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From 29-31 May, our team joined the 2024 HIMSS Europe Conference (#HIMSS24Europe) held in Rome, Italy. This conference brought together health professionals, scientists, experts and policymakers, among others, on a thought-provoking discussion on tomorrow’s healthcare. 💡🔬   💬 In a panel discussion on the next steps of the European Health Data Space (#EHDS) legislation, Gozde Susuzlu Briggs (EPF’s Senior Programme Manager) highlighted the benefits of EHDS for patients, healthcare professionals and public health, and stressed the need to ensure inclusive implementation.     💬 Valentina Strammiello (EPF’s Director of Strategic Initiatives) joined a discussion on the role of digital portals for patients. She highlighted that digital health tools should lead to easier management of patients’ chronic conditions, as well as EHDS’ potential to allow patients to have better access and control of their own data.    Find more highlights of the event 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFbcYA8      Label2Enable EDiHTA Horizon Europe (project) Gravitate Health #withpatients4patients #datasaveslives #healthcare #PatientEngagement #AIinHealthcare

📢 Indicon Società Benefit (SB) is proud to attend #𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 with our poster '𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐆𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑'. 🎯 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: the poster analyzes DiGA prices, highlighting differences between reimbursement after negotiations with SHI, trends from 2020 to 2024, and correlations between price and therapeutic area. Authors: Paola Minghetti, Valentina Pagella, Elena Lanati, Paolo Rocco 👉 To learn more, download the 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐃𝐓𝐱 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 https://lnkd.in/dqXNvHXC The Report was presented on September 24, 2024, at Senato della Repubblica. It represents the result of work by the Digital Health Policy Lab, a research initiative launched in 2022 through a collaboration between Indicon Società Benefit and the University of Milan. The project aims to promote the development and access of digital health technologies (DHT) in the Italian National Health Service.

What does it take to make the European Health Data Space a reality? #EHDS Thank you to ScanBalt and the #EDAH Consortium for organizing a high-level event on this topic alongside the Belgium EU Presidency. I have the privilege to support ScanBalt and the Chair of its digital working group Oliver Stenzel with drafting a declaration on digital transformation and innovation addressing European and national policy makers. We discussed progress and preliminary results of our survey that is still open for your input: https://lnkd.in/eQnjv2Bn Key takeaways on challenges and opportunities towards implementation: - Harmonizing opt-out across 27 member states: A crucial detail to address. - Role of health data access bodies as key enablers in the model. They must receive the needed national support. - Applause to Jean-Marc Bourez and EIT Health for their comprehensive report on EHDS implementation. - Great industry advancements in Germany with the sphin-X project driving a health data space as shown by Rabea Knorr - The absence of the UK in this journey is still so sad! A long road ahead with significant opportunities for patients, healthcare systems, healthcare professionals, and innovators on the horizon.

🚨 New Policy Document Published! 🚨 The BioMed Alliance has released How the Healthcare & Research Community Can Help Build the European Health Data Space (EHDS), drawing on the experiences of healthcare professionals and researchers in health data sharing. This document builds on insights from our October 15 workshop, Building Bridges: Towards the Implementation of the EHDS, where stakeholders explored opportunities for collaboration and the vital role of medical societies. As we enter the implementation phase, stakeholder involvement will be essential to address challenges and ensure the EHDS meets the needs of healthcare and research. 📖 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dYYA7KTX #EHDS #HealthData #Policy

Canada Healthcare Innovation Summit #CANADAHIS in Montreal is getting started today by Federal Health Minister l Hon. Mark Holland, PC, MP. Will be focusing on pan-Canadian partnerships and interoperability to support Canadian innovation today. CanPath - Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health; Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); Canadian Blood Services

📣Cascais International Health Forum 📣 If your focus is truly on #citizens / #patients, you need to join our session to discuss navigating #healthdata together🔝🔝🔝Bernd Rosenbichler Miguel Amador Paulo Goncalves

To empower those leading the transformation EIT Health has released their Think Tank report, “Implementing the European Health Data Space across Europe” that pinpoints specific challenges that key actors may face in implementing the European Health Data Space and makes recommendations as to how these can be overcome. This report reveals our ecosystem’s unique insights into how the vision for this vital legislation can be made a reality. EIT Health Scandinavia

✨ Revisiting the Power of Data in Healthcare ✨ As someone deeply committed to creating spaces for impactful dialogue, I’m proud to share the keynote sessions from the last Health Data Forum Global Hybrid Summit—a platform I helped shape to elevate discussions on data-driven healthcare innovation. Today, we’re highlighting the voices of global leaders who are transforming the health sector through evidence-based insights: 🌟 Prof. Shirley V Wang Wang (Harvard Medical School) 🌟 Manuel Bosch Arcos (Ribera Salud) 🌟 Saleem Sayani, PhD. Sayani (Aga Khan University) 🌟 Pedro Ramos (Regional Secretary for Health, Governo Regional da Madeira) 🌟 Rui Santos Ivo (Vice-Chair Management Board European Medicines Agency and President of INFARMED, I.P.) 🌟 Elena Petelos (EUPHA - European Public Health Association) 🌟 Eric Sutherland (OECD - OCDE) hosted by George T Mathew, MD, MBA, FACP (Chair of the Advisory Board Health Data Forum ) These sessions explore the importance of health data and real-world evidence in shaping policies and improving outcomes, reflecting our collective effort to foster collaboration and innovation. 🎥 You can now revisit their insightful talks on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/dZkjmFcv 📢We are also on LinkedIn Live this week with all these replays, check your favoured time to register to watch here: https://lnkd.in/d2JjNHWW Join the conversation and be part of the global movement driving healthcare transformation through dialogue and data. Let’s build a future where collaboration and evidence-based decisions lead the way. #HealthDataForum #HealthcareInnovation #DataDrivenDecisions #CollaborationArchitect #GlobalDialogue

🇪🇺 Information Points for Citizens under the #EHDS - Workshop report is now online! How to inform citizens appropriately and how to involve them in the sharing of their health data for research? How to build information portals providing ongoing information on data-driven health research? These questions have been discussed at a workshop organised by the EU-Project EHDS2Pilot on 3-4 September 2024 in Brussels. TMF communication experts Sophie Elise Haderer and Wiebke Lesch presented communication measures and the public portal of the Medizininformatik-Initiative (MII). ➡The outcome of the workshop are recommendations that will inform the implementation of Art. 35 (3) of the future EHDS Regulation. Ideally, national nodes and Health Data Access Bodies will be able to build on existing experience and learn from success factors as well as pitfalls. 📌Why, what to, when to and how to communicate? Learn more about our recommendations and find the workshop report here: https://bit.ly/3Z7dgGz Pausan, M., Schlünder, I., & Mayrhofer, M. T. (2024). Information Points for Citizens under the EHDS Workshop Report V2.0. Zenodo. https://lnkd.in/eXnjJSZk Thank you, BBMRI-ERIC and Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, PhD, Verena Borecky and Irene Schlünder for the fantastic workshop organization.

How can digital innovation transform healthcare?   This is the question being asked in the latest episode of the Transforming Health Series, where we look to the Central Europe and Baltics (CE&B) region as they delve into the unique healthcare challenges faced across the 14 countries and discuss what is being done to overcome them.   It was great to hear first-hand from my colleagues Laura Saar and Tuba Albayrak on how digital innovation has the power to address healthcare disparities and improve patient outcomes through regional solutions which ultimately lead to impactful, local change.   This will be the final episode of our J&J Innovative Medicine Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Transforming Health series for the year, and if you haven’t had a chance to listen in before, you can catch up on all the episode here: https://bit.ly/3UWllg2.   Over the last two series, the team have explored some of the big topics we’re facing as an industry, providing real-world solutions from experts who work on these healthcare challenges every day. It also serves as a reminder that we can all learn a lot from those around us.   #TransformingHealth #FutureOfHealthcare #MyCompany