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F&D Partners CEO Frank Zhang says South Korea's health system and digital infrastructure are helping society deal with the pandemic in an efficient and transparent way, while prioritizing the citizen.

Ifan Evans, director of technology, digital & transformation for the Welsh Government Health and Social Services, says Wales has benefited from being a small system and prioritized tools that have proved popular with patients.

Digital maturity must be utilized to improve outcomes and manage the pandemic more effectively, claims HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.

Jan Kimpen, chief medical officer at Philips, says younger healthcare professionals and the impact of COVID-19 are the focuses of the latest "Future Health Index" survey, which offers a vision into the potential of digital transformation.

Dr. Amy Abernethy, principal deputy commissioner at the U.S. FDA, discusses the FDA's role in balancing innovation, regulation and safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

Bogi Eliasen, director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, says technology must be used to improve healthcare for the whole world, rather than just the richest 10%.

Alexander Ihls, business development manager at Healthcare DACH, InterSystems, discusses how radiologists are benefiting from artificial intelligence.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust's staff played a big role in making the hospital the first in Europe to achieve Stage 6 of O-EMRAM and EMRAM, according to CCIO Shankar Sridharan.

Although progress has been made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, patient speaker and activist Theo Sergiou says there is room for improvement at an institutional level.

The NHS AI Lab will help facilitate the adoption of AI into clinical settings, says Indra Joshi, director of AI at the NHSX, who discusses the need for high-quality data.