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The next generation of health and care technology: HIMSS22 Europe
The HIMSS22 Europe conference is set to be a landmark of innovation and collaboration, writes Healthcare World’s Fabian Sutch-Daggett
We are lucky to be present at such a pivotal moment within healthcare. We learned many lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the vast collaboration and ingenuity that emerged from this once-in-a-generation event is not something we have to consign to the history books. Those who developed such technologies, from personal health to portable care, pharmaceutical technologies and diagnostics, data and record solutions, were vital to getting through the pandemic, and now are enabling the healthtech industry to thrive like never before. The power of technology to revolutionise healthcare has already been proven, and it is now time to take the next steps.
For this reason the HIMSS22 Europe conference, running from June 14th-16th 2022, is sure to be the bellwether of the best the healthtech industry has to o er. There is an urgent requirement for development, collaboration, and innovation, and HIMSS22 Europe will provide a breadth of opportunities for operators from all sectors of the health ecosystem to become involved.
On o er at the conference are interactive workshops, thought leadership summits, engagements with governmental speakers and key decision-makers, networking events, and in-person visits to hospitals and care centres; enabling attendees to get truly hands-on with the technology and to understand the real benefit within the population.
With more than 120 total experts in the field appearing at the event, and more than 60 live sessions, there is truly something for everyone, from the newest startups to the biggest players in the field. Furthermore, many of these events are CPD accredited, making sure that attendees will be able to demonstrate their engagement with development in the field and a personal commitment to ensuring excellence within healthcare technology.
The conference provides attendees with 7 key thought areas, enabling attendees to focus their attention on the areas which are most applicable to them, while also engaging meaningfully with a wide range of thoughts and opinions. These areas include:
• AI: From Evidence to Mainstream
Practice - exploring key use cases for
AI in the sector, and the challenges to integrating AI into wider adoption. • Digital Public Health - looking at what a data-driven public health system could look like, and the levels at which it should operate. • Digital Transformation Summit - focusing on how people can best evaluate outcomes, ROI and the digital capabilities of the global health ecosystem, drawing on real-world evidence from the HIMSS O ice of
Scientific Research. • From Silos to Integrated Care - this examines the shi from siloed services to tightly integrated care based on the needs of patients and populations, and providing an in-depth look at the key drivers of integrated care, including policy, workforce and culture. • Person-Enabled Health - a timely discussion regarding the changing nature
of patient attitudes towards ownership of their own health, and how organisations can engage with this in the most e ective ways. • Radical Health Outlook - These educational sessions will explore radical health innovations, and how to identify the healthcare innovations that are truly
‘radical’. • Workforce Empowerment - Using practical case studies, these sessions will explore early adopters who create and trial new technologies on the front line, and how we can support clinicians and their teams to better understand, trust and capitalise on technology.
Some of the highlights of the event include the Welcome Keynote “Reshaping Health and Care to Put People First”, which “will celebrate resilience in the face of adversity and mark a new, collaborative era in healthcare across Europe and globally,” as well as a discussion on “how key players across the health ecosystem can work together to deliver equitable, sustainable, genuinely person-centred care for a digital age.”
A recurring theme on o er at the conference is a commitment to building our health systems back up a er COVID, and preparing for the challenges that the future may hold for us. This issue is addressed in the “Humanity’s Moment for Reimagining Health & Care” keynote, detailing the way that governments are “rethinking health as an investment and recognising that robust healthcare systems are essential to recovery and growth post-pandemic”. Similarly the “Climate Crisis: Healthcare’s Responsibility to Our Planet” keynote, outlines “how rapid digital transformation of healthcare can be delivered in an eco-sustainable way, ensuring the recent explosion of data and technology in patient care helps to solve and not exacerbate the problems.”
The event will close out in the beautiful Winter Garden in Helsinki, o ering delegates and attendees a chance to reflect and digest the developments and learning at the event itself.
HIMSS22 Europe is certain to provide a fantastic opportunity for healthcare operators from Europe and the healthcare ecosphere at large with a chance to engage meaningfully with the latest developments in the healthtech industry.
