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Stephen Bromhall, CIO at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, says that interoperability is the key when it comes to being able to deliver the right care, at the right time and with the right information.

Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh, head of clinical standards and guidelines at the Dubai Health Authority, says that the drive toward leveraging telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience.

Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia, says that citizens have full access to how their data is used in managing their healthcare which helps ensure trust remains high between the stakeholders.

Benjamin Philippe, EMEA Healthcare Sales and Business Development Lead at HP Inc., says that reducing the rate of healthcare-associated infections, while securing patient information are focus areas in achieving high quality patient care.

Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwait Association of Surgeons, says his country wants to learn from others and collaborate effectively with all stakeholders, which offers huge potential as the country moves toward a national electronic health record.

JoAnn Difede, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, talks about experience working with a simulated digital therapy for PTSD patients, and how it led to her current work on VR therapeutics.

Big things are coming to Thailand's medical tourism industry, says Dr. Tullawat Pacharapha of Vejthani Hospital.

Dr. Ahmed Safwat Mitwalli Elassal, board member with the Egyptian General Authority of Healthcare, says Egypt is well-placed to deploy best practice technology solutions across Africa.

Dr. Manish Kohli, managing director of Beyond Horizon Health, says in the innovation process, healthcare organizations need to align technology to the end results and choose the right tools to achieve them.

GE Healthcare Enterprise Imaging Solutions' Omar Sunna says partnering with cloud technology vendors, academics and international institutes is helping the company's AI platform tackle siloed healthcare data.