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portal where elderly people are connected with people who may
need their help. The idea is that retired people shall be able to
find both activities and shorter consultancy assignments – sort
of a mix between a social forum and a job centre.
The team will now continue the development of Experentia
during a pre-incubator program at STING (Stockholm Innovation and Growth), and hope to see the concept mature from
idea to reality.
Health Hack Academy is a collaborative think tank for corpo-
rations, entrepreneurs, developers, researchers, designers, students, patients, health care professionals, caregivers and others
who are looking to transform the future of health care. HHA’s
goal is to support and accelerate the creation of digital health
start-ups.
The conference attracted over 500 delegates from all over the
world bringing together representatives from life sciences, ICT,
and healthcare to meet, explore and shape the future of digital
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International Digital Health and
Care Congress
This three-day event brought together researchers, policy makers, practitioners and innovators to explore how the innovative
use of technology is supporting improvements in the care of
people with long-term conditions and other health and social
care needs.
This was the fourth annual congress and attracted more than
500 international delegates who came to hear about the design
and application of new technologies; to share experiences; and
to showcase new ideas, new research and new innovations in
digital health, mobile health, telehealth and telecare.
The Congress considered topics including: Sustaining independence as people age; preventing and managing chronic illness
effectively; supporting people with mental health issues; digitally
enabling service transformation; and, innovations in technology.
Among the speakers were Dr Ali Parsa, Founder and CEO of
Babylon who outlined how babylon’s new app is changing the
way people access health care services. He explained how the
app lets you book virtual GP consultations with professional clinicians; monitor symptoms and receive prescriptions; and what
apps like this mean for the future of health care delivery.
Dr Kathleen Frisbee Co-Director of Connected Health, for
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke about
the work that the organisation has done in assessing the impact
of mobile health apps and predicting mobile health app use,
and how they are successfully implementing digital technology
within their wider service provision.
On a similar topic, Paul Rice the Head of Technology Strategy
for NHS England also discussed how the NHS is embracing
technology, by drawing upon projects that are already underway including, the Open Source Programme which is delivering
digital solutions, such as Electronic Health Records, to the care
community, and the Integrated Digital Care Fund, which is supporting the effective delivery of digital health projects.
The conference was closed by Ray Hammond a renowned
futurologist and author of ‘The World in 2030’. His inspirational presentation took delegates on a journey into the future
of healthcare, where he considered the impact that technology
will have as we go forward.
The Journal of mHealth was pleased to be a supporting partner of the International Digital Health and Care Congress. For
more information visit www.kingsfund.org.uk. n
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