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Porto, Portugal, March 25 - 26, 2025

On March 25–26, 2025, the international conference “Healthcare in the Digital Age: Skills, Leadership and Technology" was held at Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António in Porto, Portugal. The event was organized as part of the eHospital4Future project.

The two-day event gathered healthcare professionals from across Portugal – including doctors, nurses, clinical and non-clinical staff – to exchange knowledge and experiences on developing digital skills, leadership in healthcare teams, and the latest technologies improving care delivery.

Conference Programme Highlights

Digital skills in everyday in-patient care

Hanne Westhovens | Hogeschool PXL

 Leadership and teamwork in nursing

Isabel Kortleven | Hogeschool PXL

Evidence-based nursing by using AI

João Carlos Ferreira | Hogskolen I Molde

Optimizing digital acceptance in resistant healthcare professionals

Hanne Westhovens | Hogeschool PXL

Patient triage based on digital tools

Silvia Orte and Luis Jose Martíe Fernandez | Eurecat

Data-driven healthcare

Ana Madureira | Instituto de Engenharia do Porto

Testing and programming pacemakers and heart stimulators: cardiac pacemakers

Georgijs Nesterovičs | Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital