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Patients In A Rapidly Changing Healthcare Technology Environment European Patients’ Forum (EPF) wants to increase patient involvement in the digitalization of healthcare. This is a leading theme of the virtual EPF Congress 2021 “Digital transformation of healthcare” (October 26-29). We talked with the President of the EPF, Marco Greco, about patients in a new, digital world. Since digital healthcare has gained momentum, patients have become more empowered. Could you please name the critical benefits for patients from digital transformation? What new challenges has digitization brought?
Digital transformation has created an in-
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credible number of potential benefits for patients in terms of accessibility, health data, monitoring, services, and followup. Technological advancements are rapidly changing the EU healthcare landscape as a whole, including increasing the use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence-based tools for public health and
healthcare services and research and developing personalized medicine and targeted therapies. The main challenges revolve around addressing ethical issues, ensuring a transparent and accountable policy framework, data governance, a fit-forpurpose regulatory framework, equita-
