Global innovative perspectives and trends on digital health and patient safety: highlights from the #DHPSP2024 networking event
Aim: This manuscript summarizes the key scientific and practical outcomes of the #DHPSP2024 digital networking event, focusing on emerging trends in digital health technologies, innovations in patient safety, and their implications for improving healthcare delivery. Methods: The #DHPSP2024 event was held from June 18 to 20, 2024, on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn, connecting professionals and stakeholders in digital health and patient safety from different sectors. Data from posts on X and LinkedIn were analyzed for geographical distribution, engagement metrics (impressions, likes, shares), top hashtags, and frequently used terms. A qualitative analysis of the central themes and key online messaging discussions of the network event was also conducted. Results: On X, 2,329 posts by 179 participants from 38 countries generated over 231,000 impressions, with the most activity in Austria, China, and India. LinkedIn engagement included 3,475 likes, 217 comments, and 2,030 shares. Both platforms highlighted core themes such as digital health, patient safety, treatment quality, research on natural compounds, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Online messaging discussions emphasized technologies like telemedicine and artificial intelligence as critical tools for enhancing care delivery and patient safety. Participants also promoted special issues of scientific journals and explored collaborative research opportunities. Conclusions: The #DHPSP2024 event underscored the pivotal role of digital technologies in transforming healthcare, particularly in improving the quality and safety of interventions. The findings demonstrate how digital networking events, grounded in open innovation, foster global research communities, accelerate knowledge exchange, and support the integration of clinically relevant digital solutions. The strong engagement reflects growing interest in leveraging digital platforms to advance health outcomes and professional development. Overall, the event contributed to greater visibility of ongoing research, encouraged interdisciplinary cooperation, and may positively influence both the adoption of innovations in healthcare practice and the dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Authors
- Shaikat Mondal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5027-4657)
- Ronita De (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1469-6139)
- Ahmed Fatimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8749-2009)
- László Barna Iantovics (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6254-9291)
- Stephen T.C. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9188-6502)
- Siva Sai Chandragiri
- Merisa Cenanovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0719-7240)
- Fabien Schultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-2430)
- Olga Disoteo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-2629)
- Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6602-246X)
- Olena Litvinova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1578-7398)
- Farhan Bin Matin
- Nikolay Tzvetkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-0481)
- Giuseppe Lisco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6521-8578)
- Bey Hing Goh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1006-3649)
- Javier Echeverría (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1688-968X)
- Elisa Opriessnig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1278-7544)
- Benjamin Scott Glicksberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4515-8090)
- Maima Matin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5388-6285)
- Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7926-9368)
- Marco Cascella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-3132)
- Ronan Lordan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-3368)
- Guanqiao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-7220)
- Faisal A. Nawaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0701-7628)
- Christos Tsagkaris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4250-574X)
- Smith B. Babiaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4476-5860)
- Ayesha Juhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1340-6655)
- Zafar Said (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2376-9309)
- Yue Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1524-5583)
- Robertas Damaševičius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-1084)
- Jivko Stoyanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-6284)
- Rajeev K. Singla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-7897)
- Andy Wai Kan Yeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3672-357X)
- Artur Stolarczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-8153)
- Michał Ławiński
- Kennedy Omondi Abuga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-7522)
- V. Ganesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8059-7043)
- Mohammad Reza Saeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-9414)
- Olga Adamska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1875-2510)
- Alexandros G. Georgakilas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5971-0010)
- Himel Mondal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6950-5857)
- Conrad V. Simoben (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5958-6961)
- Emil D. Parvanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-0949)
- Yousef Saleh Khader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7830-6857)
- Karolina Lach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4760-0690)
- Atanas G. Atanasov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2545-0967)
- ArunSundar MohanaSundaram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2483-7679)
- Hari Prasad Devkota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0509-1621)
- George Koulaouzidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8340-9423)
- Josef Niebauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2811-9041)
- Marcin Łapiński (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2596-1492)
- Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-0941)
- Tien Yin Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-1264)
- Anastasios Koulaouzidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2248-489X)
- Eliana B. Souto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9737-6017)
- Vincenzo Triggiani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-0528)
- Rupesh K. Gautam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-5410)
- Bodrun Naher Siddiquea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9224-113X)
- Artur Jóźwik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5546-9891)
- Michel‐Edwar Mickael (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-4900)
- Hemanth Kumar Boyina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0803-4400)
- Gitishree Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5676-0768)
- Dongdong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6195-4428)
- J. G. Manjunatha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-2474)
- Jayanta Kumar Patra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4118-4355)
- Kamil Wysocki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9479-3985)
- Natalia Ksepka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2324-7911)
- Doris E. Ekayen
- Md. Mostafizur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5290-3821)
- Weizhi Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-7527)
- Firdous M. Usman
- Bhupendra Sidar
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Chandigarh University (IN)
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (CL)
- Central Electrochemical Research Institute (IN)
- Silesian University of Technology (PL)
- American University in Dubai (AE)
- University of Nairobi (KE)
- Houston Methodist (US)
- University of Salerno (IT)
- University of Buea (CM)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Jordan University of Science and Technology (JO)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Jan Kochanowski University (PL)
- National Technical University of Athens (GR)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Mangalore University (IN)
- Amity University (IN)
- United Arab Emirates University (AE)
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
- Dongguk University (KR)
- Cornell University (US)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN)
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Raiganj University (IN)
- Paracelsus Medical University (AT)
- Singapore National Eye Center (SG)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (AT)
- McMaster University Medical Centre (CA)
- Dubai Hospital (AE)
- Structural Genomics Consortium (CA)
- Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș (RO)
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
- Institute of Molecular Biology (BG)
- Abu Dhabi Health Services (AE)
- Calcutta Research Group (IN)
- Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH (AT)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Université Sultan Moulay Slimane (MA)
- Translational Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- Vanke (China) (CN)
- Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- American College of Dubai (AE)
- GGD Amsterdam (NL)
- Ospedale Sant'Anna (IT)
- Svendborg Sygehus (DK)
- Swiss Paraplegic Research (CH)
- Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (IN)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar (IN)
- Jahangirnagar University (BD)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- Monash University (AU)
- Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (PL)
- Gdańsk Medical University (PL)
- Pomeranian Medical University (PL)
- Sunway University (MY)
- Saveetha University (IN)
- East West University (BD)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
- Kumamoto University (JP)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Exploration of Digital Health Technologies
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.37349/edht.2025.101166
- Primary Topic
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme