Frontiers Health 2023
FH23, held in Rome and online, posed a special attention to the payor perspective, related to the comprehensive exploration of the concept of “value”. The discussion was wide, and encompassed various crucial aspects, including frameworks, payornomics (the economics of payors), negotiation strategies, and the illumination of real-world case studies.
That’s why we worked with the team at Vitality to deliver a session that encouraged in-depth discussions, enabling participants to delve into the intricacies of the topics covered, while creating a collaborative and insightful environment for meaningful exploration and learning.
Digital Therapeutics (DTx) are now gaining reimbursement approval in an increasing number of countries worldwide, presenting a historic opportunity for Digital Health startups, investors, and the entire ecosystem. However, the approval processes for DTx are currently fragmented and subject to individual state definitions. Each approval process comes with specific requirements for evaluating medical safety, certifications, data security, and privacy.
For this reason, FH23 was strongly focused on representing such a complexity while advocating and championing a unique global movement to harmonize the processes. To pursue such an ambitious goal, the 2023 edition was conceived to cover strategic topic further extensively, by organizing dedicated side events and gatherings.
For the first time the “Italian Summit” was held in the framework of the global conference, providing a strategic occasion of discussion among key stakeholders engaged in scaling, implementing, and shaping reimbursement procedures for digital health solutions. National and local institutions, HCPs and scientific societies, patient associations, life sciences industry players and interdisciplinary innovators met to share experiences and strategies for scaling the digital health transformation of the National Healthcare Service.
In addition, we hosted a masterclass offering a comprehensive overview of the distinct requirements outlined by various regulatory pathways in the EU, UK, and the US (DVG vs. PECAN vs. DTAC vs. US). The session included the presentation of case studies, exploring the roadmaps of these companies and how they addressed challenges related to data protection and security.
To dive deep into practical insurance offering in the health space, we teamed up with UniSalute, that presented their health insurance initiatives and discussed the evolving customer experience, and how to streamline doctor-patient interaction models. Much attention was paid to Remote Patient Monitoring, Digital Mental Health, and Virtual Care.
Day 3 of FH23 hosted the “2023 Digital Medicine & DTx Global Policy Summit”, that united subject matter experts, policy makers and industry leaders from Europe, United States and APAC to focus on best practices, harmonization, access and reimbursement processes and strategies for systemic integration of digital medicine. The Digital Medicine & DTx Global Policy Summit has been promoted by Healthware Group and Digital Therapeutics Alliance, in collaboration with APACMed.