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Blockchain technology can be a game-changer, but it’s still in its infancy, so manage expectations accordingly, says Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO and co-founder at Medicalchain.

Petteri Kivimäki, CTO for Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions, says X-Road is being used by Finland and Estonia to enable the secure exchange of data, with opportunities to expand to the rest of Europe.

Mikko Vasama, general manager of Health Systems Nordics at Philips, says when working within a publicly funded healthcare system, training, education and access to technology for patients are imperative.

Nigel Hughes, scientific director at Janssen Clinical Innovation, says healthcare needs to focus on improving the speed to an answer without affecting the quality of the answer.

The Kotona At Home remote delivery care treatment center is a model of the future of digital healthcare.

Skolkovo includes startups with a mission to improve healthcare around the world, says Konstantin Parshin, vice president of the Skolkovo Foundation.

Stefanie Veraghtert says she started the Big C. – for “cancer, coffee and care” – to connect a community that offers leadership and skill training, while transforming the patient journey.

Finland is using health data to make the lives of its population easier, says the country’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Päivi Sillanaukee, MD, PhD.

The Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, a Global Digital Exemplar in the UK, is using EMRAM as a benchmarking tool to help drive its ongoing digital transformation strategy.

HIMSS TV will be live broadcasting from the conference in Helsinki on June 12 and 13. Watch HIMSS.tv to see in-depth interviews with the movers and shakers in digital health live at the event.