Digital Health: GER, USA, EU

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Meet us at HPI
26.03.2025 - 27.03.2025

HPI Digital Health Cluster Professors Dr. Lothar Wieler and Dr. Ariel Dora Stern are delighted to invite you to the upcoming Digital Health Innovation Forum on March 26 and 27, 2025 at the Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam-Griebnitzsee.

The digital transformation of healthcare is reshaping the industry by integrating innovative technologies and data-driven approaches into everyday practice. From electronic health records to telemedicine and AI-powered diagnostics, digitalization enables more efficient, precise, and personalized patient care. Founded in 2017, the Digital Health Cluster (DHC) at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) aims to research and continuously advance digital technologies in the fields of medicine, healthcare, and global public health.

HPI Digital Health Innovation Forum

Program

08:00 am Registration
09:00 am Welcome & Opening

Prof. Dr. Lothar Wieler, Speaker Digital Health, HPI
Prof. Dr. Ariel Stern, Chair Digital Health, Economics & Policy, HPI

09:15 am Greeting from the Ministry

Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health

09:30 am Keynote – Spending $33 Billion Better: Lessons from the U.S. promotion of Health IT

Prof. Dr. Melinda Buntin, Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Carey
Business School, USA

09:45 am Keynote - What it means to care for people in the digital era of medicine

Jennifer Goldsack, CEO Digital Medicine Society, US

10:00 am Keynote - What it means to care for people in the digital era of medicine

Matthias Mieves , Member of the German Bundestag, Committees for Health and Digitalization. SPD, Germany

10:15 am Coffee and Networking Break
11:00 am Digital Health Talk – Tik Tok and Mental Health

Inga Bergen, Founder Visionäre der Gesundheit, GER

11:15 am Town Hall – Clinician-friendly AI and AI-friendly Clinicians

Moderation: Thomas Hagemeijer, Founder HGM Advisory, GER

Lucy Orr-Ewing, Head of Policy, Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), USA
Alexandre Momeni, Partner, General Catalyst, UK
Prof. Dr. Christian Gerloff, Medical Director, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, GER
Dr. Franz Pfister, CEO, deepc, GER

12:15 pm Business Lunch
01:15 pm Keynote & Town Hall
01:30 pm Town Hall – How to Generate Value from Health Data

Moderation: Dr. Alberta Spreafico, Eversana, IT

Claire Biot, VP Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry, Dassault Systèmes, France
Dr. Nick Schneider, German Federal Ministry of Health, GER
Dr. Lipika Samal, Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Gloria Seibert, Founder & CEO at Temedica, GER
Dr. Marcel Nutsua, Data Scientist Architect, SVA, GER

02:30 pm Expert Lectures from International Researchers

“Generative Healthcare”
Prof. Dr. Aldo Faisal, Professor of AI & Neuroscience Imperial College London, UK & Chair in Digital Health, University of Beyreuth, GER
“Real World Evidence for Regulatory Science”
Prof. Dr. Florence Bourgeios, Director, Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science & Boston Children’s Hospital
“How (not) to govern AI”
Prof. Dr. Nicholson Price, Professor of Law, University of Michigan, USA

03:30 pm Coffee Break
04:00 pm Town Hall & HPI Research Showcase
05:15 pm Keynote

Silke Gebel, Member of the Berlin State Assembly (MdA), Bündnis 90 / Die Grüne, GER

05:30 pm Hackathon Winner Pitch & Cocktail Reception and Dinner & Research Science Fair

Hier das Ganze nochmals im Zusammenhang mit dem Desgin Thinking Kontext, der gerade zu Beginn der Woche in dieser Zoom-Konferenz nochmals besonders herausgearbeitet worden war - GDTA Spotlight Session: "Crafting Tomorrow" - ein Interview mit Frau Prof. Dr. Ariel Dora Stern vom 26. Februar 2025 [1].

On the opportunities for innovation in digital health, the importance of user-centered approaches such as design thinking and the relevance of collaboration with practice partners for their research.

Prof. Dr. Ariel Dora Stern is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Digital Health, Economics, and Policy at the Hasso Plattner Institute and a Full Professor at the University of Potsdam. Previously, she spent a decade at Harvard Business School. Her research explores healthcare innovation, regulation, and strategy using econometrics and data science. A widely published expert, her work is cited by major media. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and advises digital health initiatives, including Germany’s Health Innovation Hub and multiple startups.

P.S.

Bitkom zum European Health Data Space.

Berlin, 25. März 2025
Am Mittwoch tritt der Europäische Gesundheitsdatenraum (European Health Data Space EHDS) in Kraft.
Dazu erklärt Bitkom-Hauptgeschäftsführer Dr. Bernhard Rohleder:
„Mit dem EHDS bricht eine neue Ära der Gesundheitsversorgung für die Menschen in Europa an. Patientinnen und Patienten erhalten einen einfachen Zugriff auf ihre eigenen Gesundheitsdaten und eine bessere medizinische Versorgung überall im europäischen Ausland. Gleichzeitig sind große Fortschritte in der Forschung zu erwarten. Ob für die Entwicklung neuer Therapien oder für das Training von Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Medizin: Mit pseudonymisierten Gesundheitsdaten aus Europa sind künftig neue Diagnose- und Behandlungsmethoden in Europa möglich.
Wichtig ist jetzt, dass die Umsetzung des EHDS in allen Mitgliedstaaten in gleichem Maße und Tempo vorankommt und es keine nationalen Sonderwege gibt. Insbesondere der in den einzelnen Ländern sehr unterschiedliche Digitalisierungsgrad könnte eine reibungslose Umsetzung behindern. Die neue Bundesregierung sollte daher die digitale Transformation des Gesundheitswesens ambitioniert vorantreiben. Die Ausgestaltung des EHDS sollte insgesamt unternehmensfreundlich sein, den Datenschutz der Patientinnen und Patienten wahren und gleichzeitig zusätzliche Bürokratie sowie unnötigen Ressourcenaufwand vermeiden.“

Anmerkungen

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Interview
In your research, you look at how digital tools can transform healthcare. What are the biggest opportunities for digitalization?

Ariel: My research primarily focuses on what we can do once health care data and systems are digitized. What are the implications for innovation and entrepreneurship in health care, and how are new technologies adopted and used in practice? Digitalization itself is a means, not an end: it enables us to develop new diagnostic algorithms, support remote patient monitoring programs, and deploy machine learning models to guide medical decision-making – this is where real transformation happens!

Digitalization usually means fertile ground for innovation. In your opinion, what are particularly fertile areas for innovation in the German healthcare system?

Ariel: There are so many! I’m particularly excited about some of the “low-hanging fruit”-opportunities where administrative processes and patient experiences can be vastly improved through better, user-centric digital solutions. Because Germany has been slow in these areas, there are countless ways to have impact through well-designed digital solutions.

For your research within the Digital Health Cluster at the Hasso Plattner Institute, you are interested in partnerships with practitioners. What kind of practice partner are you looking for?

Ariel: Research that shapes policy and business decisions has the greatest impact, and this impact thrives on close ties to practice. We are keen not only to expand our partnerships with health care organizations that provide data and relevant clinical questions but also to collaborate with practice partners who can support our field-based courses and even serve as pilot users and sites for the tools we are developing at HPI. In short, there are many opportunities – so come find me at the Digital Health Innovation Forum, and let’s chat!

In your profile at HPI, you write that science communication particularly inspires you. What exactly inspires you about it?

Ariel: Doing good science helps us understand the world, but communicating the results is what allows society to progress. In many ways, effective science communication and good teaching are closely connected – and I love teaching! I see broader science communication not only as a key driver of societal progress but also as a natural extension of something I am passionate about and love sharing with others.

What are you most looking forward to at the upcoming HPI Digital Health Innovation Forum in March?

Ariel: I always love the energy of international and interdisciplinary conversations, and we’re committed to making sure this event is full of both! On a personal note, I’m absolutely blown away by our speakers and especially excited to bring together German and international experts. And get ready to learn – I can’t wait!

Thank you very much for the interview, Ariel!

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