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Dr. Este Geraghty, Esri's CMO and health solutions director, says the company curates 15,000 variables of lifestyle, behavioral, demographic, geographic and spending data from 130-plus countries that's available through The Living Atlas website.

Audacious Inquiry President Scott Afzal says his company created an encounter notification service for physicians that has become the starting point for using triggered events for a health information exchange.

Big tech platforms and entrepreneurs are looking at the new type of tech in messaging, monitoring and managing systems, says Matthew Holt, digital healthcare expert and president of SMACK.health.

Shared funding is an important part of creating a shared health record, which should mean that the money is utilized more efficiently, says Associate CCIO for Primary Care NHS England Masood Nazir.

Kathy Minnis, director of product strategy at Microsoft, discusses how putting the right tools in clinicians’ hands can remove barriers to reconnecting with patients, while protecting data privacy.

Kate Birch, head of data and technology at Melbourne Genomic Health Alliance in Australia, discusses how rare conditions are being identified and successfully treated through pediatric gene testing.

Codesain CEO Rachel De Sain says Australia's My Health Record provides more than 90% of the country's citizens with a national eHealth record that can help them improve their digital health journey.

Transparency with fair data usage is being explored in Finland, while the country's general outlook is that data should be shared and used to improve services where possible, says Jaana Sinipuro, project director at Sitra.

The right tools can enable patients to manage their own healthcare from home, says Konstantin Hyppönen, chief architect at Kanta Services in Finland.

The NHS.UK platform empowers patients by providing, among various functions, an apps library that includes an app that allows users to access their own records, says James Hawkins, director of strategy at NHS Digital.