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Telehealth and eHealth

 

Quality through specialization: Presentation, Daniel Ohman, GHP Speciality Care

The DRG system with payment per activity is a significant hurdle to improvements. In a unique customer collaboration with focus on outcomes, GHP has been able to deliver significant cost savings, quality improvements and innovations through the entire care pathway. GHP is a Nordic clinic chain which is now also manages hospitals in the GCC. Here Daniel looks at new contracts where GHP is paid by Sweden’s largest insurer on a per capita basis for orthopaedic and spine patients.

Lessons from the Future: New York State’s Medicaid Reforms: Presentation, John Howard, KPMG

Around 80-90% of payments to Medicaid providers in New York State will be based on quality outcomes by 2020. Much the new system, perhaps the most advanced of its kind in the world, are already up and running. Here John looks in detail at the implication for providers, whether they are delivering elective acute care or chronic disease management programmes. How is the new system affecting consumers and the behaviour of referring doctors? How is New York using big data to analyse outcomes?

Helping to inform your choice of hospital: Presentation, Matt James, PHIN

From April 2017, the UK’s Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) will go live with a mammoth website representing nearly 2 million datapoints covering the output of 14,000 consultant doctors with private practice at over 500 hospitals. Patients will be able to search for hospitals or doctors by procedure and make immediate comparisons on essential quality measures. Adopting NHS measures will facilitate direct and fair comparison of standards between the public and private sectors. That will make the UK one of very few countries where such comparison is possible.

Digital twin and beyond: Presentation, Dimitris Moulavasilis, Affidea

Pan-European imaging, radiotherapy and lab player Affidea has been deploying digital health solutions across 14 countries. Here Dimitris looks at how and where digital will impact the sector. He goes on to give specific examples where digital have enabled Affidea to improve quality and improve efficiency and their digital plans for the future.

Digital programs require collaboration and partnership: Presentation, Tim Taylor, EMRAD

Dr. Tim Taylor, Medical Director at EMRAD, one of the largest trusts in the UK, and David Hale, General Manager Enterprise Imaging & Care Area Solutions at GE Healthcare, will discuss the benefits of partnering in an Enterprise-based imaging information technology project. They will address the challenges they are facing in shaping a long term collaboration to evolve a complex health system into a cloud-based digital infrastructure, connecting productivity with care.

Building Revenue and Loyalty with Digital Health: Presentation, Janne-Olli Järvenpää, Mehilainen

Janne-Olli looks at how the Mehilainen hospital and outpatient network has launched a suite of IT services that really allow HR departments and line managers to get their hands around sickness issues and has helped cut absenteeism by 20%. He also analyses Mehilainen's mobile app which allows consumers to chat to doctors (with face to face follow ups if necessary) for a flat fee. The app received more downloads than Pokemon Go in Finland during first week of its public launch. Mehiläinen is a leading Finnish social and healthcare services firm with circa 11 000 professional and expected revenues of €700m in 2017.

How Digital Intelligence and Real Time Analytics Can Drive Healthcare Transformation: Presentation, Mark Ebbens, GE Healthcare

Mark, Mahen and Stephanie will discuss the introduction of operational Command Center into healthcare organizations. Command Centre is a transformational journey, combining the latest in systems engineering, predictive analytics and innovative problem solving to support the new processes and drive real-time decision making to improve patient management in and out of the hospital and quality of care. They will share a first-hand customer experience with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and Humber River Hospital in Toronto and insights into the growing interest in Europe.

Living Better at Home: Presentation, Nimrod Altman, Natali

Predictive eMonitoring, eHealth apps and Telehealth can be used to launch services ranging from homecare to medical care and from elderly care to chronic disease management programs. This is precisely the strategy adopted by Natali Healthcare Group, the largest Israeli eHealth company, which was bought by the chinese Sanpower Group in late 2014. Today, Natali has 150,000 Israeli subscribers and Sanpower has over 1 million. Here Nimrod lifts the lid on these fascinating, fast-growth business models.

The future of remote diagnostics: Presentation, Alexander Boehmcker, Telemedicine Clinic Group

Teleradiology, the remote interpretation of images, has only become a viable business model in the last decade. Telepathology - the digitisation of diagnostic tests - is taking off now. Computer aided diagnostics will follow. All this creates a new market for collaborative diagnostic networks. Alex, who runs Europe's largest teleradiology group, explores the opportunities and challenges thrown up by this new world.

Improving therapy sessions with e-health: Presentation, Joris Moolenaar, Karify

How can online treatment best complement treatment in "the real world"? Psychiatric patients in the Netherlands and the UK can now use cloud-based programmes to reinforce face-to-face counselling. Karify has 26,000 patients in the Netherlands and is growing 12% month-on-month. It has recently opened in Spain, Belgium and the USA. Joris looks at how the sector is growing and the wider lessons for operators.

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