HIMSS Digital Europe

Digital maturity must be utilized to improve outcomes and manage the pandemic more effectively, claims HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.

Jan Kimpen, chief medical officer at Philips, says younger healthcare professionals and the impact of COVID-19 are the focuses of the latest "Future Health Index" survey, which offers a vision into the potential of digital transformation.

Bogi Eliasen, director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, says technology must be used to improve healthcare for the whole world, rather than just the richest 10%.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust's staff played a big role in making the hospital the first in Europe to achieve Stage 6 of O-EMRAM and EMRAM, according to CCIO Shankar Sridharan.

Managing the whole population during the COVID-19 crisis is posing challenges, so we should share our learning, says Päivi Sillanaukee, ambassador for Health and Wellbeing of Finland and director-general of the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

Although progress has been made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, patient speaker and activist Theo Sergiou says there is room for improvement at an institutional level.

Innovative services have been implemented on a patient population level, based on data to identify potential issues to prevent disease, says Clalit Health Services Chief Innovation Officer Ran Balicer.

The NHS AI Lab will help facilitate the adoption of AI into clinical settings, says Indra Joshi, director of AI at the NHSX, who discusses the need for high-quality data.

Digital health futurist Shafi Ahmed says since COVID-19, users across the globe have been the "change makers" in ensuring that healthcare delivery is more equitable and accessible.

Patient speaker Monica Evason discusses the benefits of making community-based patient care more personal and human.