How Do You Make Decisions in Healthcare? (Talya Miron-Shatz)

“Digital health experts know a lot about health, a lot about technology, but oftentimes they don't know a lot about the psychology of the users, the behavioral economics and ways in which you can motivate them," says Talya Miron- Shatz, PhD, an expert in medical decision making.

The psychology behind decision-making is crucial for companies to be able to present meaningful information to people, not just offer them data people can’t understand.

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REFLECTIONS: A transocean podcast session (Joy Rios, Bianca Rose Phillips, Tjasa Zajc)

This is the last episode of Faces of digital health in 2021. Instead of an interview or a string of predictions for 2022, you will hear a reflection about the past year or two which I had with two other podcasters - Joy Rios - the host of HIT like a girl podcast - a podcast and a community supporting women in healthcare IT, and Bianca Rose Phillips - the host of Voice of Law podcast. Bianca is a digital health lawyer, and the author of a recently published book Making The Digital Health Revolution.

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Taiwan: The State of Digitalization, AI and What Went Wrong With COVID? (Yu Chuan Jack Li)

Taiwan spends only 6.4% of it’s GDP for healthcare, but has high satisfaction rates with healthcare, and is also very digitalized. Taiwan was successful and an exemplary country at managing the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and later experienced a huge wave of infections in 2021. What happened?

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Canadian Insight and How Can Hospital Networks Innovate? (Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, Danina Kapetanović)

Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal (CIUSSS West-Central Montreal) covers 345,000 people, with a staff of over 12,000 and over 600 doctors. In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Connected Health Innovation Hub inside the network was formed to further leverage technologies and innovation for increased healthcare improvement and sustainability.

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F135 Why is Medication Price Transparency a Challenge in the US? (Carm Huntress)

Because US healthcare is private and operates by the rules of the free market, prices for services and medications can differ substantially. It is very difficult for patients and doctors to know the medication cost in advance.

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F133 How Can You Explain Cancer To Children? (Simone Mozzilli, Liliane Dubois, Beaba)

Simone Lehwess Mozzilli and Liliane Dübois both had cancer in their past. Liliane as a child, Simone as an adult. They are both an integral part of the Brazilian non-profit Beaba. Beaba offers support to children with cancer and their families by demystifying cancer and informing in a clear, objective, and optimistic way about the disease and treatment.

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