Erik Van der Eycken is an expert-by-experience in the field of mental health. Due to mental illness, he had to give up his job but luckily found a challenging opportunity in the mental health area, where he is participating in multiple roles. As EU Research Projects...
Lynn Formesyn is a Spondyloarthritis (chronic rheumatic disease) patient, writer and human rights activist. She supports and promotes the rights of people with disabilities and chronic patients through GRIP, a human rights organization of and for people with...
Cystic Fibrosis (or Mucoviscidose) is an incurable life-threatening disease that affects over a thousand persons in Belgium. Ken De Marie helps us understand the disease, the challenges it poses to patients, and the latest advancements in his cure. Ken works for the...
Karine Tollenaere is an entrepreneur and survivor of breast cancer who has to live with Lymphedema, a long-term condition where excess fluid collects in tissues causing swelling. The lymphatic system is a part of the immune system and it is vital for our bodies immune...
As a fitness data aficionado that wants to improve his health and have a better understanding of my body and mind, I find that the current way fitness devices and apps lack proactive advice and insight. I’ve been collecting data about myself and my workouts for...
How do the managers of hospitals view telemedicine? We have spoken to Ilke Montag (CMO of the Jan Yperman Hospital) to discover a new perspective on telemedicine beyond those of pharma and healthcare innovation companies. With a background in nuclear medicine, her...
Dementia is a collective name for brain disorders that affect the memory of 136.000 people just in Flanders and which is estimated will affect 350.000 people in Belgium by 2050. To learn more about the challenges of fighting this condition and how to improve the lives...
For a different view on telemedicine, today we interview Azèle Mathieu, Innovation Lead at MSD Belgium. Her experience with health startups and working at a big pharma company give her a unique perspective to understand the health ecosystem. In this interview she...
More and more healthcare data is available, but is it used to its full potential? In this interview we analyse data use in healthcare (from the collection of data to its final use) as we dive deeper into the Data Value Chains theme in Hack Healthcare 2021 with the...
The coming Hack Healthcare event is focused on improving healthcare by tackling challenges in four themes: Personalized prevention Beyond telemedicine Data value chains Alternative financing models Roche has taken the lead on the personalised prevention theme,...
