Radical Health Festival Helsinki is proud to welcome the prestigious European Society of Cardiology as lead clinical partner as we share the same objectives of transforming the digital healthcare landscape, while delivering value, improving clinical and financial outcomes, and creating sustainable health systems.

“Digital health is transforming the way we collect patient information and conduct research, as well as diagnose, monitor and deliver healthcare to our patients. As a provider of education for the global cardiology community, digital health is a strategic priority for the ESC. However, those at the sharp end of delivering healthcare are not the only actors in the digital health revolution that the world is trying to embrace, regulate, optimise and pay for.

Being at the cutting edge of digital health is more than a strategic imperative for the ESC. It’s essential that we are part of this diverse group of stakeholders at the forefront of pioneering how digital health technology is integrated into the lives of the professionals who use it and the patients who will greatly benefit from it.”
Prof. Gerhard Hindricks – ESC Digital Health Committee Chair

Tuesday 13 June

 

9:00-10:30 –  Innovations and regulations in digital health care: bridging the gap

Chairs:

• Prof. Piotr Szymanski, National Institute of Medicine MSWiA, Poland
• Ass. Prof. Maria Marketou, University of Crete, Greece

Presentations:

• Set the scene – successful integration of telemedicine in the health care system: my story – Prof. Friedrich Koehler, Charite University Hospital, Germany
• Set the scene – from digital tools to real life impact – German Guttierez, IHS Director Innovation & Digital Health EMEA, Medtronic, Spain
• Set the scene – digital innovations and regulations: my perspective – Prof. Frank Rademakers, KU Leuven, Belgium

Expert panel discussion:

• Prof. Alan Fraser, University Hospital of Wales, United Kingdom
• Prof. Panagiotis Vardas, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
• Prof. Nurgul Keser, Istanbul Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
• Prof. Blanca Rodriguez, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

 

11:00-12:30  –  Education and teaching

Chairs:

• Prof. Gerhard Hindricks, Charité University Hospital, Germany
• Prof. Alan Fraser, University Hospital of Wales, United Kingdom

Presentations:

• Set the scene – education of general cardiologists – Prof. Susanna Price, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom
• Set the scene – what young cardiologists expect from the future  with the application of immersive technologies for education – Michaela Eberthardt
• Set the scene – digital health literacy for patients – Inga Drossart, ESC Patient Forum, Belgium

Expert panel discussion:

• Prof. Joost Lumens, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), The Netherlands
• Prof. Nurgul Keser, Istanbul Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
• Prof. Susanna Price, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom
• Prof. Alan Fraser, University Hospital of Wales, United Kingdom

Learning objectives:

• Comparison of present and future education in cardiology: Cardiology 4.0 with smart hospitals and smart teaching 
• Along with the future of cardiology  and the advantages of AI , how to take actions in training the cardiologists of the future as smart cardiologists?
• How to take actions to proactively address difficulties in education & Digital health literacy
• CV medicine increasingly requires competence beyond cardiology such as data science and engineering. How to develop superspecialization whilst keeping ‘’one speciality’’
• How to take action on proliferation of education and training providers and mentoring sources
• Role of medical societies in moving towards increasing harmonisation of accreditation
• What do patients want? How to establish a new and trustful relationship with smart / e-patients while co creating?

 

13:30-15:00  – Let´s get things going: adoption and implementation of digital health

Chairs:

• Ass. Prof. Nico Bruining, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
• Prof. Susanna Price, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom

Presentations:

• Set the scene – adoption and implementation of digital health: roadblocks, promotors and my success story – Peter Gocke, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Charité University Hospital, Germany
• Set the scene – optimising care and support with the Connected Electrophysiology Lab – Roland Tilz, Director, Department of Rhythmology, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Panel discussion:

• Prof. Panagiotis Vardas, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
• Michael Glikson, Director of Arrhythmia Center, Sheba Medical Center at Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Ass. Prof. Maria Marketou, University of Crete, Greece

Learning objectives:

In this cardiovascular roundtable we will start off by examples of current models of implementation and adaption of digital health, providing an inspirational building block for a balanced conversation by key opinion leaders in the field on current possibilities, as well as roadblocks in clinical digital health.

 

15:30-17:00  – Big data and AI in cardiovascular medicine

Chairs:

• Michael Glikson, Director of Arrhythmia Center, Sheba Medical Center at Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Prof. Alexander Meyer, Chief Medical Information Officer, German Heart Center at Charité University Hospital, Germany

Presentations:

• Set the scene – Big data analytics in cardiology – today and tomorrow –Prof. Panagiotis Vardas, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
• Set the scene – Implications of a digital patient management platform for the multidisciplinary collaboration and management of chronic diseases in care networks – Oliver Rehermann, Director Marketing e-Health / Connected Cardiac Care, BIOTRONIK, Germany

Expert panel discussion:

• Prof. Frank Rademakers, Emeritus Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Ass. Prof. Maria Marketou, University of Crete, Greece
• Inga Drossart, ESC Patient Forum, Belgium
• Oliver Rehermann, Director Marketing e-Health / Connected Cardiac Care, BIOTRONIK, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Leber,  Director, Isar Heart Center, Germany

Learning objectives:

• Working definitions of the buzz words “Big Data” and “AI”
• An umbrella view of the current state of Big Data and Analytics in cardiology
• Outline of future developments
• Discuss challenges and opportunities

17:15-18:00 – KeyNote: a cardiovascular digital health success story

Chairs:

• Prof. Gerhard Hindricks, Charité University Hospital,Germany
• Dr. Emma Svennberg, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Presentations:

• A cardiovascular digital health success story – David Albert, AliveCor, Inc., USA

Expert panel discussion:

• Prof. Joost Lumens, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), The Netherlands
• Ass. Prof. Nico Bruining, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
• Prof. David Lowe, West of Scotland Innovation Lead, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Scotland
• Alexander Habermeier, Head of Product, Cardiomatics, The Netherlands

Learning objectives:

In this truly inspiring keynote session we have the honour of discussing with Dave Albert, who will describe his journey as a successful digital health entrepreneur, from the early steps to global success.

Wednesday 14 June

 

9:00-10:30  –  Connected health

Chairs:

• Dr. Emma Svennberg, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
• Ass. Prof. Nico Bruining, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Presentations:

• The connected heart failure patient – Speaker TBA
• Becoming a patient – Prof. Axel Bauer, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
• What’s App – Enrico Gianluca Caiani, Associate Professor of eHealth and Image Processing, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• The patient experience – connected health – Axel Verstrael, Hasselt University, Belgium

Connected health – discussion

• Dr. Emma Svennberg, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Learning objectives:

Medical data transfer from citizens or patients using wearables or from healthcare applications in patient’s homes will be a key element of the medical pathway of the future. Safe and secure data transfer are key elements to ensure appropriate healthcare management. Also legal boundaries need to be set to ensure only appropriate use of digital biomonitoring based on the will of the patient. Many stakeholders are involved in this very dynamically developing field. It is the aim of the session to address specific perspectives in this process.

 

11:00-12:30  –  Beam me up Scotty – new technologies and solutions for self-diagnostics and the hospital at home

Chairs:

• Inga Drossart, ESC Patient Forum, Belgium
• Prof. Frank Rademakers, Emeritus Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium

Presentations:

• Home care in chronic disease from a patient perspective: my challenges and my expectations – Axel Verstrael, Hasselt University, Belgium
• Existing and evolving technologies for home care and virtual care – Dr. Lukasz Koltowski, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
• Smart home care technologies for chronic disease management: does it work? – Karan Koshal, UK 

Beam me up Scotty – discussion

• Enrico Gianluca Caiani, Associate Professor of eHealth and Image Processing, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Learning objectives:

In this session we explore new technologies and solutions for self-diagnostics from a 360 perspective, involving patients and healthcare systems. The learning objectives will be to increase knowledge of existing technologies for self-diagnosis, as well as current limitations, and will provide a future outlook.

13:30-15:00  –  Electronic health records 

Chairs:

• Prof. Gerhard Hindricks, Charité University Hospital, Germany
• Prof. Alexander Meyer, Chief Medical Information Officer, German Heart Center at Charité University Hospital, Germany

Presentations:

• Extracting clinical meaningful information from EHR data – lifting the data treasure – Prof. Alexander Meyer, Chief Medical Information Officer, German Heart Center at Charité University Hospital, Germany
• Representing patients newly defined – extracting clinical phenotypes from EHR – Jussi Hernesniemi, Tampere University, Finland
• Standards and Interoperability as the backbone of the EHR – Eugenia Rinaldi, Research fellow, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Germany

Electronic health records – discussion

• Dr. Lukasz Koltowski, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Learning objectives:

• An overview of data sources, modalities and data access considering the In-patient/Out-patient/and remote-patient settings
• Data sharing, standardization, interoperability, and terminologies
• Potential secondary data uses such as:
  • Disease/Patient Phenotyping
  • Clinical decision supporting systems
  • Digital Twins

15:30-17:00  –  In silico medicine in cardiology

Chairs:

Prof. Gerhard Hindricks, Charité University Hospital, Germany
Prof. Joost Lumens, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), The Netherlands

Presentations:

• In silico medicine in Europe: past, present and future – Liesbet Geris, Collen-Francqui Research Professor in Biomechanics and Computational Tissue Engineering, university of Liège and Executive director, Virtual Physiological Human Institute, Belgium
• In silico trials in cardiology: towards digital evidence-based medicine? – Prof. Blanca Rodriguez, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• The Digital Twin concept: a mirror for personalised medicine – Prof. Pablo Lamata, King’s College London, United Kingdom
• How my Digital Twin predicts future arrhythmias – Prof. Natalia Trayanova, Johns Hopkins, USA

In silico medicine in cardiology – discussion

• Ass. Prof. Nico Bruining, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Learning objectives:

• To learn what are in silico clinical trials
• To learn how in silico trials can facilitate innovation in cardiology
• To understand the basic principles of the Digital Twin concept
• To learn how Digital Twin technology can change clinical cardiology practice

Prof. Gerhard Hindricks (Germany)

Chair of the ESC Digital Health Committee

Dr. Emma Svennberg (Sweden)

Programme Chair

 

Prof. Alexander Meyer (Germany)

Programme Co-Chair

Prof. Nico Bruining (The Netherlands)

Prof. Joost Lumens (The Netherlands)

Prof. Nurgul Keser (Turkey)

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