Experts at the Telemedicine Conference
Highlights from the telemedicine Symposium
Telemedicine is making its way into healthcare. In mid-November the VI Institute brought international experts to Vienna to explore the potential of new solutions alongside national experts. Topics included telemedicine developments in dermatology and pathology, emergency medicine, and general healthcare. Additionally, the focus was on data protection.
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About the conference
Important stakeholders at Billrothhaus
Telemedicine is the future, but it raises many questions. The symposium covered topics such as pilot projects, legal issues, opportunities, and risks, as well as experience reports from both domestic and international sources.
- Concentrated expertise
Key stakeholders from medicine, politics, and science (Federal Ministers, doctors, …) as well as international experts from Harvard, Yale, MIT, WHO and NHS participated.
- Everything about telemedicine
Discussed at the symposium: What is the legal framework for telemedicine? How is it reimbursed? How can doctors and patients communicate securely and digitally?
- Exclusive ambiance
The symposium took place in the historic rooms of the Billrothhaus at the Society of Physicians in Vienna, a place where medical history was made.
Speakers
Key Stakeholders gather at billrothhaus
Thomas Mück
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. soc. oec. Thomas Mück is the Chair of the Department of Digitalization in Medicine and E-Health at Sigmund Freud University.
Steve Chaid
Steve Chaid is a TV presenter and media trainer, and has been living in Austria for many years.
Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. univ. Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof works at the University Clinic for Dermatology and Venereology in Graz.
Nicole Kordina
Dr. Nicole Kordina is a doctor at Notruf 144.
Michael Roehrl
Dr. Michael Roehrl, PhD, MBA is the head of Pathology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Michael J. Miller
Prof. Michael Miller is a member of the Digital Health Technical Advisory Group (DHTAG) Roster of Experts and the WHO (Europe) Committee for Digitalization and Health Information Systems.
Michael Binder
Dr. Michael Binder, CMO, is the Medical Director and a Board Member at the Vienna Health Network (Wiener Gesundheitsverbund).
Martina Edlinger
Mag. Martina Edlinger is a lawyer at Wolf Theiss. Her areas of expertise include Corporate, M&A, Health Care & Life Sciences, as well as Finance.
Justin M Ko
Prof. Justin M. Ko, MD, MBA, has been with Stanford Medicine since 2012. He is the Director and Head of Medical Dermatology at Stanford Health Care (SHC).
Jona Boeddinghaus
Mag. Jona Boeddinghaus is the Chief Operating Officer at Gradient Zero, specializing in AI development.
Johannes Rauch
Johannes Rauch is the Federal Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection in Austria.
Harald Schlögel
Dr. Harald Schlögel, the specialist in otorhinolaryngology, is the president of the Lower Austria Medical Chamber (Ärztekammer Niederösterreich).
Harald Kittler
Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr. Harald Kittler is a Senior Supervisor at the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Wien).
Gerald Ch. Loho
Prim. Dr. Gerald Ch. Loho is the head of the II. Orthopedic Department at Herz-Jesu Hospital in Vienna.
Franz Borkovec
Mag. Franz Borkovec, MBA is the Managing Director of the VI Institute.
Ernest Pichlbauer
Ass. Prof. Dr. med. univ. Ernest Pichelbauer is an Assistant Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna.
Edgar Weippl
The security expert Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. techn. Edgar Weippl is a Professor of Security and Privacy at the University of Vienna.
Collin M. Stultz
Prof. Dr. Collin M. Stultz, MD, PhD, is, among other roles, the Director of Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Andreas Zavadil
Dr. Andreas Zavadil, CIPP/E, CIPM, is the department head at the Data Protection Authority.
Stakeholders & Experts
Program
Austria | Harvard | Stanford | NHS | WHO
The presentations were partially in English.
Doctor-to-doctor or doctor-patient communication.
Digital solutions for secure telemedicine
The VI Institute, based in Vienna, develops secure digital solutions for doctor-to-doctor or doctor-patient communication – with and without artificial intelligence. With the symposium, we pave the way for a broad discussion of telemedicine.
Cooperations
Our partners for the symposium
