EVENTS HIMSS
HIMSS 2022 Europe - Leading the digital health debate Armin Scheuer, VP and Executive Director EMEA for HIMSS, details the importance of digital health and how HIMSS22 Europe can be a crucial venue for innovation
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igital health has been at the forefront of the healthcare debate for a long time. We all understand the need to harness the power of digital which is why it is so important to engage with digital health in a meaningful way. Through collaboration and interaction with our colleagues from all corners of the world, we can push the debate even further, and shine a light on how we can improve. At HIMSS22 Europe, attendees and delegates alike will have an unprecedented opportunity to engage with one another and examine the next steps for digital health together. Thought leaders can look forward to examining
issues to be challenged, what needs to change, and how digital can provide the best tool for revolutionising our health systems. As such, Armin Scheuer, VP and Executive Director EMEA for HIMSS, shared his thoughts on some of the key areas of interest at the HIMSS22 Europe conference in Helsinki. Q: What needs to change in the global health ecosystem? A: I truly believe that we need to realise the full health potential of every human everywhere - which is the vision of HIMSS. Increasing health equity through the
power of information and technology is HIMSS’ contribution to that. In highly developed countries, we would be looking at personalised healthcare, active ageing technologies or the use of artificial intelligence to support prevention and treatments of disease. In developing countries, the focus might be on ensuring access to basic health information and care through the mobile phone. But overall, the three major challenges - at least in developed countries - are the silver tsunami because of an ageing population, the chronic disease burden, and the increase in healthcare cost. Q: How can digital technology accelerate these changes? A: Data is the lifeblood of modern healthcare, and we see a great effort globally to better manage the access and use of healthcare data. Countries across the Middle East are rolling out Health Information Exchange. In Europe, massive government investments are oating into the modernisation of hospitals 9
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