COVID-19
During the pandemic, digital tools have been widely adopted across the globe, with remote monitoring for chronic care being popular in the Nordics, says Marianne Larsson, director of new industries and innovation at Innovation Skåne.
Because providers and citizens have an open mindset, rapid digital transformation was able to take place effectively during the pandemic, says Daniel Forslund, chairman of the Innovation and Development Committee in Region Stockholm.
COVID-19 is accenting the need for digital transformation in tackling complex healthcare challenges, so organizations are accelerating their implementation, says Alexander Ryan, Healthcare Alliances and Net New Sales Manager, EMEA, at Hyland.
Dr. Bridget Duffy, former chief experience officer at the Cleveland Clinic and CMO at Vocera, discusses burnout during the pandemic, protecting the safety of the healthcare workforce, and how technology can help and hurt.
Yale New Haven Health Services Medical Director Dr. Pam Hoffman discusses how telehealth became a service that required a "clinical champion" to a necessary part of the health system's offerings.
COVID-19 is presenting challenges and opportunities for real-world data generation surrounding scale, privacy and ethics, claims Nigel Hughes, the scientific director RWD/RWE at Janssen Research and Development.
Dr. Eric J. Rubin, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discusses maintaining rigorous editorial and medical standards while also exploring new ideas and concepts in a time when understanding of COVID-19 is changing by the day.
Matthew Gould, CEO of NHSx, says metrics about bed capacity, patient condition and shortages helped organize the health system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
F&D Partners CEO Frank Zhang says South Korea's health system and digital infrastructure are helping society deal with the pandemic in an efficient and transparent way, while prioritizing the citizen.
Digital maturity must be utilized to improve outcomes and manage the pandemic more effectively, claims HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.