Digital Health Unplugged: Data and diversity in digital health

In the first episode of the new year, Jordan Sollof, reporter at Digital Health News chats to Rachel Dunscombe, chief executive of OpenEHR International, about the importance of healthcare data, electronic patient records (EPRs) and having more female representation in digital health. 

Dunscombe stresses the importance of standardised, quality data in improving healthcare and outcomes and what AI is capable of achieving in 2025 and beyond.

She also gives her take on the UK EPR market and whether anything more needs to be done to make better use of the platforms, before highlighting the importance of women having leadership roles and there being diversity in the digital health sector.

Dunscombe is a confirmed keynote speaker at Digital Health Rewired 2025. She looks ahead to the event and explains what she is hoping to take from it and get across to the audience.

Digital Health Rewired takes place on 18-19 March 2025 at the NEC in Birmingham and is free for those in the NHS and public sector.

Guest:

Rachel Dunscombe, chief executive at OpenEHR International

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