Miklós Szócska, PhD (Hungary)
Dean of the Faculty of Health and Public Administration at Semmelweis University
Director of the Health Services Management Training Centre, Hungary
Past Minister of State for Health, Hungarian Government
Advances in technology and the need to make more efficient use of available human and material resources are driving a global push for greater use of data-driven and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, triggering a paradigm shift in healthcare. Data-driven tools, models, and information systems to support efficiency are becoming increasingly dominant in diagnosis, treatment, patient monitoring, and institutional management. However, a coherent ecosystem of disparate developments is needed to maximise value. This is where Hungary's unified databases (eHealth infrastructure (EESZT), financing-based (NHIF)), which are unique, can provide a competitive advantage. We lead the Ministry of Interior's Artificial Intelligence Task Force, where our primary goal is to achieve system capability in a specific clinical area with a data-driven AI solution.