Program

7th of May

8:30-9:30Registration
 
9:30-10:30Session 1 – Digital Transformation in Healthcare (Aurora Hall)Chair: Jarmo Reponen
 
9:30-9:40Conference opening wordsConference president, Prof.  Jarmo Reponen, University of Oulu, Finland
9:40-9:50 Greetings from Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and HealthMinister of Social Affairs and Health Kaisa Juuso
9:50-10:20Keynote: Current Status of Digitalization in Japanese Health CareProf. Tomohiro Kuroda, Kyoto University, Japan
 
10.30-11:00Coffee, Exhibition and Posters
 
11:00-12:30Session 2a – Remote Care and Health Connectivity Architectures in 6G Era (Aurora Hall)Chair: Erkki Harjula
Invited Speech:
11:00-11:20Edge Computing Systems for Collaborative Healthcare ApplicationsAssoc. Prof. Flavio Esposito, Saint Louis University, USA
Scientific Presentations:
11:20Expert Perspectives on Future 6G-Enabled Hospital MetaverseFan Wang, Risto Jurva, Petri Ahokangas, Seppo Yrjölä, Marja Matinmikko-Blue
11:27An LSTM Framework for the Effective Screening of Dementia for Deployment on Edge DevicesBernard Wilkie, Karla Munoz Esquivel, Jamie Roche
11:34Adaptive Security in 6G for Sustainable HealthcareIjaz Ahmad, Ijaz Ahmad, Erkki Harjula
11:41Decentralized Pub/Sub Architecture for Real-time Remote Patient Monitoring: a Feasibility StudyKazi Nymul Haque, Johirul Islam, Ijaz Ahmad, Erkki Harjula
11:48Towards 6g technology enabled wearable patient monitoring – a pilot study in radiotherapy treatment pathwayTeemu Myllylä, Sakari S. Karhula, Daljeet Singh, Jesse Lohela, Sadegh Moradi, Kalle Inget, Vesa Korhonen, Mariella Särestöniemi, Jarmo Reponen, Risto Jurva, Tuomo Hänninen, Olli Liinamaa, Erkki Harjula, Juha Nikkinen
11:55Preliminary Study on Wellbeing and Healthcare Services Needs in Japan and Finland for Telehealth Solutions Based on Dwelling Jaakko Hyry , Pasi Karppinen, Takumi Kobayashi, Daisuke Anzai
12:02Considering the potential use of Oura ring for remote monitoring at home: the perspective of ageing neurological patientsMelika Azim Zadegan, Rosa Sahlström, Eeva Aromaa, Tero Montonen, Päivi M Eriksson, Ville Leinonen
12:09-12:14Exhibitor presentations:NGK Europe GmbH
 
11:00-12:30Session 2b – User Experience and  Citizen Data
(Puisto-Pato Hall)
Chair: Jarmo Reponen
Invited Speeches:
11:00 User experience of health IT in the course of years in DenmarkProf. Christian Nøhr, Aalborg University, Denmark
11:20 Digital health in the Nordic countries – the citizen perspectiveAssist. Prof. Jeppe Eriksen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Scientific Presentations:
11:40 Dynamics in Entry and Exit Registrations in a 14-year Follow-up of Nationwide Healthcare HIE and EHR Systems: Electronic Prescription and Patient Data Repository Services 2010–2023 in FinlandVesa Jormanainen
11:47 Closing the Loop for Controlled Substances Surveillance: A Field Study of the Usability and User Experience of an Integrated Electronic Narcotic ConsumptionAnnika Häkkinen, Johanna Viitanen, Kaisa Savolainen, Ville-Matti Mäkinen, Mia Sivén, Tinja Lääveri, Hanna M. Tolonen
11:54 A User-Centric Exploration of a Digital Health ExperienceMilka Haanpää, Saila Saraniemi
12:01 Fatigue Assessment with Visualizations of Patient-Generated Data: An Evaluation with Informatics-Savvy Healthcare ProfessionalsSharon Guardado, Terhi Holappa, Minna Isomursu
12:08 Older Adults´ Emotional User Experiences with Digital Health ServicesPaula Valkonen, Sari Kujala 
12:15 The Adoption of MyData-Based Health Applications Among Elderly Citizens in Nordic Countries and the UKChathurangani Jayathilake, Pantea Keikhosrokiani, Minna Isomursu
12:22-12:27Exhibitor presentations:ESKO Systems
 
11:00-12:30Session 2c – Digitalization in Health Education 1
(Merikoski Hall)
Chair: Miia Jansson
Invited Speeches:
11:00 Upskilling: Value-Based Healthcare Education with Serious GamesProf. Gillian Vesty, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
11:20How do digital health literacy and other factors impact the use and understandability of consumer health information systems?Assist. Prof. Helen Monkman,  University of Victoria,  Canada
Scientific Presentations:
11:40 Intergenerational Learning and Managerial Approaches for Fostering Digital Competence in Health care – A qualitative studyMira Hammarén, Tarja Pölkki, Outi Kanste
11:47 Healthcare professionals’ digital competence in healthcare settings – an international comparative studyErika Jarva, Anne Oikarinen, Boris Miha Kaučič, Zhou Wentao, Miyae Yamaka-wa
11:54 Developing National Medical and Dental Education: From Digital Leap to Digital MarathonTiina Salmijärvi, Petri Kulmala, Henri Takalo-Kastari, Jarmo Reponen
12:01 Initial Experiences of Electronic Medical Record Simulation Environment in eHealth Education in FinlandPetra Kuikka, Paula Veikkolainen, Tiina Salmijärvi, Timo Tuovinen, Petri Kulmala, Jarmo Reponen
12:08 Health care professionals’ perceptions of digital counselling – A qualitative descriptive studyJuulia Kaihlaniemi, Maria Kääriäinen, Anne Oikarinen
12:15-12:22How does human-centred extended reality support healthcare students’ learning in clinical conditions?Kristina Mikkonen, Hany Ferdinando, Marta Sobocinski, Heli Kuivila, Sari Pramila-Savukoski, Tugba Vhitehead, Paula Ropponen, Teemu Myllylä, Jari Paunonen, Erson Halili, Joel Koutonen, Juha-Matti Taikina-Aho, Antti Siipo, Sanna Järvelä
 
12:30-14:00Lunch, Exhibition and Posters 
14:00-15:30Session 3a – Digital Health Innovation (Aurora Hall)Chair: Mark van Gils 
Invited Speeches:
14:00 Digital Health Adoption Journey in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Global Health PerspectiveKatri Kontio, Regional Advisor in Health Information and Digital Health in the Pan American Health Organization, USA
14:20 Challenges for measuring the  impacts of e-Health  innovationsEmerita Professor Vivian Vimarlund, Linköping University, Sweden
Scientific Presentations:
14:40 Digital Health Exemplars: Service Delivery Transformation through Digital InnovationLena Kan, Patricia Mechael, Smisha Agarwal, Shivani Pandya, Binyam Tilahun
14:47 Digital Empathic Healthcare: Designing Virtual Interactions for Human-Centered ExperiencesAmy Grech, Andrew Wodehouse, Ross Brisco
14:54 Developing a Digital Gaming Intervention with Yetitablet® to Improve Older People’s Functioning and Activity in Long-Term-Care – a Feasibility StudySaara Kukkohovi, Heidi Siira, Satu Elo
15:01 Orchestrating customer-oriented private-public health care ecosystemSatu Nätti, Hanna Komulainen, Saila Saraniemi, Pauliina Ulkuniemi
15:08 Digital twins for development of microwave-based brain tumor detection Mariella Särestöniemi, Daljeet Singh, Charline Heredia, Juha Nikkinen, Mikael von und zu Fraunberg, Teemu Myllylä
15:15-15:20Exhibitor presentations:MedaNets
 
14:00-15:30Session 3b – Digital Health Care Pathways 1
(Puisto-Pato Hall)
Chair: Johanna Uusimaa 
Invited Speech:
14:00 Information Systems Supporting Digital Health Care Pathways and Fluent Patient JourneysAssoc. Prof. Rune Pedersen, UiT Arctic University of Norway; Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, Norway
Scientific Presentations:
14:20 The Role of Digital Epilepsy Care Pathway on Patients’ Treatment Burden: Clinicians’ PerspectiveManria Polus, Pantea Keikhosrokiani, Johanna Uusimaa, Jonna Komulainen-Ebrahim, Johanna Annunen, Sehrish Khan, Woubshet Behutiye, Päivi Vieira, Minna Isomursu
14:27 Design Sustainability Goals for digital care pathway for epilepsy: A Healthcare Professionals PerspectiveSehrish Khan, Pantea Keikhosrokiani, Johanna Uusimaa, Johanna Annunen, Jonna Komulainen-Ebrahim, Manria Polus, Päivi Vieira, Minna Isomursu
14:34 Enhancing Independent Auditory and Speechreading Training – Two Finnish Free Mobile Applications Constructed for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and AdultsKerttu Huttunen, Jaakko Kauramäki, Kati
Pajo, Satu Saalasti
14:41 Visual Modeling of Multiple Sclerosis Patient Pathways: The Healthcare Workers’ PerspectivesBinyam Bogale, Ingrid Konstanse Ledel Solem, Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius1, Ragnhild Halvorsrud  
14:48 Use of digital technologies in nursing homes at a rural area of Northern FinlandPekka Kilpeläinen, Meira Mankinen, Veijo Sutinen and Vesa Virtanen
14:55 Developing opportunities with digital transformation challenges in hospital at home servicesTerhi-Maija Isakov, Henna Härkönen, Piia Hyvämäki and Miia Jansson on behalf of the research group 
15:02Robots in the Care of Older People: Robot Literacy RequiredPäivi Rasi-Heikkinen, Susanna Rivinen, Aino Ahtinen
15:09Informal Carers of People with MS Viewpoint in Digital Health Research: a Scoping ReviewTiia Yrttiaho, Vasiliki Mylonopoulou, Guido Giunti, Minna Isomursu
15:16-15:21Exhibitor presentations:Iiwari Tracking Solutions
Hola5G Oulu (OYS, Boldyn, Pohde, University of Oulu, WICOAR Technologies)
 
14:00-15:30Session 3c – Digitalization in Health Education 2
(Merikoski Hall)
Chair: Petri Kulmala 
Invited Speech:
14:00 Capacity building in digital health – how to educate professionals and citizensProf. Sabine Koch, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
14:20 What new skills we need in digital health – the role of VR and AI in education?Prof. Kristina Mikkonen
Scientific Presentations:
14:40 Factors affecting marginalized older peoples’ digital exclusion evaluated by gerontological social work professionalsVirpi Paananen, Susanna Rivinen, Anniina Tohmola, Satu Elo
14:47 The needed skills and competencies for healthcare providers to use technology for patients with painJohanna Soini,Héctor Beltrán-Alacreu, Asuncion Ferri-Morales, Ingrid Jepsen, Andrea Kuckert, Katriina Kuhalampi, Andreas Kűnz, Anna Marie Lassen, Cristina Lirio-Romero, Sanna Luoma-aho, Daniel Ramskov Jørgensen, Diana Schack Thoft, Diego Serrano-Muñoz, Alison Themessl-Huber,Tobias Werner
14:54 Social and health teachers’ experiences of implementing multidisciplinary specialisation studies in a digital learning environment.Hanna Naakka, Jarmo Heinonen, Sami Perälä, Anna Rauha, Mika Paldanius, Outi Ahonen, Päivi Sanerma 
15:01 Supporting sense of meaningful life and human dignity in digitally assisted physiotherapy environment – qualitative secondary research with thematic analyses and inductive synthesis Tuulikki Sjögren, Hilkka Korpi
15:08-15:15 Patients’ experiences of the digital counselling competence of healthcare professionals – A qualitative descriptive studyPetra Suonnansalo, Juulia Kaihlaniemi, Outi Kähkönen, Anne Oikarinen
 
15:15-16:00Coffee break and Poster Tour in Rossi cabinet.
 
16:00-17:30Session 4a – Clinical Decision Support and Medical AI 1
(Aurora Hall)
Chair: Daljeet Singh 
Invited Speeches:
16:00 Medical AI and Clinical Decision Support in RadiologyProf. Elmar Kotter, Freiburg University Medical Center, Germany
16:20 How can IT solutions help professionals to deliver knowledge based care?Prof. Arild Faxvaag, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Scientific Presentations:
16:40 Using machine learning methods to predict the lactate trend of sepsis patients in the ICUMustafa Kemal Arslantas, Tunc Asuroglu, Reyhan Arslantas, Emin Pashazade, Pelin Corman Dincer, Gulbin Tore Altun, Alper Kararmaz
16:47 Pipeline for Automatic Brain Stimulation with Real-time Machine-learning -based Decoding of EEG Responses Matilda Makkonen, Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski, Kyösti Alkio, Ivan Zubarev, Risto Juhani Ilmoniemi, Tuomas Petteri Mutanen, Pantelis Lioumis
16:54 Computed tomography artefact detection using deep learning — towards automated quality assuranceSatu Inkinen, Antti Kotiaho, Matti Hanni, Miika T. Nieminen, Mikael Brix
17:01 Early Prediction of Memory Disorders Using Primary Healthcare and Social Services Data Heba Sourkatti, Tunc Asuroglu, Aino-Lotta Ilona Alahäivälä, Anna-Maija Tolppanen, Jouni Ihalainen
17:08 Assessment of Parkinson’s Disease Severity Using Gait Data: A Deep Learning-Based Multimodal Approach Nabid Faiem, Tunc Asuroglu, Koray Açıcı, Antti Kallonen, Mark van Gils
17:15-17:22 Developing a Patient Safety CDSS Platform using Healthcare MyDataWona Choi, Sung goo You, Dai-Jin Kim, In Young Choi
 
16:00-17:30Session 4b – Digital Health Care Pathways 2 (Merikoski Hall)Chair: Pantea Keikhosrokiani 
Invited Speeches:
16:00 Experiences in building a national digital health platformGudrun Audardottir, National Centre for eHealth, Iceland
Scientific Presentations:
16:20 Dual-perspective Modeling of Patient Pathways: A Case Study on Kidney Cancer Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Ragnhild Halvorsrud, Rolf Eigil Berg, Märt Vesinurm
16:27 Parental Views on the Digital Solution for Children´s Day Surgery Pathway Arja Rantala, Miia Jansson, Otto Helve, Pekka Lahdenne, Minna Pikkarainen, Tarja Pölkki
16:34 Digital Services in the Welfare, Social and Health Sector Organizations of the South Ostrobothnia Region Merja Hoffren-Mikkola
16:41 Community Health Workers’ Experiences of a Digital Solution for Community-based Rehabilitation in Primary HealthcareMichael Oduor, Eeva Aartolahti, Juliette Gasana, Hilmi Zadah Faidullah, David Tumusiime, Katariina Korniloff
16:48 A Persuasive mHealth Application for Postoperative Cardiac Procedures: Prototype Design and Usability Study Renata Savian Colvero de Oliveira, Grace Dal Sasso, Sriram Iyengar, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen
16:55 Patient and Healthcare Professional Experiences on the Barriers, Facilitators, and Solutions of Digital Counseling Materials for Patients with Cerebrovascular Diseases Kirsi Myllykangas, Henna Härkönen, Maria Kääriäinen, Mikko Kärppä, Miia Jansson
17:02 Effectiveness of Robot-assisted Lower Limb Rehabilitation on Balance in People with Stroke: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression Riku Yli-Ikkelä, Aki Rintala, Anna Köyhäjoki, Harto Hakonen, Hilkka Korpi, Mir-jami Kantola, Sari Honkanen, Outi Ilves, Tuulikki Sjögren, Juha Karvanen, Eeva Aartolahti
17:09-17:16 Virtual Reality in Rehabilitation of Executive Functions in Children (VREALFUN)Merja Nikula, Mirjami Mäntymaa, Steven M. Lavalle, Ari Pouttu, Julia Jaekel, Eeva T. Aronen, Tytti Pokka, Juha Salmi, Johanna Uusimaa
 
16:00-17:30Session 4c – Novel Sensors and Bioinformatics
(Puisto-Pato Hall)
Chair: Mariella Särestöniemi
Invited Speeches:
16:00 Wearable sensors for improving health monitoring inside and outside the hospitalAdj. Prof. Ilkka Korhonen, Tampere University, Finland
16:20 Wearable sensors and applications in healthcareProf. Joan Condell, Ulster University, Ireland
Scientific Presentations:
16:40 A Distributed Framework for Remote Multimodal Biosignal Acquisition and AnalysisConstantino Alvarez Casado, Pauli Räsänen, Le Ngu Nguyen, Arttu Lämsä, Johannes Peltola, Miguel Bordallo Lopez
16:47 Passively Reconfigurable Antenna using Gravitational MethodThanatcha Satitchantrakul, Chanathan Manapreecha, Sukrit Phongpatrawiset, and 
Ping Jack Soh
16:54 Monte Carlo Simulation of Implanted Intracranial fNIRS Netaniel Rein, Mordekhay Medvedovsky, Michal Balberg
17:01 Enabling Rapid Multi-locus Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Pulse-width Modulation Heikki Sinisalo, Mikael Laine, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Victor H. Souza, Matti Stenroos, Renan H Matsuda, Ana M. Soto, Elena Ukharova, Tuomas Petteri Mutanen, Lari M. Koponen, Risto Juhani Ilmoniemi
17:08 A Skewness-based Harmonic Filter for Harmonic Attenuation of Wearable Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy Signals Hany Ferdinando, Martti Ilvesmäki, Janne Kananen, Sadegh Moradi, Teemu Myllylä
17:15 Wearable Motion Sensors in the Detection of ADHD: A Critical ReviewJakov Basic, Johanna Uusimaa, Juha Salmi
17:22-17:29 Influence of Arterial Vessel Diameter and Blood Viscosity on PTT in Pulsatile Flow Model  Aleksandra Zienkiewicz, Erkki Vihriälä, Teemu Myllylä
 
19:30Gala dinner at Aurora hall of Hotel Lasaretti For those who have it included in the ticket price.

8th of May

8.00-08.30Bus transportation from hotels to site visits
8.30- 10.30 Site Visits
Future Hospital OYS2030 
OYS TestLab and Knoppi
MITTLAB; Oulu University and OAMK, Oulu University Hospital
Accessible home (Mahdollistava Koti), OAMK
Nokia OTAVA Lab.
Oulu University Health Tech Research Lab tours (1) Multimodal Sensing Lab, 2) UBICOMP Lab, 3) Human Body Twin Lab)
Bus transportation from site visits to Lasaretti 
 
10:30-11:00Coffee, Exhibition and Posters 
 
11:00-12:30Session 5a – Clinical Decision Support and Medical AI 2
(Aurora Hall)
Chair: Mikael Brix
Invited Speech:
11:00 AI-Based Medical Image Analysis in Musculoskeletal DisordersDr. Claudia Lindner, University of Manchester, UK
11:20 How close are we in Implementing AI in everyday radiologyMika Nevalainen, Associate Professor, University of Oulu
Scientific Presentations:
11:40 Drug Recommendation System for Healthcare Professionals’ Decision-Making using Opinion Mining and Machine LearningPantea Keikhosrokiani, Katheeravan Balasubramaniam, Minna Isomursu
11:47 Enhancing Arrhythmia Diagnosis with Data-Driven Methods: A 12-Lead ECG-Based Explainable AI ModelEmmanuel C. Chukwu, Pedro A. Moreno-Sánchez
11:54 Real-time Gait Anomaly Detection using 1D-CNN and LSTMJakob Rostovski, Mohammad Hasan Ahmadilivani, Andrei Krivošei, Alar Kuusik, Muhammad Mahtab Alam
12:01 Research for JYU: An AI-driven, Fully Remote Mobile Application for Functional Exercise TestingNeil Cronin, Ari Lehtiö, Jussi Talaskivi
12:08Exploring and Extending Human-Centered Design to Develop AI-enabled Wellbeing Technology in HealthcareLaura Tahvanainen, Outi Ahonen, Birgitta Tetri
12:15-12:22A Hybrid Images Deep Trained Feature Extraction and Ensemble Learning Models for Classification of Multi Disease in Fundus ImagesJyoti Verma, Isha Kansal, Renu Popli, Vikas Khullar, Daljeet Singh, Manish Snehi, Rajeev Kumar
 
11:00-12:30Session 5b – Health Technology Assessment and Impact Evaluation (Puisto-Pato Hall)
Invited Speeches:
11:00 New Evidence for Digital Medical Devices – for developers and assessorsProf. Jochen Klucken, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Institute of Health and Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
11:20 Impact Assessment and  Health Technology Assessment  in Digital HealthProf. Janne Martikainen, Head of UEF House of Effectiveness, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Scientific presentations:
11:40 Finnish Digi-HTA Assessment Model for Digital Health and an International ComparisonJari Haverinen, Jarno Suominen, Rauli Kaksonen, Paula Veikkolainen, Merja Voutilainen, Jarmo Reponen, Juha Röning,  Petra Falkenbach
11:47 Impact of Digital Services on Healthcare Performance -an Umbrella Review Henna Härkönen, Sanna Lakoma and Miia Jansson, on behalf of the research group
11:54 Influencing Factors in Digital Health Intervention Uptake: The Interplay of Education, Lifestyle, and Digital LiteracyIlona Ruotsalainen, Mikko Valtanen, Riikka Kärsämä, Adil Umer, Suvi Parikka, Annamari Lundqvist, Jaana Lindström
12:01 A mobile application as an alternative to the traditional preparation method for parents in pediatric day surgery: A randomized controlled trialHeli Kerimaa, Marianne Haapea, Mervi Hakala, Willy Serlo, Tarja Pölkki
12:08Effect of Digital Therapeutics based on Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Exploratory Clinical StudyJi-Won Chun, Wona Choi, In Young Choi, Dai-Jin Kim
12:16-12:23Exhibitor presentations:Nucu
 
11:00-12:30Session 5c – Wireless Technologies and Medical Devices
(Merikoski Hall)
Invited Speech:
11:00Empowering Healthcare: Standardization, Wireless Technologies, and Best PracticesAssoc. Prof. Lorenzo Mucchi, University of Florence, Italy
Scientific Presentations:
11:20 Microwave technique based Noninvasive Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure using Realistic Phantom ModelsDaljeet Singh, Erkki Vihriälä, Mariella Särestöniemi, Teemu Myllylä
11:27 Securing Hybrid Wireless Body Area Networks (HyWBAN): Advancements in Semantic Communications and Jamming TechniquesSimone Soderi, Mariella Särestöniemi, Syifaul Fuada, Matti Hämäläinen, Marcos Katz, Jari Iinatti
11:34 Optical Wireless Power Transmission Through Biological Tissue using Commercial Photovoltaic Cells under 810 nm LEDs: Feasibility StudySyifaul Fuada, Mariella Särestöniemi, Malalgodage Amila Nilantha Perera, Marcos Katz
11: 41 Method to Monitor Cough by Employing Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Configurations Jaakko Palosaari, Eetu Virta, Miika Miinala, Yang Bai
11:48 Detection of Intestinal Tumors Outside the Visibility of Capsule Endoscopy Camera Utilizing Radio signal recognitionMariella Särestöniemi, Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn, Jari Iinatti,Teemu Myllylä
11:55 Towards Remote 3D Pathological Diagnosis System Using LUCID, a Tissue-Clearing Reagent, and HandySPIM, a Novel Compact 3D Imaging DeviceHiroshi Onodera, Kenji Uehara, Takumi Murakami, Asami Tanaka, Yusuke Morishita, Junji Yumoto
12:02Inter- and Intra-Day Precision of Cheap and Wearable Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis DeviceLeon Robertz, Lassi Rieppo, Seppo Korkala, Tommi Jaako, Simo Saarakkala
12:09-12:14Exhibitor presentations:PLM Group 
 
12:30-14:00Lunch, Exhibition and Posters 
 
14:00-15:30Closing Plenary – Future of Digital HealthChair: Simo Saarakkala
Keynote:
14:00 EU policies and reseach initiatives on Digital health,  Representative of EU commissionMichiel Sweerts, Head of Sector, Research, CNECT.DDG1.H.3 – eHealth,  
Well-Being and Ageing, European Commission
Invited Speech:
14:30 Northern Ostrobothnian Welfare Services County, Oulu University Hopspital, Finnish pioneer in strategic digitalization of healthcarePasi Eskola, Chief Medical Administrator, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Assistant Professor, General Practice and Family Medicine, University of Oulu
14:50Digital Health Exemplars Study of Primary Health Care Digital Transformation: Preliminary Results from FinlandSenior Associate Patricia Mechael and Research Associate Lena Kan, John Hopkins University, USA 
15:10Best Paper AwardsDistributed by Mariella Särestöniemi, scientific committee chairperson
15:25Closing wordsConference Vice-Precident, Prof. Simo Saarakkala, University of Oulu, Finland
 
all breaksPoster exhibitions:
1. Measurement applications of smartphone with extended 
optical capability
Jarmo Hietanen
2. Legitimacy challenges of MyData Approach to Personal Data Management within the Context of GDPR implementationAigerim Dairabekova
3. The effects of robotic training on walking and functional independence of people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regressionAnna Köyhäjoki, Hilkka Korpi, Riku YliIkkelä, Harto Hakonen, Mirjami Kantola, Aki Rintala, Sari Honkanen, Outi Ilves, Tuulikki Sjögren, Juha Karvanen, Eeva Aartolahti
4. Hybrid Intelligence – Human-AI co-evolution and learning in multirealities (HI)Sanna Järvelä, Guuying Zhao, Janne Heikkilä, Hanna Järvenoja, Kristina Mikkonen, Satu Kaleva
5. Navigating the Intensive Care Dilemma: Striking a Harmonious Balance in AI AutomationIrina Atkova, Miia Jansson, Petri Ahokangas, Henna Härkönen, Gillian Vesty
6. A mobile application intervention helps alleviate preschool children’s fear in the entire day surgery service chain  Heli Kerimaa, Mervi Hakala, Marianne Haapea,  Hannu Vähänikkilä, Willy Serlo and Tarja Pölkki
7. Experimental Study of In-body Devices Misalignment Impact on Light-based in-body CommunicationSyifaul Fuada,  Mariella Särestöniemi, Marcos Katz, Matti Hämäläinen, Simone Soderi,Matti Hämäläinen
8. Study on Fat as the Propagation Medium in Optical-based In-body CommunicationsSyifaul Fuada, Mariella Särestöniemi, Simone Soderi, Marcos Katz, Matti Hämäläinen
9. Patients’ experiences of healthcare professionals’ competence in digital counselling in healthcare settings – A qualitative systematic literature reviewJuulia Kaihlaniemi, Petra Suonnansalo, Anne Oikarinen
10. Neonatal procedural pain management using digital solutions – a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial with crossover designAnna-Kaija Palomaa, Sadegh Moradi, Eveliina Seppälä, Hany Ferdinando, Teemu Myllylä, Tarja Pölkki
11. Challenges and opportunities for digital solutions in cerebrovascular disease careHenna Härkönen, Kirsi Myllykangas, Miia Jansson
12. Automatic Measurement of Body Composition from Computed Tomography Scans of Colon Cancer PatientsHelinä Heino, Reetta Häivälä, Egor Panfilov, Tero Rautio, Anne Tuomisto, Päivi Sirniö, Juha Saarnio, Sanna Meriläinen, Aleksei Tiulpin
13. Intelligent Mental Workload Mobile Application in Personalized Digital Care Pathway for Lifestyle Chronic DiseasePantea Keikhosrokiani, Minna Isomursu, Olli Korhonen, Tan Teik Sean
 14. Preliminary Studies on mm-Wave Radar for Vital Sign Monitoring of Driver in Vehicular EnvironmentDaljeet Singh, Theresa Eleonye, Lukasz Surazynski, Hany Ferdinando, Atul Kumar, Hem Dutt Joshi, Mariella Särestöniemi, Teemu Myllylä
15. Effects of a digital patient journey solution on patient outcomes and health care utilization: a pragmatic randomized controlled trialMiia Jansson 
16. Near-infrared spectroscopic study towards clinical radiotherapy treatment monitoringPriya Karthikeyan, Hany Ferdinando, Vesa Korhonen, Ulriika Honka, Jesse Lohela, Kalle Inget, Sakari Karhula, Juha Nikkinen, Teemu Myllylä

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings are available as a two volume Springer CCIS series book in the following websites: 

The volumes include full papers and short papers, which are published as Open Access and appear in the same order as in the program, as well as Abstracts which appear at the end of volumes. 

The Proceedings can be referred as:
Author1Surname, X.: Paper Title. In: Särestöniemi M., Keikhosrokiani P., Singh D., Harjula E., Jansson M., Tiulpin A., Isomursu M., van Gils M., Saarakkala S., Reponen J. (eds.) Nordic Conference on Digital Health and Wireless Solutions 2024 (NCDHWS2024). CCIS, vol. 2083-2084, pp. XX. Springer, (2024).  


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