The Digital Health Society Summit in Helsinki 11 & 12 December 2019 “ Connecting Digital Health & Data Initiatives in Europe”
Last week we held the first DHS Summit in Finland under the patronage of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the Council of Europe. The first day was focused on the Finnish Digital system journey over the last 25 years and health and wellbeing data for service improvement and research and development. The second day featured showcases of digital transformation, gatherings of ECHAlliance Ecosytems and the launch of 4 new Finnish Ecosystems. Early in the New Year we will publish a summary of the Summit conclusions. Our aim is to inform and influence the “European Digital Health Space” discussions taking place within the new Commission and which will have a material influence on the impact of digital health across the EU in the next five years
DHS convened this event to bring together Data Initiatives from across Europe so they could listen, discuss and find collaboration opportunities.
The event attracted organisations from over 19 Countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It included startups, SMEs, national and international companies as well as policy makers, academics and a variety of Health associations and NGOs.
We heard about the conclusions of the Finnish Presidency, the plans for the Croatian Presidency and the Finnish Digital Health Story.