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Etsimo's platform can help increase patient empathy by freeing up doctors' time while ensuring patients stay healthier longer, says co-founder and CEO Thomas Grandell.

New Zealand has 4.5 million people, 20 autonomous government healthcare groups, different incentives and an "interesting way of procurement" that makes it difficult for vendors, says Taranaki District Health Board CIO Steven Parrish.

Dan Bowden, CISO, and Michael Reagin, CIO of Sentara Healthcare, see big advances in cloud security – with a deeper understanding of the configurations needed for data privacy in the public cloud.

Aaron Miri, CIO of UT Health Austin and Dell Medical School, says many hospitals are doing a heroic job with limited resources but those are often not sustainable without major changes. 

AI has already moved beyond its status as a novel technology with exciting potential use cases to one that is helping solve real-world challenges and improving patient outcomes, says Todd Schlesinger, VP of business development at Jvion.

Intermountain is looking at data, prescribing habits and EHR defaults to help curtail the issue, says Dr. James Hellewell, medical director of Care Transformation Information Systems at the healthcare provider.

Ver2 Digital Medicine aims to improve access to healthcare for refugees at scale by connecting them with doctors via a ubiquitous telehealth platform, says CEO Brian de Francesca.

With the maturity of the Nordic healthcare model, the time is ripe to focus on predictive care, while lowering the costs to patients and improving efficiency for providers, says Cambio Healthcare Systems SVP Jan E. Larsson.

Toni Suihko, CIO at South Karelia Social and Health Care District, says integrating data is at the heart of digital transformation in healthcare.

Julio Vivero, business partner at GMV, says medical devices and data privacy are two huge cybersecurity issues the healthcare industry is facing, and a one-size-fits-all approach is not the solution.