Victoria Betton, mHabitat founder and director and HIMSS UK Advisory Council member, says two benefits of using digital tools to help improve people's mental well-being are anonymity and remote access.
Norway is using lessons from oil and gas industry successes along with the country's pioneering culture to fuel the drive to maximize the healthcare system's potential, Norway Health Tech CEO Kathrine Myhre, winner of the HIMSS Europe Future50 award.
While AI can help with recognizing patterns and diagnosis, physicians still need to use clinical judgment and manage the patient as a person, says Colin Tan, associate professor of ophthalmology at Duke NUS Medical School.
Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia, says that nearly 20% of the country's citizens are gene donors, giving it a very valuable asset for implementing precision medicine.
Blockchain technology can be a game-changer, but it’s still in its infancy, so manage expectations accordingly, says Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO and co-founder at Medicalchain.
Petteri Kivimäki, CTO for Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions, says X-Road is being used by Finland and Estonia to enable the secure exchange of data, with opportunities to expand to the rest of Europe.
Dr. Abayomi Jaye, founder of Cecy Health Consult, explained how he channeled his own feelings of loss into positive action to help Nigeria's underserved patients.
Mikko Vasama, general manager of Health Systems Nordics at Philips, says when working within a publicly funded healthcare system, training, education and access to technology for patients are imperative.
The Dubai Health Authority's initiative integrates devices and informatics with the EHR to improve experience for pediatric patients, says DHA nurse Ashish Ann John.
We need to learn more about the behaviors of consumers before maximizing the global potential of the human and machine collaboration in healthcare, according to Zoltan Lantos, head of Social Innovation Lab at iAsk.
