Liopa, a spin out of the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) has announced that it is to deliver a prototype patient/carer communications aid. It will be used by tracheostomy patients in critical care environments.

10 - 12 October 2019, Berlin, Germany.
International leaders in medicine aim at analyzing, evaluating, and incorporating the major developments in the field into the ecosystem of XPOMET Medicinale. These leaders forming the Medical Board met on 20 March to discuss the trending topics and how to approach them regarding the structure and goals of the Festival.

9 - 11 April 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Attended by some 10,800 visitors, 570 exhibitors and 350 speakers, after three days DMEA, Europe's leading event for digital health, came to a successful conclusion. Featuring new interactive formats with a wider range of topics and targeting a larger audience, the successor to conhIT was able to reposition itself as the platform for digital healthcare.

9 - 11 April 2019, Berlin, Germany.
What can be done to ensure the success of ePrescriptions and the electronic patient file? What prospects do digital solutions for the patient offer? What added value can digitalising nursing care achieve? From 9 to 11 April on the Berliner Exhibition Grounds DMEA - Connecting Digital Health (formerly conhIT) will devote itself to the entire range of topics surrounding the digital transformation of the healthcare system.

9 - 11 April 2019, Berlin, Germany.
From 2021 onwards everyone insured under a statutory health insurance scheme in Germany should have the right to an electronic patient record. However, electronic files for the healthcare system are no longer a vision of the future, as can be seen at the DMEA 2019:

18 - 21 November 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany.
As a result of the final phase of exhibitor registrations for the world’s leading medical trade fare MEDICA 2019 in Düsseldorf, one thing is already apparent: Exhibitors have a positive view of the updated allocation of subjects to the trade fair halls and are aligning their participation to the new structure with regard to target group orientation and placement and are also, in part, expanding their presence.

9 - 11 April 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Be it preventive healthcare for dementia using intuitive apps, anonymous hospital hygiene inspections using IoT sensors, or VR applications that let hemiplegic patients live an independent life - new products are being presented by numerous eHealth startups at DMEA.