EMEA

Marking its two-year anniversary this month, the HIMSS Middle East chapter is expanding, with strategic plans in place to contribute towards advancing regional healthcare ecosystems.

HIMSS23 Europe Startup PitchFest winner Doctomatic captures and assesses remote patient measurements using visual AI. Carmen Pauline Rios Benton, cofounder of the Spanish startup, shares the details.

Netherlands-based Direct Diagnostics promotes in-home preventative testing via its highly scalable solution, says CEO and cofounder Elsemieke Hackenitz.  

Sweden is already using health data to improve health policy decisions and innovation. It is optimistic that EHDS legislation can be enacted within a year, says Maria Hassel from the Swedish eHealth Agency.  

According to I-DAIR's Dr Ricardo Leite, we can reduce the burden of disease by focusing our limited workforce on things we can fix. Going digital makes this possible, so we can shift from "disease systems" to "health systems".

The emirate’s health authority has been on a steady mission to improve and revolutionise healthcare since 2014.

The full implementation of HIEs across countries including the UAE, KSA, and Qatar is set to transform healthcare in the region as we know it.

Scandinavian digital health firm DNV Imatis has joined forces with the Western Norway Regional Health Authority to launch a new digital solution.

Professionals from around the world can join the discussion on key digital health topics at the GCC eHealth Workforce Development Conference (eHWDC 2023), scheduled to take place in Dubai at the end of the month. 

With its commitment to transforming healthcare as part of Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is poised to operate a comprehensive Health Information Exchange (HIE) system that could potentially surpass its global counterparts.