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HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference 2019

Empowering patients with better tools

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Konstantin Hyppönen, chief architect at Kanta Services in Finland, discusses enabling patients to manage their own healthcare from home with right tools and identifying new care pathways available with secondary use of data.

 

Pushing the patient-power agenda in the UK

James Hawkins, director of strategy at NHS Digital, discusses how the NHS.UK platform empowers patients by providing, among various functions, an apps library that includes an app that allows users to access their own records.

 

Delivering anytime, anywhere healthcare

Australia's My Health Record provides more than 90% of citizens with a national eHealth record that can help users improve their digital health journey, according to Rachel De Sain, CEO, Codesain.
 

Investing in joined-up approach to health records for improved care

Associate CCIO for Primary Care NHS England Masood Nazir says that shared funding is an important part of creating a shared health record, which should mean that the money is utilized more efficiently.
 

Building citizen trust in data use

Transparency with fair data usage is being explored in Finland, says Jaana Sinipuro, Project Director at Sitra, while the country's general outlook is that data should be shared and used to improve services where possible.