People-oriented digitization of healthcare - lessons learned from the USA and Portugal (virtual event)
Digitalization of healthcare can be carried out through different approaches. A top-down, centralized, major investment-backed activities that will enforce and support all relevant actors to digitalize in a short period of time. Or through bottom-up initiatives that go slower based on the needs of patients, doctors, and other healthcare stakeholders.
Which one is better and what learnings can we take from other countries´ healthcare digitalization experience, such as the USA and Portugal? And what implications does the digitalization of healthcare have for patients, creators and providers of health or other data?