Our Healthcare costs are growing rapidly. Not only due to our ageing society, but also because we have more and more possibilities to heal and care. To keep the system affordable more innovation is needed. Focus on Digital health is therefore an important strategy for the Nijmegen region and one of the 5 economic focus points of the Municipality of Nijmegen.

Think of artificial intelligence, eHealth, remote care, sensoring and many other digital solutions. In this meeting prof. Judith Prins and Tom van den Belt from Radboudumc explained why this topic is important for the region. They showed some of the research that has been done in eHealth. Furthermore, an entrepreneur who is currently succesfully implementing Digital Health solutions on a larger scale, has told about his experiences.

Like previous years, we finished off the February meeting with a number of short pitches by student companies from Radboud University panorama Science track.

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Digital data offers opportunities for innovation in many areas. During the science meets business gathering on 30 January, we looked at the impact of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare innovations. Are we looking upon a revolution?

Everything we do nowadays generates digital data. Every treatment leads to insurance claims, vital signs are monitored 24/7 and diagnostics like MRI, X-rasy all lead to new snippets. This explosion of digital data gives us completely new possibilities in healthcare! Machine learning, neural networks and decision support systems give us new sources of information. Especially in healthcare this will lead to big chances in how healthcare works, including the role of the professional.

Bram van Ginneken gave an overview of the development in AI in health in general. Bart Geerts from Healthplus.ai talked about an example application of AI in healthcare and the impact of these developments on the medical profession.

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