Quality and Safety

Vanessa Janissen, national director of strategy and service development at Calvary Health Care in Australia, says the digital health indicator has helped remove care siloes and enabled a more integrated, outcomes-orientated healthcare system.

The Digital Care Act will encourage companies to develop applications that can enter standard care and present greater opportunities for digital health innovation, claims Julia Pietsch, senior manager of digital health for Germany Trade & Invest.

Ifan Evans, director of technology, digital & transformation for the Welsh Government Health and Social Services, says Wales is prioritizing tools that have proved popular with patients.

Hal Wolf, president and CEO of HIMSS, says digital maturity must be utilized to improve outcomes and manage the pandemic more effectively.

Alexander Ihls, business development manager at Healthcare DACH, InterSystems, discusses AI application in radiology and its value to radiologists.

CalvertHealth adds clinical decision support and the ability to see patient activity outside the four walls of the hospital, enabling, among other things, a 94% reduction in Dilaudid use.

Progress is being made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, but there is room for improvement at an institutional level, says Theo Sergiou, a patient speaker and activist.

Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services in Israel, discusses implementing innovative services on a patient population level, based on data to identify potential issues to prevent disease.

The NHS AI Lab will help facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence into clinical settings, but quality of data is imperative, says Indra Joshi, director of AI at the NHSX.

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