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Bogi Eliasen, director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, explains how the Nordics are using unique identifiers to collate each patient's data, while balancing better between prevention and care.
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.
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.
Dr 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.
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.
Holland-based Direct Diagnostics, a HIMSS23 Europe Startup PitchFest winner, has a highly scalable solution promoting in-home preventative testing, says CEO Elsemieke Hackenitz.
Jacqueline de Leeuw, CNIO at Radboud University Medical Centre (Radboudumc), explains the organization's motto "HIMSS 7-up" and how it has 200+ "digital nurses" innovating improved care processes.
Francine de Stoppelaar, Hospital Wide Operational Activation Lead of Cleveland Clinic London, explains how Cleveland built a natively-digital hospital from scratch, pioneering unit dosing in the UK to prevent medication admin errors.
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.
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.
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.
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.