sponsored) Julian Ranger, chairman of Digi.Me, talks about what UK health secretary Matt Hancock needs to do to open a new digital era in healthcare.
Adrian Byrne, CIO of the UK's University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, discusses his organization's journey toward developing an electronic patient record (EPR), which involved an integration engine and standard messaging.