European Healthcare Innovation Roadshow: Barcelona’s rise as a digital health hub

In this episode, Ollie, Jack, and Nathan discuss the rise of Barcelona as a hotbed for Digital Health Innovation. They discuss digital health trends, how Barcelona has achieved such success, and what lessons the rest of the world can learn.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, digital health, digital, artificial intelligence, AI, telemedicine, virtual care, electronic patient records

Source Links:

• https://www.4yfn.com/news/barcelona-top-10-in-europe-and-the-middle-east-in-healthtech-investment 
• https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/digital/en/actualidad/noticias/barcelona-ranks-5th-among-european-cities-in-investment-in-digital-health-1096812
• https://gkc.himss.org/news/himss-defines-digital-health-global-healthcare-industry
• https://vynamic.com/insights/creating-a-digital-therapeutics-launch-playbook/
• https://catalonia.com/key-industries-technologies/technologies/digital-health-in-catalonia
• https://barcelonahealthhub.com/en/news/pharmaceutical-company-gebro-pharma-and-barcelona-health-hub-to-collaborate-to-promote-innovation-in-the-field-of-digital-health/
• https://www.techbarcelona.com/en/angelini-pharma-se-une-a-tech-barcelona-para-impulsar-el-ecosistema-de-salud-digital/
• https://barcelonahealthhub.com/en/news/4yfn-interview-with-iomed/
• https://healthtechforward.com
• https://echalliance.com/events-health-connector/flagship-events/the-digital-health-wellness-summit-2025/
• https://exteriors.gencat.cat/en/actualitat/not_240506_digital_health
• https://apiumhub.com/tech-blog-barcelona/digital-health/
• https://www.sjdhospitalbarcelona.org/en/news/sjd-barcelona-childrens-hospital-microsoft-are-collaborating-creation-ai-laboratory-development-digital-health-projects
• https://www.better.care/news/with-promoting-the-open-data-digital-health-platform-in-spain-better-joins-barcelona-health-hub/
• https://catalonia.com/w/cristian-pascual-barcelona-health-hub-barcelona-has-all-the-ingredients-to-become-one-of-the-world-s-digital-health-capitals-
• https://www.irsjd.org/en/news-and-events/news/811/retaining-talent-and-fostering-public-private-partnerships-some-of-the-challenges-that-is-facing-the-healthtech-sector

Panel – Ollie May, Jack Young, Nathan Carroll

Research & Production – Nathan Carroll

Recording & Editing – Mike Liberto, Rachel Skonecki

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