Patient Engagement

Interoperability is the key to being able to deliver the right care, at the right time and with the right information, according to East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust CIO Stephen Bromhall.  

The Dubai Health Authority's Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh, says the drive toward leveraging telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience.

Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia, talks about how the country's citizens have full access to how their data is used in managing their healthcare, which helps in building and maintaining trust between stakeholders.

Benjamin Philippe, HP's EMEA Healthcare Sales and Business Development Lead, discusses achieving high quality patient care by reducing the rate of healthcare-associated infections, while securing patient information.

Weill Cornell Medical College Psychiatry Professor JoAnn Difede describes her early work on a simulated digital therapy for PTSD patients, and how it led to her current work on VR therapeutics.

GE Healthcare Enterprise Imaging Solutions' Omar Sunna describes how partnerships are helping the company's AI platform tackle siloed healthcare data.

Mark Hutchinson, chief digital officer at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, says the support of the clinical workforce has been imperative in successfully embedding a digital strategy to improve the patient experience.

Alan Craig, a patient advocate from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is using patient portal MyChart to better manage his condition.

Dr. Ali Abdulkarim Al Obaidli, group chief academic affairs officer at Abu Dhabi Health Services, says all stakeholders must work collaboratively to provide optimum and personalized patient care.

Kevin Freiert, principal of Salem Oaks Consulting, says pharmas are becoming more interested in patients' personal experiences -- and their input.