patient empowerment
HIMSS21 Europe
Global healthcare leaders at the #HIMSS21Europe conference have called for the development of self-care apps, the enhancement of digital literacy and the transformation of clinician-patient communication to empower patients to help deliver sustainable healthcare.
Health Innovation Hub Chairman Jörg Debatin discusses how digital infrastructure and interoperability have helped Germany make significant progress in digitizing the patient journey.
Although progress has been made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, patient speaker and activist Theo Sergiou says there is room for improvement at an institutional level.
Miiskin introduces new first of its kind automatic imaging technology to support skin monitoring for patients at home.
Miiskin is also one of few select apps on NHS Apps Library.
Charles Parker, principal of Escentium Consulting, describes the value of various remote monitoring technologies.
Cianflone Domenico, associate professor at San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy, explains why it's "mandatory" to adopt new technologies that empower the patient.
Bryce Olson, healthcare strategist at Intel, shares his remarkable precision medicine survival story and how his work is empowering other cancer patients.