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Honorary clinical tutor Ijeoma Azodo discusses the Shuri Network, which addresses the need for diversity in providing the breadth of care currently lacking.

Gerrit Schumann, managing director at Handelsblatt Media Group, discusses the importance of decentralization of decision-making and greater collaboration in digital transformation projects.

Sinikka Salo, leader of change with Finland's Permanent Secretary's Cabinet Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Government, says trust and security are extremely important when it comes to using citizen data to improve health outcomes.

Jörg Studzinski, with HIMSS Analytics, and Jochen Messemer, with McKinsey & Company, discuss HIMSS European eHealth Survey findings, including telemedicine's growing importance and which countries are digital health role models and why.

Philips Market DACH CEO Peter Vullinghs says while Germany is seeing progress with digital health, the digitization process needs to speed up to keep up with the rest of Europe.

HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf says it's vital that we prepare our workforce for cultural change and learn to fail fast in our global digital transformation projects.

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

Amr Jamal, chairman of the Family and Community Medicine Department at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, says key to the digital transformation agenda is ensuring that the multiple stakeholders are aligned across the GCC region.

A range of support services and opportunities are offered primary care physicians in Bahrain to reduce burnout, says Dr. Manal Alawi Amin Al-Alawi, the country's assistant undersecretary for primary care.

Malaffi CEO Atif Albraiki says simultaneous provider projects, such as health information exchanges, make EMR adoption a challenge at times in the UAE, but stakeholders can learn from global experiences.