12/06/2025
🌍Yesterday the FORTH-Institute of Computer Science had the pleasure of welcoming two healthcare professionals from abroad: Ms. Susanne Aellgaard, DRG Consultant from Denmark, and Mr. Lorenzo Isella, Management Engineer from Italy.
▶️ The visit took place in the frame of the HOPE Exchange Programme, co-funded by the European Union🇪🇺. This year’s theme, “Together for Quality in Healthcare,” emphasizes knowledge sharing on healthcare quality, innovation, and patient-centered services.
🏨The visitors, hosted from May 19th to June 15th by Venizeleio–Pananeio General Hospital, are exploring quality management practices, evaluation procedures, and the use of innovative tools in patient and data management in local healthcare units. At the same time, they contribute by sharing their own expertise and best practices.
📑Accompanied by Ms. Dimitra Evangelinou from Venizeleio Hospital, the visitors were welcomed at ICS-FORTH where they attended an overview presentation of FORTH's mission by Dr. Maria Makridaki, Innovation Manager at Center for eHealth Applications & Services.
◼️ Mr. Dimitrios Katehakis , Head of , presented the Center’s activities, and the services offered by the "smartHEALTH" European Digital Innovation Hub.
◼️ Dr. Angelina Kouroubali, PhD, FIAHSI highlighted the Region of Crete’s designation as a Reference Site for Active and Healthy Ageing.
◼️ Discussions on quality assurance and risk management followed, led by Ms. Evangelia Kartsoni, Quality Assurance Manager, and Mr. Nikos Stathiakis, Information Security Manager.
◼️ The visit concluded with a presentation by Mr. George Dimitriou, Cluster Manager of the Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (HDHC).
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