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The NHS must adopt a new attitude toward innovation, says Ramon Vullings, speaker, author, cross-industry expert and self-titled ideaDJ.

Sam Shah, digital health advisor and former NHSX director of digital development, discusses what can be extracted from the Middle East experiences, including personal health records, health information exchange and other digital health learnings.

Findings on the effects of space travel on human health are being used to prepare for a long-term mission to Mars, says Julie Robinson, chief scientist at NASA's ISS division.

Rather than the annual Connected Health Conference, the Personal Connected Health Alliance and HIMSS will be prioritizing smaller, more curated events next year, say HIMSS' Kerry Amato and the PCHA's Robert Havasy.

Dr. Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS International, says health tech ideas are coalescing toward a real sea change.

The Big C. founder Stefanie Veraghtert says she created the platform to help connect a community that offers leadership and skill training, while transforming the patient journey.

Health 2.0 exposes longtime healthcare professionals to new ideas from innovative companies and helps those startups learn from experts, says Danielle Cocanougher, director of strategic partnerships at myLAB Box.

Digital health enthusiast John Nosta weighs in on the three D's of health innovation - device, data, decision - and why the diffusion of innovation must be a priority.

Ver2 Digital Medicine CEO Brian de Francesca talks about how telemedicine has evolved and efforts to provide medical care to refugees in camps using a cloud-based EHR built on blockchain.

Mike Fuller, regional managing director at InterSystems, declares that shaping the future of healthcare IT requires an understanding of common problems and solving them in a whole health economy.