#06: The Digital Thread

Digital health promises smarter care, but can ecosystems integrate it into real practice? Discover how Europe balances technology with human trust, workflow integration, and everyday implementation. Digital tools are reshaping care delivery, from personalized services to smarter prevention and monitoring. The real challenge: integrating them into workflows,into minds, and into budgets. In this episode of the THCS Podcast, Donna Henderson (NHS Scotland) brings a European perspective on digital health adoption. Etty Ragnhild Nilsen (Norway’s CoTecH) showcases a national partnership shaping digital services. And Elisabeth Haslinger-Baumann presents LinkedCare in Austria, an ecosystem experimenting with interoperability and trust in digital care. Together, their insights reveal how digitization can move from buzzwords to reality when embedded into real ecosystems. Guests in this Episode: ■ Donna Henderson, Head of International Engagement, NHS Scotland (United Kingdom) ■ Etty Ragnhild Nilsen, CoTecH Project, University of South-Eastern Norway (Norway) ■ Elisabeth Haslinger-Baumann, University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna (Austria) Topics in this Episode: ■ How digital health tools are integrated into real workflows, budgets, and daily practice across European ecosystems ■ Building trust among citizens, caregivers, and professionals when introducing digital innovation in health and care ■ From buzzwords to reality: making interoperability, capacity-building, and digital services work in Scotland, Norway, and Austria 👉 Follow the THCS Podcast, it really helps the show: ■ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11EcezW9VSuNdgoCcbIi4U ■ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ecosystems-in-health-and-care-the-thcs-podcast/id1887092760 ■ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@THCS-HorizonEU