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Carmine Iorio
The new role of the patient for the future of healthcare innovation
The European Patients’ Forum aims, through its projects, at a more equal, inclusive and empowered healthcare by encouraging the involvement of patients in European healthcare decisions
Sweden: Trust is the key word
Reflections on system resilience and the need to stimulate innovation, including the use of AI, are emerging in Sweden. TrendSanità spoke about this with Birger Forsberg, Associate Professor in International Health at the Karolinska Institutet
Few waiting lists, but many social differences. Now Bulgaria’s healthcare is looking to Europe
Antoniya Dimova, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Public Health in Varna, and member of the expert network of the WHO Barcelona Office, highlights the strengths and vulnerabilities of Bulgarian healthcare
«The healthcare challenge of small Luxembourg for Europe: stronger on drug prices»
TrendSanità in conversation with Xavier Schoubben, a professional
with twenty years of experience in the Luxembourg healthcare system
«Finland, our high-level healthcare system challenged by aging and social imbalances»
Speaking to TrendSanità, Kristiina Patja, professor at the University of Helsinki and head physician at the University Hospital, says: «EU should do more on sustainability and environment»
The health service of our French cousins: an excellence worth 12% of GDP (vs. our 6%)
The French health system provides coverage for all residents and is considered among the most efficient in Europe. However, the country faces significant challenges, including a shortage of healthcare workers and rising obesity rates
Estonia, also the “home” of digital healthcare grapples with personnel shortages
Interview with Heli Paluste, Head of the Health Network of the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, and Jana Holmar, Director of the Department of Health Technologies at Tallinn University of Technology
Poland grapples with waiting lists and inconsistent reimbursement system
Maria Boratyńska, lecturer in medical law and secretary of the Committee on Bioethics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, highlights how vulnerable groups in her country, including transgender people and those seeking reproductive assistance, face additional barriers