Dimitrios G . Katehakis
Head Center for eHealth Applications and Services ( CeHA ) ICS-FORTH
Dimitrios G . Katehakis is the Head of the Center for eHealth Applications and Services at the Institute of Computer Science , Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas ( FORTH-ICS ) since 2010 . He has participated in the implementation of a large number of RTD projects that have been co-financed by the European Commission , as well as in the implementation of PCP contracts on behalf of buyers of innovative ehealth services ( such as INCAREHEART , ROSIA , eCARE , STARS , and RELIEF ). Experience includes also working with the Medical School of the University of Maryland at Baltimore , as well as with the National Defense Ministry of Greece , the Association for Research , Technology & Training , and the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization . The period 2005-2010 , he was responsible for the implementation of four Integrated Information Systems FORTH developed for four Regional Health Authorities in Greece . Since 2011 he has been scientific responsible for more than 300 projects related to operational EHR systems in the National Health System of Greece . Since 2021 he is the Director of the Hellenic Digital Health Cluster . Dimitrios has several publications in international journals , as well as presentations in scientific conferences and workshops worldwide and acts as a regular reviewer and a program committee member for a number of premier journals and conferences .
" Cybersecurity and the smartHEALTH European Digital Innovation Hub "
The smartHEALTH European Digital Innovation Hub ( EDIH ), which is coordinated by FORTH-ICS , focuses on enhancing competitiveness through the utilisation of state-of-the-art research , development and implementation in digital health combining the complementary expertise of the partners and their cuttingedge research activities and available infrastructure . It will utilize internationally leading expertise in the areas of Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing ( HPC ), amongst others , to facilitate the development of innovative products and services for diagnostic imaging , precision medicine and bioinformatics . smartHEALTH aims to offer added-value services to the wider healthcare ecosystem that consists of key players in the private & public sectors . It addresses the needs of companies in the sectors of health IT , medical and biomedical informatics , bioimaging , diagnostics and drug design , pharma industry , healthcare provider organizations ( hospitals , medical & diagnostic centres , primary care , social and elderly care etc .), healthcare professional organizations , public health authorities , patient advocacy groups , regulatory organisations , insurance companies and others . The EDIH network is coordinated by the Digital Transformation Accelerator ( DTA ) which , together with the European Commission , is providing opportunities for interaction and collaboration between EDIHs , SMEs and the public sector .