From electronic health records to AI-driven diagnostics, digital health is revolutionising healthcare delivery worldwide and reshaping the future of patient care. Drawing from his unique perspective as a healthcare leader and legal scholar, Professor Henrique Martins offers insights on driving healthcare digitalisation and explores its promises and challenges, data sharing across borders, and the complex implications of AI in medicine.

What do we mean when we refer to Digital Health? How will the future of healthcare systems around the world be significantly transformed by Digital Health? How will Digital Health challenge and fundamentally change existing healthcare frameworks and the future of healthcare?

Join Professor Henrique Martins as he shares insights from his time at the the Portugal Ministry of Health where he was responsible for setting the agenda for e-Health in Portugal, and as President of Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde (SPMS), Portugal's Digital Health Agency.

Professor Henrique also discusses about his experience with co-chairing the European Commision eHealth Network, which facilitates greater interoperability, guides Member States about sharing health data and empowers citizens to access and share their own health data, with our SGH Hospital of the Future podcast hosts Dr Lionel Cheng and Dr Amanda Lam.

He explains why successful hospitals of the future and healthcare professionals need to embody four key attributes, Knowledgeable, Intelligent, Wise and Interoperable (KIWI), a framework emphasising the balance between technological advancement and human expertise in healthcare delivery:

·       Knowledgeable - combining advanced science and technology with practical expertise through clinical decision support tools
·       Intelligent - integrating AI across medical procedures and hospital management
·       Wise - maintaining human-centric ethics and trust as core competencies
·       Interoperable - enabling seamless collaboration through both technological systems and interprofessional teams

Join us to find out more about Professor Henrique’s expertise in Digital Health, innovation and transformation in healthcare systems, as well as why pursuing a PhD in Law is important to him. In addition, the trio explores the ethical, professional and practical dilemmas around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare.

caption: Professor Henrique, Dr Amanda, and Dr Lionel in the SGH Studio

About Professor Henrique Martins
Professor Henrique has a Medical Degree, Internal Medicine Speciality, a Master’s and PhD degrees in Management, and a Master’s degree in Law. He was one of the first Chief Medical Information Officers in Portugal from 2009 to 2013 at Hospital Fernando Fonseca. At present, he is Senior Consultant in Digital Health and Innovation for the WHO Athens Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office, and academic at ISCTE, FCS-UBI in Portugal, and a visiting professor at Korea University Medicine, teaching and researching in Digital Health, Healthcare Systems and Transformation, Leadership and Management education for Medical Students and Health Professionals.

About SGH Hospital of the Future Podcast Hosts
The podcast is hosted by Dr Lionel Cheng, Chief Data and Digital Officer at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Dr Amanda Lam, Senior Consultant, Endocrinology at SGH.

Dr Lionel is also Head and Senior Consultant Radiologist in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, and Clinical Director (Artificial Intelligence) in the Future Health System Department, SGH. In between reviewing patient scans and spending time with family, Lionel relishes exploring the intersection between physical and digital, future and present, disruption and tradition, and possibility and reality.

Dr Amanda is a Senior Consultant Endocrinologist at Singapore General Hospital. She graduated from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and completed her specialist training in Endocrinology and Diabetes at SingHealth. Dr Amanda holds a Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) degree from Duke University, and currently serves as the Clinical Director of the Department of Data Science in Singapore General Hospital and is the Co-Lead for Digitalization and Data for the SingHealth Duke-NUS Diabetes Centre. Dr Amanda has been involved in digital initiatives to improve the delivery of care, including Note Buddy - an ambient AI documentation solution - app development for diabetes care, and the integration of machine learning models for clinical care and hospital operations.

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About the SGH Hospital of the Future Podcast

What comes to mind when you think about the hospital of the future? How will rapidly-evolving technology enhance the human touch which is so essential in reshaping healthcare?

Join us as we dive into emerging medical technologies and trends, and significant healthtech innovations making an impact on integrated future health systems and new models of care. We bring you industry experts and luminaries from across the globe and their exclusive insights, as we explore how to unlock new value and better outcomes while looking after both patients and healthcare workers.

Whether you're a healthcare professional, tech enthusiast, or curious about the future of medicine, our healthcare innovation podcast keeps you ahead of the curve in the advancing world of healthcare.