In its 28th edition, the Hospital Fair, one of the main events in the sector in the country, will debate, starting this Tuesday (23), the potential for transformation of digital platforms in the national health service . Held in the capital of São Paulo until next Friday (26), the event hopes to receive around 50,000 professionals from the sector during its congresses, forums, arenas, courses and exhibitions.

Among the themes highlighted are digital platforms facilitating the unified health system (SUS) to enable advances in access to population health; Digital health: new horizons for SUS; Why will public health systems be intrinsically dependent on connectivity? ; and Advantages and disadvantages of the inclusion of home care in the list of procedures of the National Health Agency (ANS).

Today, at 2:15 p.m., the director of the Department of Digital Health and Innovation of the Ministry of Health will speak, at Arena Reabilitação, about the impacts of the digital process on the SUS: the experience of intensive and connected care units.

At 3:30 p.m., the panel Feeding the National Health Chain with Biotechnology, Innovation, Safety and Efficiency will take place, with the participation of the General Director of Health Product Technology of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Augusto Geyer; the general coordinator of metrology in biology at the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), Marcelo Medeiros; and the Vice President of Health Production and Innovation of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Marco Aurélio Krieger.

At 5:00 p.m. the ImunizaSUS project workshop will take place: The technological perspective of the vaccine production sector for the challenges of the national immunization program, with the participation of the Director of Immunization and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases of the Surveillance Secretariat of health and environment of the Ministry of Health, Eder Gatti.

Organized at São Paulo Expo, on Rodovia dos Imigrantes, Hospitalar will host four congresses: the International Health Services Congress (ISSC), H&F, Hospitality and Facilities, the HIMSS@Hospitalar 2023 Forum and the Home Care Congress and Health Care. ).

At the same time, there will be seven spaces for open discussion: home care and transitional care, clinical engineering and distributors, and technology.

The full program of the event can be viewed here.