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Carole Absil Business Development Manager

Agoria eHealth

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Who am I working for?

AGORIAThe Belgian federation for the technology industryRepresenting the interests of over 1.700 companies

180 members developing & selling products tothe healthcare and medical sector:

Electromedical devicesICT solutions (eHealth)Industrial solutionsConsumer goodsServices

What do we do? (examples)

Lobbying:Encouraging & strenghtening the use of healthcare IT by all kinds of practitioners and government

Innovation: Factories of the Future

Regulations:Training on new regulation public procurement – specific to the healthcare sectorSaaS contract

Standardization:Coordination of IHE-Belgium

What do we do? (examples)

Business development:National:

Identification of clients, matchmakings..eHealth Awards & mobile health congressInfo sessions: big data in HC, cloud, info security, 3D-printing, the new Chirec Hospital…

International:Dedicated business clubDirect contact with generation leadsEx: South Africa on infection control, Resah Ile de France, NHS...

What about health?

Chronic disease epidemics between 2003 & 2023

Milken Institute, 2007

Cancer

+ 62%

Mentaldisorders

+ 54%Diabetes

+ 53%

Heartdiseases

+ 41%

Hypertension

+ 39%Pulmonarycondition

+ 31%

Stroke

+ 29%

Also taking into account

Huge and growing number of digital users

Changing behaviour of customers

Need of individualization

Interaction with unexpected short response time, dialogue

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Evolution towards

redictive

articipative

reventive

ersonalized

What about solutions?

Game changing business models

huge potential of new technologies in healthcare thanks to:

Early diagnosis and better treatment

Patient empowerment and healthier lifestyle

Increased prevention

More efficient and sustainable healthcare

New entrants will challenge established players:

Healthcare

retail

Entertainment & media

Financial services

Telecom

Hospitality

transportation

& new model re-thinking

For the you spend today on healthcare,

less than goes to prevention,

but about to the 2 last year of your life.

What if we would reverse it?

Towards a game-shift?

Evolution

From 1970 to 2000: the era of medical devices

In parallel, from 1980 to 2010, the era of healthcare IT

Today, moving towards a merge between the 2 for super products for better health?

Illustration: Mobile Health

Mobile apps in 20173,4b. people will own a smartphone

½ will use health appsToday.. already 97.000 health-related apps available ($2,4b.)

In 2017: $ 26b.

Wearables in 2018$12b market

of which 60% will be health tracking

Why do you regularly check oil and water in your car, but not the status of your body?

Why do you ask about the weather tomorrow, but not about your body tomorrow?

Why do you store your kid’s blood group or vaccination dates on lousy sheets of paper or

booklet you loose?

Moving forward to

“Your future health is in your genes”

Geneticpredispositiontests:

The era of personal genomeanalysers

Close relationship with IT

1 genome = 100 Gb raw data

= 1 Tb analyzed data

1 million genomes =

Strong need to combine genome with other data

iPoP(integrative personal omics profile)

Quantified self(personal data)

Tricorder-like

devices & wearable sensors

even further

Temporary tatoos

From UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

Biostamps

FDA-approved collonscopy

Closer to us

Is sitting the new smoking ?

“I think the biggest

innovation of the 21st

century will be at the

intersection of biology

and technology.

A new era is beginning.”

Steve Jobs