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The newest generation of healthcare professionals and the impact of COVID-19 are the focuses of Philips' latest "Future Health Index" survey, which offers a vision into the potential of digital transformation, says Chief Medical Officer Jan Kimpen.

Dr. Amy Abernethy, principal deputy commissioner at the U.S. FDA, discusses the need for regulatory "agility" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We must use technology to improve healthcare for the whole world, rather than just the richest 10%, according to Bogi Eliasen, director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies.

Alexander Ihls, business development manager at Healthcare DACH, InterSystems, discusses AI application in radiology and how artificial intelligence is helping radiologists.

The staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust played a large role in making the hospital the first in Europe to achieve Stage 6 of O-EMRAM and EMRAM, says CCIO Shankar Sridharan.

This week's top stories include a lawsuit by former Zocdoc CEO Cyrus Massoumi, a large uptick in targeted attacks against telehealth systems, and a NorthShore University HealthSystem data breach affecting 348,00 people.

Managing the whole population during a global pandemic is challenging, so we need to share our learning, says Päivi Sillanaukee, ambassador for Health and Wellbeing of Finland and director-general of the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

Adding clinical decision support and the capability to see patient activity outside the four walls of the hospital enabled, among other things, a 94% reduction in Dilaudid use at CalvertHealth Medical Center.

Theo Sergiou, a patient speaker and activist, says that although progress has been made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, there is room for improvement at an institutional level.

Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services in Israel, says innovative services have been implemented on a patient population level, based on data to identify potential issues to prevent disease.