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The COVID-19 outbreak accelerated the onboarding of digital health solutions, but what happens next?  In this session at HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference, Nordic healthcare experts discuss how best to leverage the progress made.   

The law may have to change to enable a healthy flow of European data according to a former European Commission Vice President. Jyrki Katainen was speaking at the HIMSS & Heath 2.0 European Digital conference today.

Shifting the focus from acute to preventative health and care is the ultimate aim for the digital transformation of health systems globally. Precision health integrates health insights and social determinants to improve clinical and financial outcomes.

Europe’s first GE Healthcare-powered Clinical Command Centre opened in 2019. GE Healthcare’s experience delivering Command Centres around the world tells them that providing caregivers with actionable real-time data is key to driving optimisation of healthcare.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen unprecedented impact on global level, not just on an economic scale but also putting health systems around the world on their limits.

‘Critical care in critical settings – the human factor makes the difference’ was the theme of the recent HIMSS Dutch Community webinar that was moderated by Conchita Kleijweg, manager expertisecentrum Nictiz. Dave Tjan, intensivist and medical manager Acute Care at Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei, Joyce Simons, senior managing consultant healthcare at Berenschot and Robert Stegwee, strategic consultant for Health IT, shared their valuable insights around their experiences.

In a keynote discussion today at the HIMSS & Heath 2.0 European Digital Event, healthcare leaders from Australia, India and the UK swapped tips and best practices.

Eight health tech companies, selected by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, will present their solutions at the event. The technology on display will include innovations in medical device manufacturing, remote medical treatment systems and medical software.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated telehealth development in countries around the world, including Italy. In this session at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference, Italian healthcare experts reflect on the progress made in digital health.  

The new triage tool was developed by Sana Digital, the innovation arm of Sana Kliniken AG, in cooperation with the startup Infermedica that brought its already existing version of a Symptom Checker into the cooperation.