Tech Talks Central

Angelina Kouroubali talks about FORTH’s Computer Science and Health research centre outcomes, ‘From Research to Αffective Ιmpact on Ηealth’ sharing 30 years of experience on eHealth, big data and creating actual products for the Greek market. Professor Karantanas takes us on a quick journey over their advanced medical imaging research and the possible opportunities in the market. He continues, deepening on the causes of public health care dysfunctionality, analyzing the disconnection between applied science and policy makers; wrong investments decisions; availability of funds and steps that need to be taken to turn the tide, in Greece. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

Professor Nora Kearney dives into a 10 year journey into the eSmart project mostly designed for cancer patient monitoring and relief. She analyzes the technical side; the risk algorithms and the triggers that alert health professionals, real time. A purely patient driven project, that doesn’t neglect clinical finds, it focuses on patient perspective developing prototypes for long term conditions and multiple chronic disease manifestations. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

We had the pleasure and honor to talk with Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission and leader for the Digital Agenda. Unfortunately - due to a last-minute rescheduling issue the Vice President only had time for two brief comments on the eHealth share within the 2020 Horizon framework and EU’s position in the prospect of a growing Sharing Economy. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos & George Voulgaris.

Leo Lewis, Senior Fellow at the International Foundation for Integrated Care, gives an overview of Integrated Care and the collective of services and organizations it comprises. Leo then gives some insights in the benefits and the implementation aspects of Integrated Care. We also talk about Change Management, one of the key challenges in executing large scale deployments of Integrated Care services. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

Pantelis Aggelidis, founder & CEO of Vidavo, dives into some of the practical issues of realizing large scale Integrated Care services. Pantelis talks about the central role of eHealth in any Integrated Care implementation, the impact of Integrated Care on Health Care processes and actions such as the integrated prescriptions and treatments, as well as the social and cost benefits. We then talk about IC impact on different patient groups and some ongoing implementations in Europe. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

Dr. Leo Anthony Celi, clinical research director for the Laboratory of Computational Physiology at MIT, gives an overview of the challenges faced and insights gained through the

eHealth for resource-limited settings project. Dr. Celi then explains how the shortage of health data prevents the improvement of care in developing countries with limited resources. Our talk then moves into how technology is been leveraged in a research project led by Dr. Celo at the MIT in order to collect health data, create actionable metrics and ultimately improve and optimize healthcare. We finally discuss some of the key issue such as privacy and the benefits of using open source software during the project. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

Leo Lewis, Senior Fellow at the International Foundation for Integrated Care, gives an overview of Integrated Care and the collective of services and organizations it comprises. Leo then gives some insights in the benefits and the implementation aspects of Integrated Care. We also talk about Change Management, one of the key challenges in executing large scale deployments of Integrated Care services. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

Pantelis Aggelidis, founder & CEO of Vidavo, dives into some of the practical issues of realizing large scale Integrated Care services. Pantelis talks about the central role of eHealth in any Integrated Care implementation, the impact of Integrated Care on Health Care processes and actions such as the integrated prescriptions and treatments, as well as the social and cost benefits. We then talk about IC impact on different patient groups and some ongoing implementations in Europe. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

Dr. Leo Anthony Celi, clinical research director for the Laboratory of Computational Physiology at MIT, gives an overview of the challenges faced and insights gained through the

eHealth for resource-limited settings project. Dr. Celi then explains how the shortage of health data prevents the improvement of care in developing countries with limited resources. Our talk then moves into how technology is been leveraged in a research project led by Dr. Celo at the MIT in order to collect health data, create actionable metrics and ultimately improve and optimize healthcare. We finally discuss some of the key issue such as privacy and the benefits of using open source software during the project. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.

Swedish ICT strategist, Helene Richardsson, talks about the benefits and improvements ICT brings to the healthcare sector and the cooperation needed from all involved parties, as we are faced not only with an ageing society but also with limited resources due to the economic crisis. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.