Overview

How are the crisis of democracy, rising populism, enormous demographic changes from ageing, migration and urbanisation, along with digitalisation, transforming the prevailing conditions for health systems in Europe into shifting sands? And what can health sector stakeholders do to stave off these detrimental effects? The challenges are threefold: 1) securing a mission-oriented financial basis of healthcare by establishing a new social contract; 2) championing the healthcare sector as a source of employment to address demographic change; 3) optimising use of digital healthcare data for procedures and research in ways that protect privacy and uphold patients’ rights.