Jun 2, 2022

Welcome to Finland – Finnish digital health knowhow aims to inspire at HIMSS22 Europe in Helsinki in June

The Finnish Pavilion program out now

Europe’s healthcare leaders meet at the HIMSS22 European Health Conference & Exhibition in Helsinki, Finland, on 14-16 June, 2022. The Finnish Pavilion stage program brings forward Finnish knowhow on digital health and health data via inspiring stories. Want to talk more? Coma and have a chat at the Health Capital Helsinki booth at the Finnish Pavilion!

HIMSS22 Europe, Europe’s most influential event for digital health, brings together health tech innovations and pioneers to Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre (Messukeskus) to learn and connect over the extensive program with over 120 expert sessions.

The event is a joint effort between HIMSS and Finnish partners. An unforeseen combination of public organisations from Finland have joined forces to bring forward Finnish know-how on digital health and health data. The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, Business Finland and the City of Helsinki are taking the lead as main partners. In addition, several ministries, organisations and cities are supporting the event.

Data is key in unlocking healthcare effectiveness

The Finnish Pavilion exhibition area, with its dozens of company stands, is a showcase of Finnish expertise in digital health for the international audience.

The Finnish Pavilion stage program runs nonstop throughout the conference and centers around four major themes. The most significant one is health data and how that data can reshape clinical practices.

One of the speakers in the health data theme, Dr. Antti Iivanainen, Development Director, Oy Apotti Ab, says: “To care for the individual, we must care for the population. The nut to crack is how we manage systemic effectiveness or uneffectiveness. It is a common misunderstanding that this is a question of money but even more than that, it is about the data: the availability, quality and interoperability of data.”

On stage with Dr. Iivanainen are Finnish companies like Reaktor, BeeHealthy, Terveystalo, BCB Medical, Predicell and Duodecim, sharing their examples of applying health data to solve real-life problems.

Active ageing and the world’s smartest hospitals – cases from Finland

In addition to health data and its applications, the Finnish Pavilion program sheds a light on active and healthy ageing and tools to promote it as well as on how the world’s smartest hospitals are built and made pandemic-safe in the future as well.

“We are excited about the Finnish Pavilion program. It is a combination of success stories and lessons learned, both from public sector healthcare providers and businesses. And I can say that it is properly prepared: We started the planning in 2019 and have re-started it twice since. We can’t wait for the event to finally take place”, says Kaisu Sutinen, Senior Business Advisor, Health Capital Helsinki, coordinating the Finnish Pavilion program.

The stage is hosted by Finnish author, podcaster Lotta Backlund.

“Not being able to meet and experience things together the past few years has led us to suffer from a certain inspiration debt. We intend to remedy that! On stage we will be sharing interesting, extraodinary stories from real life and I can’t wait for everyone to meet up and get inspired together”, she says.

Finnish Pavilion stage program

You’ll find the Finnish Pavilion at the HIMSS22 Europe exhibition hall in Messukeskus, Helsinki. Entering requires a HIMSS ticket.

Wednesday 15 June, 2022

10:40-14:55

How data-based innovations reshape healthcare
10:40-11:05
Keynote: Medical science and business development: the yin and yang of healthcare innovation.
Visa Honkanen, MD, PhD, Chief Digital Officer, HUS Helsinki University Hospital

11:05-11:20
Measuring outcomes in value-based health care – from theory to practice
Janne Martikainen, Professor (Pharmacoeconomics), University of Eastern Finland

11:20-11:35
Working with Health Benefit Analysis for measurable outcomes
Timo Lukkarinen, Medical Director, City of Helsinki

11:35-11:50
Synthetic Health Data Revolution
Jussi Salmi, Data Scientist, Adjunct Professor, BCB Medical
Lisse-Lotte Hermansson, Chief Scientific Officer, BCB Medical

11:50-12:05
Digital health and Health Economic Evaluation
Saija Sallinen, Data Scientist, Customer Success Coordinator, Monidor Oy

12:10-12:40
Presentations and discussion moderated by Johannes Ahlqvist, Specialist, Health Data, Sitra:
Managing information overload for doctors while increasing patient value
Elina Pimiä, Chief Medical Expert, Finnish Diabetes Association, Specialist in endocrinology and internal medicine, Finnish diabetes association
Rasmus Latvala, Chief Medical Officer, Co-Founder, Kaarna Terveyspalvelut Oy

12:40-12:55
How do systems built on structured data improve medication processes?
Elli Leppä, Development Pharmacist (PhD), Lääketietokeskus Oy

12:55-13:10
How advanced anonymization can improve the usability of hospital data, datalakes and federated architectures
Tuomo Pentikäinen, CEO, VEIL.AI

13:15-13:35
Making use of the Smart on FHIR EHR Services
Grahame Grieve, FHIR Product Director, HL 7

13:35-13:50
Effective or ineffective – only data can tell
Antti Iivanainen, Development director, M.D., PhD, Specialist in GP, eHealth Subspeciality, Apotti

13:50-14:05
Towards global app stores for clinical apps – experiences from a large interoperability project and a vision for going forward
Mikael Rinnetmäki, Founder, Sensotrend Oy. FHIR Ambassador, HL7 Finland

14:05-14:20
Artificial Intelligence in work disability risk management
Simo Taimela, Chief Epidemiologist, Terveystalo

14:20-14:35
Developing digital health services in the private sector –takeaways for the public sector
Iiro Huikko, Head of Technology, Reaktor Health | Reaktor
Juuso Haaksivuori, Director of Business Development, Reaktor Health | Reaktor

14:35-14:50
Tbc
14:55-16:30

How to support active and healthy ageing
14:55-15:10
How Helsinki City Social and Health Services support active ageing
Maritta Haavisto, Service District Director, Social services and Health care Division, City of Helsinki

15:10-15:25
The national KATI programme is making a digital leap in ageing at home in Finland
Heidi Anttila, Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare

15:30-16:30
Presentations & panel discussion hosted by Saara Hassinen, CEO, Healthtech Finland:
How to support active and healthy ageing: Case Ainone, Case Medanets & Case Navigil
Matti Vartiainen, Ainone CEO, PT, MsC, PhD
Juha-Matti Ranta, CEO, Medanets
Matti Räty, President / CEO, Navigil

Thursday 16 June, 2022

10:00-11:35

Infection Control & How to lead a healthy life amidst pandemics
10:00-11:00
Presentation and panel discussion moderated by Markku Heino, DR., Principal Consultant and Ecosystem leader, Spinverse:
Introduction of E3 ecosystem project
Enni Sanmark, M.D, PhD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Phoniatrics – Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital
Aku Karvinen, Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Milla Mikkola, Ph.D, Medical Scientific Liaison Manager, Roche
Kim Hagström, CTO, Halton Oy
Jukka Vasara, Vice President, Granlund Group

11:05-11:20
New methods to combat antimicrobial resistant infections
Sami Oikarinen, Ph.D., Associate Professor in molecular virology cob | Co-founder greenseq Ltd, Greenseq Ltd
Pasi Keinänen, Innovation director, Nanoksi Finland Oy

11:20-11:35
Wastewater-based monitoring to complement the surveillance of antibiotic resistance and pathogens in hospitals
Windi Muziasari, Founder and CEO of Resistomap Oy, Resistomap Oy
11:40-12:55

Building the smartest hospitals in the world
Presentations & panel discussion moderated by Jukka Vasara, Vice President, Granlund Group:

Building the smartest hospitals in the world: Case Oulu University Hospital, Turku University Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital

Teemu Kemilä, Service Designer, Oulu University Hospital
Leena Setälä, MD, PhD, Specialist in Plastic Surgery, Executive Master of Business Administration, Sustainability Director, Hospital District of Southwest Finland
Pekka Lahdenne, MD, PhD, Project Director, HUS Helsinki University Hospital
13:05-14:30

Infection control & Leading a healthy life amidst pandemics
Presentations & panel discussion moderated by Lotta Backlund:

How to lead a healthy life amidst pandemics

Anne Salonen, PhD, title of docent, Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
Mari Sandell, Vice-dean, Professor, University of Helsinki
Kari Sinivuori, Co-founder and CEO , Uute Scientific

Come and have a chat with Helsinki health experts at HIMSS22 Europe!

HIMSS22 Europe, Europe’s most influential event for digital health, takes place in Helsinki on 14-16 June, 2022. We hope to see you there! You’ll find us at the Health Capital Helsinki booth in the Finnish Pavilion area.

At the Health Capital Helsinki booth, you’ll find experts on these themes:

Tailored advisory for business opportunities in Helsinki Metropolitan, Finland

Helsinki Metropolitan’s official business advisement organizations will help you succeed in the health business environment.

Health innovation ecosystem

Discuss with Health Capital Helsinki, Health Incubator Helsinki and Biodesign Finland experts to learn about the promising health startups and research projects in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.

Data-based health management

This is your chance to discuss with Oy Apotti Ab, the Epic-based EHR company, as well as the City of Helsinki and HUS Helsinki University Hospital that have recently implemented Apotti’s solutions.

Co-creation

Meet with Health Proof Helsinki testing environment, and Laurea University of Applied sciences to learn about their latest health related projects.

About HIMSS22 Europe
The congress is organised by HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society), a global advisor and thought leader organisation. HIMSS22 Europe addresses the reformation of Europe’s health systems across six main conference themes: digital maturity and security, artificial intelligence, workforce development, digital public health, person-enabled health and integrated care.

The Finnish partners of the event are City of Helsinki with its Health Capital Helsinki project, Business Finland, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, University of Helsinki, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Turku Science Park, Health Tampere, Kuopio Health, OuluHealth, and the event site Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.