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and challenges facing patient populations, can offer to address the rising cost
burden of chronic health conditions.”
He continued: “We are always keen
to forge ever stronger links with leading companies in the healthcare sector,
to further expand the use and benefits

of our innovative mHealth solutions
throughout the healthcare market.”
In comments to The Journal of mHealth
Tom Parsons, co-founder of HealthXL
commented, “We were delighted to
have a very broad group of individuals
involved. These are really the individuals who are driving digital health inno-

vation, and we want to connect them
with other [industry] leaders who see the
opportunity to partner in new ways, to
help address the major healthcare opportunities we all face. This will, however,
require new ways of sharing and collaborating that we are just starting to understand. In addition we need to create a
sense of urgency if we stand a chance of
driving meaningful innovation in healthcare.”

Next Steps
One of the founding concepts of
HealthXL is to increase the speed with
which technology is adopted by creating
commercial opportunities that can bring
projects to market rapidly. A regular
series of gatherings that bring together
programme participants is one of the
major methods of ensuring that projects
stay on track. The next of these gatherings will be held in Cleveland on the 28th
of October to coincide with the Medical
Innovation Summit. At this event progress from the partnerships developed
at the Silicon Valley Gathering will be
reviewed.
For more information on the HealthXL
programme visit www.healthxl.co n

Digital Health Days 2014: A
Glimpse into the Future
Patient-centric care. Patient empowerment. Consumer-driven
digital health. Personalised medicine. We’ve heard the words.
But what do they really mean for individuals and society and for
healthcare professionals and organisations in life science, wellness and ICT? These were just some of the questions debated at
this year’s Digital Health Days event in Stockholm.
The two day event was packed with knowledge and insights
into the rapidly developing world of digital health, and how it is
beginning to transform people’s everyday lives.
Rethinking healthcare with the patient in focus, both as an active
participant and contributor, was one of the main themes. It
opened up with a fantastic example from none other than the
legendary E-patient Dave. Also in the spotlight was the theme
of data mining and the many opportunities that it presents, and
how it is not what you know, but what you do with that knowledge that really matters. Ethical questions of ownership and
privacy were discussed and cases of successfully transforming
health with data were shared, including some amazing examples from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, which pose

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the question; will the developing world take the lead in digital
health?
Health Hack Academy is connected to the conference Digital
Health Days, and the winners were announced on the second
day of the conference.
This year’s winner was Experentia a team focused on the challenge of “Life-long living”, and the enormous potential that
elderly people comprise. The concept behind Experentia is a