EHRA Summit 2024

Digitising Healthcare in EP: Navigating Barriers, Seizing Opportunities, and Implementing Unified Solutions 

Thursday, 13 June

• 12:00-14:00
  • Lunch

Introduction

• 14:00-14:05
  • Welcome, José Luis Merino, SP (EHRA President), Michal Farkowski, PL (EHRA NCS Committee Chair)
• 14:05 - 14:10
  • Welcome from the local host, Adam Sokal, PL
• 14:10 - 14:20
  • Feedback from last year's summit, Daniel Scherr, AT (EHRA NCS Committee Co-Chair)

Session 1: Telemedicine: the case of remote monitoring of CIED and other heart rhythm management technologies 

Part 1: Chaired by Emma Allouche and Diogo Cavaco

• 14:25 - 14:40
  • Clinical evidence on CIED remote monitoring, Nikolaos Dagres
• 14:40 - 15:30

  • Country-specific organisation and coverage of CIED remote monitoring and other HR telemedicine services

    • Switzerland: CIED and HF remote monitoring, Haran Burri
    • Poland: A system in transition, Pawel Krzesinki
    • Kazakhstan: How to monitor without reimbursement? Ayan Abdrakhmanov
    • Bulgaria: From ILR to high voltage devices, Vassil Traykov
    • France: Are we following the Expert Consensus document? David Monino
• 15:30 - 15:50
  • The World Forum on CIED interoperability – needs, status and future directions, Hein Heidbuchel
• 15:50 - 16:10
  • Role and future insights from the industry - Boston Scientific, David Monino
• 16:10 - 16:30
  • Coffee break & Networking

Part 2: Chaired by Gianluca Botto and Csaba Földesi

• 16:30 - 18:00

  • CIED remote monitoring and other remote technologies for heart rhythm management: what works, what does not and how to move forward? 

    Break-out sessions as follow:

    • Panel 1: CIED remote monitoring: current situation, why it is not widely implemented and how to change it?
    • Panel 2: CIED remote monitoring: current & future opportunities and threats
    • Panel 3: Telemedicine and other heart rhythm devices: current situation and future directions 
      • Jakub Baran, Renate Schnabel
• 18:00 - 18:45 
  • Presentation of results and plenary discussion, Gianluca Botto, Scaba Földesi
• 18:45 - 18:50 
  • Adjournment by Chairs, Chairs of Part 1 and 2

Friday, 14 June

Session 2: The future of medical digital data is now

Part 1: Chaired Kasia Malaczynska and David Duncker

• 08:15 - 08:35
  • An EHRA/ESC collaboration on the Atlas of Arrhythmia, Michal Farkowski, José Luis Merino, Daniel Scherr
• 08:35 - 09:05
  • Artificial intelligence and big data explained to clinicians, Manuel Marina Breysse
• 09:05 - 09:30
  • AI applications will soon fundamentally change Heart Rhythm care, Bleron Baraliu
• 09:30 - 10:00

  • How to develop and exploit country-wide medical databases?

    • 09:30-09:45: Sweden, Runa Sigurjonsdottir
    • 09:45-10:00: Israel, Moti Haim
• 10:00 - 10:30
  • AI and software as medical devices: opportunities, obstacles and limitations, Medtronic: Tarek Addad (15 min), Biosense Webster: Liat Tsoref (15 min)
• 10:30 - 10:45
  • The perspective and vision of the next EHRA President, Helmut Puererfellner
• 10:45 - 11:05
  • Coffee break & Networking

Part 2: Chaired by Piotr Szymanski and Elena Arbelo

• 11:05 - 11:35
• 11:35 - 11:55 
  • A European Health Data Space
    • 11;35 - 11:55 What is it, Piotr Szymanski
    • 11:55 - 12:15 Physician perspective on the EHDS, Ruben Casado Arroyo
    • 12:15 - 12:35 Industry presentation on Hybrid ablations, AtriCure: Esteve Vallve
• 12:35 - 13:05 
  • Opportunities and threats of medical data exchange - a plenary discussion, Sing-Chien Yap, Christophe Leclercq
• 13:05 - 13:15
  • Take-home message and adjourn by the EHRA President, José Luis Merino

Previous EHRA Summits

• Madrid, Spain - 2023
• Zagreb, Croatia - 2022
• Online version - 2021
• Online version - 2020
• Krakow, Poland - 2019
• European Heart House - 2018
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain - 2017
• European Heart House, France - 2016

EHRA Young Ambassadors Summit

This event is an opportunity to strengthen relationships between Young EP National Ambassadors as well as to share experiences.

This year the Young Ambassadors Summit took place on 12-13 June in Warsaw, Poland.