The event will be held starting today at the Hogar Virgen de los Reyes  and will address issues related to smart hospitals, surgical innovation, and personalized and precision medicine.

The Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena (HUVM) is holding the second edition of the INNODATA conference today, Wednesday, 24th September, and tomorrow, Thursday, 25th September, a meeting focused on innovation in the management and evaluation of healthcare data. This forum, already well-established due to the positive impact its content is having on healthcare, will feature national and international experts from industry, research, healthcare, public administration, and universities, among other fields.

The main objective of this scientific event, coordinated by the Innovation and Data Analysis Unit of the Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, is to showcase the latest trends in healthcare management and evaluation, with an emphasis on the innovative use of health data.

(From left to right in the image): Rafaela Caballero Andaluz (Delegate of the Rector of the University of Seville for Health Affairs), Gonzalo Balbontín Casillas (Director of the Fundación Progreso y Salud), Áurea Morillo García (General Secretary of Public Health in R&D&I in Health – Junta de Andalucía), Miguel Ángel Colmenero Camacho (Manager of the Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena), Silvia Pozo Sánchez (Delegate of the Area of ​​Sport and Health Promotion and Macarena District – Ayuntamiento de Sevilla), José Cañón Campos (Managing Director of the Fundación para la Gestión de la Investigación en Salud de Sevilla – FISEVI and the Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla – IBiS), Carmen Zambrano Olivo (Deputy Director of Nursing and Surgical Processes at the Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena), Carlos Míguez Sánchez (Associate Physician at the Management of the Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena) and Alberto Moreno Conde (Coordinator of the Innovation and Data Analysis Unit – Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena)

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The aim is to clarify some of the challenges and opportunities posed by the use of data for research, innovation, management, and healthcare evaluation. Notable topics to be addressed include smart hospitals, innovation in surgery, and personalized and precision medicine. Technology transfer and evaluation in healthcare will also be discussed. Some challenges posed by the use of healthcare data that will also be addressed at this pioneering event include: Health Technology Assessment, Healthcare Management, Data Spaces, Research, Experiences with Artificial Intelligence, Humanization, and Healthcare Innovation.

Photo provided by: HUVM Communication Unit

One of the objectives of the 2nd INNODATA Congress, which will also address the latest advances and experiences in the use of Artificial Intelligence in routine healthcare, is to serve as a forum for collaboration and exchange that allows participants to develop new strategies. The goal is to make the most of healthcare data for the benefit of disease prevention and patient care.