Quality and Safety
Andrew Rebhan, consultant at The Advisory Board, discusses emerging tech for which hospitals should prepare, including biopsychosocial IT, internet of things, 3D printing, augmented reality and more.
Kate Birch, head of data and technology at Melbourne Genomic Health Alliance in Australia, says rare conditions have been identified and treated successfully through pediatric gene testing.
Australia's My Health Record provides more than 90% of the country's citizens with a national eHealth record that can help them improve their digital health journey, says Codesain CEO Rachel De Sain.
Konstantin Hyppönen, chief architect at Kanta Services in Finland, discusses how better tools can enable patients to manage their own healthcare from home.
James Hawkins, director of strategy at NHS Digital, discusses how the NHS.UK platform provides users with an app that allows them to access their own records, book appointments, order prescriptions and do basic triage.
HIMSS CTIO Steve Wretling discusses the future of healthcare as well as the key issues, system applications and data outcomes the Health 2.0 Annual Conference brings to the forefront.
The health apps landscape is growing beyond just wellness management, says Liz Ashall-Payne, co-founder and CEO of ORCHA.
Augmented reality and virtual reality can play an "amazing" role in surgery, helping surgeons, patients and residents, says Tristan van Doormaal, a neurosurgeon at UMC Utrecht in the Netherlands.
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.