Innovation Pulse

Representatives from two healthcare providers and a technology partner discussed the meaning, processes and obstacles to innovation in healthcare at the HIMSS Australia Digital Health Summit.

Partnership plans to bring innovations such as robotic surgery to Shaikh Shakhbout Medical City.

Andrew Maza, vice president of clinical affairs at Forest Devices, discusses how the exposure and connections made at tech competitions help participants.

Matthew Honeyman, researcher at The King's Fund, says ensuring that users are engaged in the design and implementation of systems will be one of the key challenges facing the new NHSX unit.

Eduardo Cornejo, senior director of digital innovation at Sanofi, describes how the life sciences company decides which information technology vendors to partner with.

Ramon Vullings, speaker, author, cross-industry expert and self-titled ideaDJ, sees a need for the NHS to adopt a new attitude toward innovation.

Building bridges to share expertise around innovation in the NHS is at the heart of a new partnership between HIMSS and Healthcare UK, says Rahul Agarwal, assistant director of healthcare at the Department for International Trade in the UK.

This second article in a series of three articles (check out the first article on the Data track here) focusing on the breakout tracks at the upcoming HIMSS Australia Digital Health Summit (ADHS) will touch on innovation.

Hakim Yadi, CEO and co-founder of Closed Loop Medicine, says the development of digital health technologies should not stray "too far away" from the academic and clinic rigor applied to the pharma industry.

Applications of existing technology are safer short-run bets, but big success may come from whole new platforms and technologies, says Jon Gordon, founder and managing director of D51 Ventures.