In the first episode of The Alessi Agenda, Kevin Fenton, director of public health and wellbeing at Southwark, says new technologies can help healthcare build upon its existing infrastructure, but also evolve as patient needs change.

Embleema Chief Product Officer Nicolas Schmidt, speaking at startup accelerator MassChallenge's HealthTech Open Night, talks about how digital tools can put patients at the center of clinical trials and break down data silos.

(Sponsored) Find out how Cambridge University Hospitals are delivering safe, equitable and sustainable healthcare, while ensuring that the patient is placed at the center, in this tour of a leading EMRAM Stage 6 NHS trust in the UK.

(Sponsored) Speech recognition can increase the time clinicians spend with patients, and using the technology in the cloud will ensure clinicians are less restricted, says Dr. Simon Wallace, CCIO at Nuance Communications UK Ltd.

The future will see the rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree says Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH).

The support of the clinical workforce has been imperative in successfully embedding a digital strategy to improve the patient experience, says Mark Hutchinson, chief digital officer at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK.

Interoperability is the key when it comes to being able to deliver the right care, at the right time and with the right information, according to Stephen Bromhall, CIO at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust in the UK.

Mohannad Jameel M Brembali, general director of Health Supporting Systems at the Ministry of Health KSA, says that deploying telehealth will improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of the country.

With the aim of empowering patients, ePrescriptions are a priority that is being worked on in parallel with a push for telemedicine, says Dr. Robin Ohannessian from the French Society of Digital Health.

Having full access to patient portal MyChart has greatly improved the experience of Alan Craig, a patient advocate from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, by placing him at the center of his own care.

(Sponsored) Reducing the rate of healthcare-associated infections, while securing patient information are focus areas in achieving high quality patient care, says Benjamin Philippe, EMEA Healthcare Sales and Business Development Lead, HP Inc.

The drive toward leveraging telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience, says Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh, who is with the Dubai Health Authority in the UAE.