Tech Talks Central

An aspect we usually ignore, when talking about healthcare for the most serious and

sometimes terminal illnesses, is that of the patient. Kathi Apostolidis, a fiery blogger on healthcare and president of ECPC, talks about the ethical and practical issues arising, as well as the measures to be taken in national and international level. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

Yannis Rizopoulos talks with the co-founder of Micrel Medical Devices, Alexander Tsoukalis, about medical pumps, the story and the efforts behind it, about innovation and prospects for the future. He talks about his vision vs. reality and offers some advice for start-upers.

Nafsika Zevgoli, head of Corporate Responsibility at Vodafone Greece, explains the reasons that the company’s Telemedicine Program has been an overwhelming success story during the last nine years, covering with basic medical examinations more than 500.000 people living in remote mountainous areas or islands in Greece. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

Michael Strubin from Continua, a well known Health Alliance umbrella with more than 200 member companies, talks about the urgent need for interoperability, regarding the

numerous devices used today in Healthcare, and he ensures us that more and more people want to be involved in their own wellness. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

An experienced Strategic Technology Manager in eHealth issues, Bridget Moorman, talks about protocols and standards; safety in home health monitoring; privacy and

security; interface problems and the many challenges we face today or will soon face in these fields in our everyday lives. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

The general secretary of HL7 Foundation, Catherine Chronaki, explains what is the Trillium Bridge Project and why it is so important for travellers and especially mobile workers. She confirms that the dialog between EU and US on interoperability of patient summaries is gaining momentum, but says that we’ll need more of it. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

The Greek three-year-old project on e-prescription has been characterized as a best practice on a European level, as it combines innovation with results. Professor George Pagkalos, president of IDIKA (e-Government Centre for Social Security), the main implementer of the project, explains the problems they faced, the solutions they found and the steps still needed to reach their next targets. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

USEFIL, an EU ICT FP7 project with significant stakeholders from different EU countries, proposes solutions for elder people in the context of a “smart home”; where various high-tech gadgets and applications help them lead a much easier and respectable life. Homer Papadopoulos from Demokritos NCSR and Detlef Ruschin from Fraunhofer give us the inside story. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

We talk with Health Team leader for the Greek ICT company Singular Logic, Petros Papachristou, about the three big contemporary issues (digital – filmless – cloud) in the Health sector and the export of Greek know-how in neighbouring countries. We also take a look on the “burning” issue of what’s next for patients’ records. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.

Coming from Aveiro, Portugal, Isabel Alexandra Cruz – CEO of iUZ, a company that specializes on eHealth issues- talks about their innovative solutions regarding Electronic Data Capture and eHealth interoperability, as well as the overall lifecycle of information systems delivery. Listen in to her novel proposal she makes on dental care... Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.