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Paula Cobb, head of Global Strategic Marketing for Healthcare Informatics at Philips, says the Future Health Index report focuses on how digital health technology can improve the clinician and patient experience across the globe.

Day 2 of our event in Helsinki included experts, startups and thought leaders discussing such pressing issues as interoperability and EHRs. Watch the stream in its entirety.

Watch the stream of the event's first day in its entirety, with discussions on hot topics including blockchain, cybersecurity and patient advocacy.

Physicians and nurses need to be part of any planned digital implementations to ensure a successful digital transformation, says Philippe Kolh, CIO at University Hospital of Liège, a Stage 6 EMRAM hospital.

It’s necessary to get clinicians interested in cybersecurity because of the potential risks to outcomes, says Saif Abed, MD, founding partner of AbedGraham Healthcare Strategies.

Michael Schwarz, executive director of IS at Indiana University Health System, says you don’t just jump into advanced analytics and machine learning. There’s a natural process.

One misconception is that machine intelligence will replace human clinicians; AI and ML, in fact,  will actually make the field a more attractive career choice for physicians and radiologists, says CHOC Children's CIO Anthony Chang, MD.

StethoMe's use of AI helped its smart stethoscope win the EC2VC pitch competition, says CEO and co-founder Wojciech Radomski, who discusses why AI is crucial in an era where more and more digital health devices are found in the home.

Thryve CEO and co-founder Friedrich Lämmel talks about his company’s EC2VC-winning solution that provides health-related data from smartphones and other digital devices, as well as the future of digital health startups.

When members of teams have social sensitivity, they become much more efficient and that improves the patient experience a lot, says Fortune Magazine Senior Editor at Large Geoff Colvin.