Digital Healthcare Observatory: 2022-2023 Research

Now in its sixteenth edition, the Digital Healthcare Observatory aims to:

Conduct analyses and research to help “Healthcare” sector decision-makers to develop innovation also based on digital technologies;
create culture, communicate, and spread knowledge on innovation in Healthcare matters among Institutions, healthcare facilities, healthcare professionals, patients, etc.;
organize opportunities for Healthcare sector stakeholders in a pre-competitive context to discuss and compare experiences, promoting better collaboration among the various players.

In line with work conducted in previous years, 2022-2023 Research goals are:

provide an estimate of digital Healthcare spending, highlighting current trends;
analyze the level of maturity and how widespread “Connected Care” digital technologies are throughout people’s healthcare journey from prevention, to treatment, to follow-up (e.g. Digital Services to Citizens, Electronic Medical Record, Artificial Intelligence, etc.);
look into the territorial assistance reform outlined in the DM77, identifying the role of digital technology in supporting the various players (e.g. pharmacies, GPs, Community Houses, etc.);
analyze the question of digital technology supporting collective prevention and public health (e.g. for surveillance and epidemiological analysis), in the “One Health" paradigm perspective;
examine the opportunities offered by tools supporting home based healthcare such as health apps and IoT technologies, measuring their potential and identifying users' interest in using them;
identify the main variables and organizational enabling factors for the proper integration of Telemedicine in the treatment and healthcare processes;
examine digital innovation within hospitals, analyzing the opportunities offered by the various tools for the collection and enhancement of data (e.g. Electronic Medical Record, Artificial Intelligence, etc.).

The Observatory’s research is based on an empirical analysis that, every year, involves over 200 players in surveys and study cases, including CIOs, general directors, administration directors, chief medical officers and social and welfare officers, over 300 General Practitioners, 2,000 Medical Specialists, 3,000 Nurses, 500 Patients, and a statistically representative sample of 1,000 Italian citizens.

The Observatory's planned actions for 2022-2023 are:

Field research involving key people in Italian medical structures, regional government managers and companies under public authority control, general practitioners and specialist doctors.
Five restricted access Workshops - attended every year so far by some 300 people representing advocacy Associations, Observatory Partners and Sponsors, regional ICT organizations and in-house companies, MDs, CIOs, and General Managers, Financial Managers, Healthcare and Social Healthcare Managers.
One public convention to present the findings of our research, with round table sessions and talks given by the main players from the healthcare sector, with in-depth analyses of real situations of innovation. Our “Award for Digital Innovation in Healthcare” is presented at this convention.

Award for Digital Innovation in Healthcare

The Observatory’s “Award for Digital Innovation in Healthcare”, set up in collaboration with our sponsoring associations, was first presented in 2010 to create an opportunity to learn about outstanding projects and sharing their findings, in view of their ability to use modern technologies as a lever for innovation and improvement in the world of healthcare in Italy. Our purpose is to create a virtuous mechanism for sharing and rewarding best practice and excellence within Italian hospitals, as they often do not recognise the benefits of applying modern technology as a lever to improve their performance.

Mariano Corso

Scientific Officer

Emanuele Lettieri

Scientific Officer

Paolo Locatelli

Scientific Officer

Cristina Masella

Scientific Officer

Chiara Sgarbossa

Research Director

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03 Nov 2017

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