Digital Healthcare

Goals

Activities

Work Group

Objectives of the Observatory

Founded in 2007, the Digital Healthcare Observatory aims to:

conduct analyses and research to help Healthcare sector decision-makers to develop innovation also based on digital technologies;
create culture, communicate and spread knowledge on innovation in Healthcare matters among Institutions, healthcare facilities, healthcare professionals, patients, etc.;
organize opportunities for Healthcare sector stakeholders in a pre-competitive context to discuss and compare experiences, promoting better collaboration among the various players.

Digital Healthcare, Observatory Research

Now in its seventeenth edition, the Digital Healthcare Observatory is focused on the following Research objectives regarding Innovation in Healthcare:

provide an estimate of digital Healthcare spending, highlighting current trends;
understand what the digital innovation in Healthcare priorities of Italian healthcare facilities are, considering the investments established aimed at pursuing the objectives of the NRRP;
analyze the level of use and interest in the various Digital Healthcare solutions (Health App, Electronic Medical Record, Artificial Intelligence, etc.);
identify opportunities linked to valorizing healthcare data and analyzing the challenges it poses, such as system interoperability;
monitor the evolution of the legislative framework and the spread of Telemedicine in Italy, identifying the actions necessary to increase its adoption by the various system players;
closely examine the digital skills needed for the use of Digital Healthcare instruments, in particular by patients and caregivers;
analyze the role of digital technology in integrated treatment programs (e.g. PDTA) and the current presence of digital instruments (e.g. Telemedicine) in these programs;
assess the impact of digital healthcare on the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of the healthcare system, identifying appropriate measurement models and instruments (e.g. HTA, MAST).

Activities

Digital Healthcare Observatory activities

Activities planned for the annual edition of the Digital Healthcare Observatory are:

field research involving key people in Italian medical structures, such as regional stakeholders, Strategic Departments and CIOs of healthcare facilities, individuals, patients, general practitioners, medical specialists and nurses;
five restricted access Workshops – attended every year so far by some 300 people representing advocacy Associations, Observatory Partners and Supporters, regional ICT organizations and in-house companies, MDs, CIOs, and General Managers, Financial Managers, Healthcare and Social Healthcare Managers;
one public convention to present the findings of our research, with round table sessions and talks given by the main players from the healthcare sector, with in-depth analyses of real situations of innovation. Our “Award for Digital Innovation in Healthcare” is presented at this convention.

Award for Digital Innovation in Healthcare

The Observatory’s “Award for Digital Innovation in Healthcare”, set up in collaboration with our sponsoring associations, was first presented in 2010 to create an opportunity to learn about outstanding projects and sharing their findings, in view of their ability to use modern technologies as a lever for innovation and improvement in the world of healthcare in Italy. Our purpose is to create a virtuous mechanism for sharing and rewarding best practice and excellence within Italian hospitals, as they often do not recognise the benefits of applying modern technology as a lever to improve their performance.

Become a supporter of the Digital Healthcare Observatory

The Digital Healthcare Observatory is supported by several sector partner and sponsor companies. Take part in the Research, access Observatory exclusive data before anyone else, network with companies and qualified experts and gain visibility in our events.

For more information please contact Deborah De Cesare at deborah.decesare@polimi.it.