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Petra Hoogendoorn from EU project Label2Enable explains how patients and doctors want their governments to take responsibility for filtering and recommending healthcare related apps.
Quy Vo-Reinhard, dHealth Foundation director and cofounder, explains how technologies like blockchain and smart contracts may underpin EMRs of the future, but for regulators and users to keep up, there needs to be an emphasis on education.
Joaquim Cunha, executive director of Health Cluster Portugal, explains passionately how his association coordinates multiple stakeholders to amplify the relatively smaller EU state's healthcare competitiveness and innovation.
Maria Hassel from the Swedish eHealth Agency says she is optimistic that EHDS legislation can be enacted within 12 months, with Sweden already using health data to improve health policy decisions and innovation.
Louisa Stuwe of France's Ministry of Health explains how the national "Ma Santé 2022" strategy paved the way for a national digital health doctrine, by engaging in multiple stakeholder and citizen consultations and by securing funding.
Louisa Stuwe of France's Ministry of Health explains how France promoted the development of 16 digital health ethics principles during its EU Presidency in 2022, to underpin both the EHDS and the digital health single market.
Louisa Stuwe of France's Ministry of Health explains how France established fast-track access and reimbursement for digital medical devices, both for remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics, which is similar to the German DiGA model.
HIMSS23 Europe Startup PitchFest winner Doctomatic uses AI to collect and assess roemote patient measurements for settings including care homes and clinical trials, says cofounder Carmen Pauline Rios Benton.
Osama El-Hassan from the Dubai Health Authority describes how GCC countries needed to develop a local digital health workforce by upskilling existing healthcare professionals. The next phase is to promote innovation.
Startup PitchFest at HIMSS23 Europe winner Clynx makes physiotherapy an enjoyable experience for patients, while helping providers expand their responsiveness and while unlocking new revenue streams, says the company's CEO and cofounder Joana Pinto.
Anca del Rio, a leader in Basel's health tech arena, talks about judging the Startup PitchFest at HIMSS23 Europe in Lisbon, sharing thoughts on success factors for health tech startups.
Holland-based Direct Diagnostics, a HIMSS23 Europe Startup PitchFest winner, has a highly scalable solution promoting in-home preventative testing, says CEO Elsemieke Hackenitz.