Digital Health

HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf says the global consortium for eHealth interoperability and the digital health indicators are just two success stories that have been introduced this year by HIMSS with the aim of improving healthcare.

Terry Boch, chief commercial officer at Diameter Health, discusses the regulatory and data landscape in health tech.

Dr. Suliman Alomran, medical informatics lecturer at the College of Medicine, King Saud University, talks about the Saudi response to the pandemic, the contact tracing apps adopted and the digital platforms that will be used long after the COVID-19 crisis.

The pandemic is highlighting the need to drive digital maturity with investment, while addressing data sharing models, says Ahmad AbuSalah, health informatics and intelligence officer at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.

Mohammad Alrehaili, executive GM of government & key sales at Mobily, discusses the company's role in building the required infrastructure to enable internet of things services and devices in healthcare services.

For those treating and caring for the medically underserved, digital is changing the game, says Rene Cabral-Daniels, CEO of Cenevia.

Omar Shraim, CIO for SapphireHMS, discusses the importance of digital transformation and how SapphireHMS endeavors to improve patient care.

Sibu Siddique, VP of Digital Transformation and Customer Success at GE Digital, says tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning will support patient mobility, and associated data, in the future.

David Berridge, deputy chief medical officer at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, says a universal standard for more automation and better monitoring of product quality are needed.

Steven Matarelli, senior clinical executive at Vocera Communications, says a key consideration when building a digital plan is that it be interoperable and scalable.