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Despite rapid technological advances, poor governance and insufficient strategies are stalling global healthcare's digital transformation, says Dr Derya Şahin, OECD AI in Healthcare Expert Group member.
The Swedish eHealth Agency is leading efforts to create a central digital infrastructure for Sweden's 21 regions and adopt shared standards to align with the European Health Data Space, says Gunilla Nordlöf, the agency's director general.
Anne Moen, professor at the University of Oslo, discusses the Gravitate Health project's five-year effort to make prescription drugs' electronic product information easier for patients and caregivers to understand.
Jaanika Merilo of Estonia's Ministry of Social Affairs shares how the country's fully digital and interoperable health system is rolling out personalized services like cancer screenings based on patients' genomic data.
The Gloucestershire Acute NHS Trust's Matthew Little, who chaired the HIMSS Europe nursing summit, says nurses want AI tools that reduce administrative tasks and automate patient risk assessments, freeing time for hands-on care.
Marjolein Heemels, chief nursing officer at Maastricht UMC+, says the medical center focuses on training nurse leaders and involving nurses in care design, technology adoption and digital transformation.
Nicola Gentili, data analyst at IRCCS IRST Dino Amadori, discusses the FLUTE project, which will deploy federated learning to protect patient privacy while enabling hospitals to train algorithms specific to desired tasks.
As the European Health Data Space is being implemented, the Health Data Hub's Pauline Cohen says SHAIPED will help facilitate healthcare data access for medical device manufacturers.
As Denmark assumes the EU presidency in 2025, the University of Copenhagen's Martin Brynskov says the country intends to encourage cross-sector collaboration to ensure AI technology is implemented ethically.
As sweeping changes are planned for the NHS, Robert Birkett of the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust says digitalization and integrating systems will enable future care models.
Thanos Arvanitidis of Europe's ENTRUST project says the initiative is working with partners across multiple sectors to develop a framework and trust assessment that will advance cybersecurity for connected medical devices.
IHE Catalyst's Alexander Berler says the nonprofit is partnering with HIMSS to illustrate for regulators, vendors and clinicians how connecting systems improves patient care both domestically and during international travel.