Catalonia: Betting on Open Standards (Pol Perez Sust)

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 7:46 p.m.

If we look at nationwide successful digitalization projects, we often hear about Estonia, Israel, Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, or Israel. All these countries have less than 10 million people. It is therefore not surprising, that in bigger countries that are divided into regions, successful digitalization happens gradually. \nSpain is divided in regions and each one of them manages healthcare on its own. Catalonia, which has 7,6 million people, is driving a 43 million EUR worth regional digital health strategy, in preparation since 2018. The strength of the new model of information systems is to build the electronic health history with the openEHR standard. This will enable semantic interoperability and enable a person center model for information.\xa0\n\xa0This episode is a recording of a conference panel during the eHealth Week, a week of events about good healthcare digitalization practices across Europe, organized during the Slovenian presidency to the Council of EU. \nSpeakers:\n\nPol Perez Sust, director of Information System Area of Catalunya, Spain\n\nBojana Beovi\u0107, President, Medical Chamber of Slovenia\n\nBla\u017e Suha\u010d, Assistant to GD for informatics,\xa0 University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia\n\nModerator: Maja Dragovi\u0107, Former journalist for digitalhealth.net, Business Development Specialist at Better\n\n\n\n\nEPF congress: https://epfcongress.eu/\nSend me a message for a complimentary pass on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjasazajc/ \n\nVisit the website: www.facesofdigitalhealth.com\nLeave a rating or a review: www.lovethepodcast.com/facesofdigitalhealth