Digital Health Innovations for Better Healthcare’
20th November 2018
@ Microsoft Innovation Centre (MIC), Sky Parks, Luqa
The first Digital Health Malta Ecosystem gathering took place on November 20th, with key stakeholders from government, healthcare, industry, patients and academia in attendance. During the ecosystem digital health innovations were shared including:
Dr Hugo Agius Muscat, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Ministry for Health who provided a clinical perspective on digital health innovations;
Dr Sharon Young updating the audience on what has been implemented and what is still needed in hospital innovation;
Mary Vella on behalf of the Malta Health Network and the Association of Rheumatoid Arthritis; provided a patient perspective
Tomas Gornik, Co-Chair, openEHR Foundation, giving an overview of openEHR approach and explained the Slovenian Ecosystem success.
Simon Formosa, Malta IT Agency, highlighted the work of the Agency in supporting the Ministry for Health in project delivery;
Dr Conrad Attard, University of Malta ICT, described digital health innovations through academic ICT.
This was followed by 2 start-up SMEs, Contansin and Umana Medical, who outlined the products and services they are developing in the area of digital health.
The attendees were alerted to the work of the Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health, by Anoop Singh, its Chief Operating Officer.
During an interactive session regional priorities and perspectives were discussed and captured. This priority exercise was analysis and shared with attendees directly.
The Ecosystem gathering was followed by a Commonwealth Small Island Development Programme workshop.
Thanks to Stefan Buttigieg, M.D(Melit.), Medical Graduate | Digital Marketing and Digital Health Consultant, for acting as moderator for the day.
Agenda ‘Digital Health Innovations for Better Healthcare’
| Time | Session |
| 09:30 | Registration, networking coffee, exhibitions |
| 09:45 | Welcome & Introductions Conrad Attard, Chair, IEEE Malta Section / IEEE Computer Society Chapter – Presentation |
| 10:00 | Clinical Perspective on Digital Health Innovations Dr Hugo Agius Muscat, Consultant, Public Health Medicine, Ministry for Health – Presentation |
| 10:15 | Hospital Innovation – implemented and needed Sharon Young, Director, Health Informatics, Mater Dei Hospital – Presentation |
| 10:30 | Patients’ perspectives on the need for innovations for better healthcare Mary Vella, President, Association of Rheumatoid Arthritis (ARAM)/ Malta Health Network – Presentation |
| 10:45 | International Digital Health Ecosystem Network – the Why, What and How Damian O’Connor, Director Ecosystem Development, European Connected Health Alliance – Presentation |
| 11:00 | Networking Coffee and Exhibitions |
| 11:30 | Open Electronic Health Records – International Perspective & The Slovenian Ecosystem Tomaz Gornik, Co-Chair, openEHR Foundation – Presentation |
| 11:45 | Supporting the Ministry for Health in Project Delivery Simon Formosa, Project Manager, Health Projects, Malta IT Agency – Presentation |
| 12:00 | Digital Innovation through Academic ICT Dr Conrad Attard, Lecturer, Computer Information Systems, University of Malta ICT – Presentation |
| 12:15 | Showcasing Industry Digital Health Innovations James Attard, Founder, Costansin – Presentation Dr Adrian Attard Trevisan, Co-Founder / Chief Executive Officer,Umana Medical – Presentation |
| 12:30 | Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health and Small Island Health Programme/Initiative Anoop Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health – Presentation |
| 12:40 | Digital Health in Malta – capturing regional priorities and perspectives Damian O’Connor, Director Ecosystem Development, European Connected Health Alliance |
| 12:55 | Ecosystem Soft Close Damian O’Connor, Director Ecosystem Development, European Connected Health Alliance |
| 13:00 | Networking Lunch and Exhibitions |
| 14:15 | Workshop: Commonwealth Small Island Development Programmes (CSIDP) Anoop Singh, COO, Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health Introduction to the Commonwealth Small Island Development Programmes (CSIDP) Potential of a Small Island Digital Health Development Programme The role of Malta in The Commonwealth Small States Centre of Excellence http://thecommonwealth.org/small-states-centre-excellence Potential for future development of the CSIDP via CWCDH / ECHAlliance Partnership Next steps and the role for Malta |
| 16:00 | END |
