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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.

We need to skill up the workforce and take advantage of the data available to help prevent clinician burnout, says Dr. Harpreet Sood, co-founder of NHS Digital Academy.

Angela Velkova, director for communities and strategic relations for HIMSS International, talks about the newly launched HIMSS Nursing & Midwifery Informatics (England) Network.

Omar Shraim, CIO at SapphireHMS, Kuwait, is focusing on the push to the payer-provider model, where the private sector occupies a larger role and patients are put at the center.

Ramon Vullings, speaker, author, cross-industry expert and self-titled ideaDJ, discusses why the NHS needs to adopt a new attitude toward innovation.

Alex MacLeod, manager of HealthShare Commercial Initiatives at InterSystems, shares the key areas where artificial intelligence is expected to make a real difference in healthcare in the coming years.

Johnathan Pascall, EMEA sales director of uPerform by Ancile, says clinicians need access to the resources required to use digital systems as painlessly as possible to free up their time.

Dr. Phil Moore, deputy clinical chair at the NHS Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group, says there are challenges to overcome in the latest attempt to transform healthcare in the UK.