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Healthcare UK Digital Health Lead Hassan Chaudhury says universal healthcare is advocated in numerous countries as a model, but UK organizations must look beyond their borders to collaborate more effectively with other systems.

Communicating the benefits of technology early in the process helped prepare the workforce for change and cultivate an open-minded culture, says Katie Trott, CNIO at Royal Free London NHS FT.

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.

The initiative is based on a strategic partnership between the company and Jerusalem Venture Partners, Microsoft, Israeli entrepreneur Morris Kahn and others.

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.