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HEALTH DAY
HEALTH DAY
HEALTH DAY · AUTUMN ITAPA

Healthcare that works

Practical answers for outpatient clinics, healthcare professionals and managers: less administration, better data and care that reaches patients on time.

✓Certified masterclassesA practical format delivering added value for participants
  • outpatient care
  • eHealth
  • EHDS
  • telemonitoring
  • health insurers
  • AI in healthcare
  • nursing
Hospital 2.0 discussion on digital transformation
A full conference hall during a discussion on hospital modernisation
Networking ITAPA Health Day
Discussion on the AI action plan for healthcare
KEY DISCUSSIONS
How to turn digitalisation projects into a system that works
 
01/04
Three questions that will make the difference

No more visions. Problems that need solving now.

Health Day focuses on the specific barriers that consume healthcare professionals’ time, complicate care and determine how accessible the system is.

Time for the patientHow to relieve outpatient clinics of administrative burden and staff shortages.
Data before problems ariseHow to turn EHDS, prediction and telemonitoring into better follow-up care.
Accessible careHow the market, contracts, reimbursement and prevention will affect patients and providers.
Michal Chovanec
Confirmed speaker

National Cancer Institute · Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University

Michal Chovanec

Clinical oncologist and researcher at the 2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, and the National Cancer Institute in Bratislava.

His long-term work focuses on the treatment and research of testicular germ cell tumours, treatment optimisation and follow-up care for patients after therapy. He combines clinical practice with translational research, biomarkers and real-world data.
 

He received the Science and Technology Award for his contribution to optimising the treatment of testicular cancer.

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Allan Böhm
Confirmed speaker

Seerlinq · Premedix

Allan Böhm

Cardiologist, researcher and entrepreneur. Founder of the Premedix precision medicine clinic and the Seerlinq start-up.

While researching heart failure, he looked for a way to detect a patient’s deterioration before their next check-up. The result is Seerlinq – an AI solution for remote patient monitoring using a simple finger-worn device that helps identify risk early.
 

After studying medicine in Prague and conducting clinical research in Oxford, he returned to Slovakia. Today, he demonstrates that healthcare technology with global potential can also be developed in Bratislava.

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HEALTH DAY · AUTUMN ITAPA 2026

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

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DISCUSSIONS AND SYSTEM-LEVEL TOPICS

POLICY STAGE

AI in clinical practice: what can it do and how can it be deployed safely?

Piotr PedowskiLouis Pasteur University Hospital KošiceConfirmed

Slovakia is ageing. Who will care for us – and who will pay for it?

We are ageing faster than our laws are changing. How can we bring care into the home?

New medicines, new rules: how do we pay for the medicine of tomorrow?

Katarína FedorováNational Institute for Value and Technologies in Healthcare (NIHO)Confirmed
Aleš TichopádCzech Technical University in Prague, Department of Biomedical TechnologyConfirmed

EHDS is coming. Are we ready for data to travel with the patient?

Health Mission: what is changing and where will the funding come from?

Vladimír BalážF. D. Roosevelt University Hospital Banská BystricaConfirmed
Allan BöhmSeerlinq, Premedix AcademyConfirmed
Matej ŠkorvánekDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University and Louis Pasteur University Hospital KošiceConfirmed
Petra De Araujo ZappeResearch and Innovation AuthorityConfirmed

Who will pay for the digital outpatient clinic?

Jaroslava OrosováAssociation of Outpatient Healthcare ProvidersConfirmed

The patient is waiting. Staff are stretched. Is headcount really the problem?

Monika TrnovcováF. D. Roosevelt University Hospital Banská BystricaConfirmed
 
Jana VadkertiováMartin University HospitalConfirmed
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SOLUTIONS IN ACTION AND PRACTICE

DEMO STAGE

BLOCK 1

How to save time for healthcare professionals and patients

MEDORA: the story of a Slovak AI assistant for doctors
Patrik HarmaňošMEDORA.skConfirmed
Branislav JančovičMEDORA.skConfirmed
BLOCK 2

Faster and more accurate diagnostics

SAMO – when AI helps detect a problem earlier
Michal Chovanec2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and National Cancer InstituteConfirmed
When AI changes the patient journey – a case study of diabetic retinopathy screening in Slovakia
Peter PažitnýCentral & East European Health Policy NetworkConfirmed
Robert VinczeCentral & East European Health Policy NetworkConfirmed
AI in the emergency department: can it spot a fracture sooner?
Piotr PedowskiLouis Pasteur University Hospital KošiceConfirmed
Point-of-care ultrasound: diagnosis without the wait
 
Matej SamošComenius University Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, 1st Department of Internal MedicineConfirmed
BLOCK 3

Personalised care

Care at home – how technology can support monitoring, early intervention and more efficient care
Ľubomír SlukEMMConfirmed
3D-printed medicines – transforming personalised treatment in Slovakia
Slávka PorubcováNational Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesConfirmed
Surgery tailored to the patient – from CT scan to a 3D tool
Michal GeročPenta Hospitals MichalovceConfirmed
HEALTH DAY FINALE

ITAPA OPEN TALK: From vision to decision – how do we prepare for one million older people?

Vladimír BalážF. D. Roosevelt University Hospital Banská BystricaConfirmed
Miriam LapuníkováF. D. Roosevelt University Hospital Banská BystricaConfirmed
Jaroslava OrosováAssociation of Outpatient Healthcare ProvidersConfirmed
LEAVE WITH NEW SKILLS

PRACTICAL MASTERCLASSES

✓MASTERCLASSES ARE CERTIFIEDA practical format with knowledge you can apply in practice
CONFIRMED

DOCTOR 2.0: How to maintain patient trust in the age of AI without losing your cool

 
Ivana ZelizňákováConfirmed
INVITED

AI platform for multi-agent orchestration of clinical processes in orthodontics

Andrej ThurzoComenius University BratislavaInvited

The programme also includes an interactive EXPO zone

WHAT YOU WILL TAKE AWAY

A programme built
around real practice

  • Solutions and experienceWhat can be implemented in an outpatient clinic, hospital or health insurer – and what real-world practice shows.
  • Data and a connected systemSafety, outcomes, accessibility and the people responsible for changing healthcare.

EXPERIENCE THE HEALTH DAY ATMOSPHERE

Discussions, networking, innovation and the people transforming healthcare.

ITAPA Health Day registration
Networking ITAPA Health Day
EXPO ITAPA Health Day
Robotics at ITAPA Health Day
ITAPA Health Day discussion
ITAPA Health Day conference hall
Networking among ITAPA participants
Discussion on AI in healthcare

Healthcare will only change when solutions start working in everyday practice.

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Programme topics and timings may change before the final programme is published.