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Luca Chittaro of Italy's University of Udine says that performing medical procedures in virtual reality and 3D simulations allows students to learn without risk before working on mannequins or real patients.
Sam Amory, managing director for Dedalus AMEA, says Asia, the Middle East and Africa share similar laws around data sharing, reflecting synergies that he aims to strengthen and build on in his new role.
Professor Anne Moen of Gravitate-Health discusses the company's G-lens, which highlights key product information in drug packaging for patients based on data from their International Patient Summary.
Lisa Hanselmann, Inria's European project manager, advises creating consensus as much as possible among team members when collaborating on interdisciplinary projects like FLUTE's federated learning platform for prostate cancer.
Dr. Tapani Piha and Dr. Cátia Pinto discuss recommendations from this year's meeting of HIMSS' Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe, which aims to inform and advise European policymakers about digital health.
Marco Foracchia, AUSL Reggio Emilia CIO, says the health system has reached digital maturity by building its organizational strategy and philosophy over the past decade around the EMRAM guidelines.
Graham Holland, deputy chief pharmacist at the Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, says the hospital, which was the first in Europe to achieve the new EMRAM Level 7, built its digital strategy around this accreditation goal.
Since the country formed a central body to oversee all its medical facilities, Vugar Ramazanov of Azerbaijan's Digital Medical Solutions says health services' quality and accessibility have already improved.
Jeremy Dähn, president of the HIMSS D-A-CH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) community, talks about leveraging HIMSS' thought leadership and advocacy to encourage German policymakers to pass laws requiring data sharing.
Fay Stevenson, ICT director at Barts Health NHS Trust, says that achieving INFRAM Stage 6 helped the trust demonstrate to the NHS that its long-term, £60 million digitization project had significantly improved its IT infrastructure.
Sonia Kelly, Cleveland Clinic London's director of clinical informatics, explains how the hospital's journey to achieving EMRAM Stage 6 helped staff become more aware of the value of using technology and recording data more carefully.
Abdulrahman Al Mazyad of the Saudi Arabia Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, explains why the ministry chose to pursue and achieve four HIMSS accreditations, as well as why it is working towards a fifth.