Quality and Safety

Natalia Polushkina, vice president and CEO at Biomedical Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation, says the Skolkovo region has been strengthened by the experience of COVID-19 as regulation changes helped accelerate innovation.

New technologies also benefit providers as they look to retain service line revenues by offering remote care.

Mark O'Herlihy, VP at IBM Watson Health & Watson Health Consulting, says using new, fast and frequently changing technology such as a COVID-19 chatbot can help in the pandemic response.

Dr. David Nace, chief medical officer at Innovaccer, discusses the ONC's ruling and the changing landscape of health data and information sharing.

Patient satisfaction was high even before the pandemic, and anesthesiologists say 50% of visits could be virtual.

To ensure effective adoption, health data systems must be based on infrastructure and mechanisms that people can trust, says Dr. Ceri Thompson, deputy head of the eHealth, Wellbeing and Ageing unit at the European Commission.

The news could affect the economy, the health system's financial wellbeing and throw upcoming presidential debates into question.

Daniel Forslund, chairman of the Innovation and Development Committee in Region Stockholm, says providers and citizens have an open mindset, which has enabled rapid digital transformation to take place effectively during COVID-19.

This is the last open investigation related to the 2015 cyberattack that breached the PHI of close to 79 million people.

Investing in the social determinants of health can lead to positive returns on investment and creates fewer hospital readmissions.