Tech Talks Central

Tina Miteko chats with George Dafoulas, eHealth Services Coordinator for Municipality of Trikala, proclaimed as the “First Digital City in Greece”, about e-Trikala S.A., a company which is focused on developing innovative technology solutions to improve citizens’ life; the growing need for telehealth services for European citizens; and the company’s participation on European projects such as SmartCare and United4Health.

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.

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.

Tina Miteko discusses with Benoit Abeloos, Research Program Officer, eHealth for the European Commission about the progress in eHealth that has been made so far in Europe; the obstacles that need to be surpassed; EU data protection policies; and initiatives which foster entrepreneurship and job growth.

Tina Miteko interviews John Quinn, HL7 CTO and a Managing Director at Accenture about the problems that digital technology can help solve within healthcare; the impact of big data and what needs to be done for the industry to capture its value.

Tina Miteko and Liz Mestheneos, past president of AGE Platform Europe talk about the problems and the opportunities that come with population ageing; the role that the 50+ Hellas organization plays; what AGE Platform Europe is; and current projects that are focusing on leveraging feedback from older persons and policymakers in order to provide accessible technologies.

Tina Miteko talks with John Crawford, IBM’s Healthcare Industry Leader Europe, about major problems and inefficiencies within healthcare, the types of problems big data can help solve, IBM’s Watson technology and its impact on healthcare.

Tina Miteko chats with John Hoyt, Executive Vice President, HiMSS Analytics about health IT and its role in improving patient care; interoperability initiatives which are aimed to address the fragmented healthcare market; and ways to measure adoption and successful implementation of health IT.