Quality and Safety

Two benefits of using digital tools to help improve people's mental well-being are anonymity and remote access, says Victoria Betton, mHabitat founder and director and HIMSS UK Advisory Council member.

Petteri Kivimäki, CTO for Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions, details how Finland and Estonia use X-Road to enable the secure exchange of data, with opportunities to expand to the rest of Europe.

Dr. Abayomi Jaye channeled his own feelings of loss into positive action to help Nigeria's underserved patients, says the founder of Cecy Health Consult.

When working within a publicly funded healthcare system, training, education and access to technology for patients are imperative, says Mikko Vasama, general manager of Health Systems Nordics at Philips.

Over 90% of hospitals in Korea use an e-health system that tracks the patient journey; now the aim is to develop systems outside medical institutions, says Taegyun Song, director of Korea Health Industry Development Institute.

Henning Schneider, CIO of Asklepios Healthcare Group, discusses learning from others about improving interoperability and data exchange.

Dr. Johanna Mattson, director of Comprehensive Cancer Center at Helsinki University Hospital, said cancer patients who were more deeply connected to their caregivers lived 6-7 months longer.

Dr. Markus Müschenich, MPH, managing partner at Flying Health, says self-driving cars will free up time for riders who will no longer have to concentrate on driving, providing a business opportunity for digital health companies.

Identify super-users, communicate benefits to the staff and work together on the journey, says Rajakumari Ravikumar, director of nursing with Dubai Health Authority.

Konstantin Parshin, vice president of the Skolkovo Foundation, says the Russian high-tech innovation center includes startups with a mission to improve healthcare around the world.