BioDynaMo - Building the future today (workshop hosted by the SCImPULSE Foundation and the Italian Society of Telemedicine)
On March 11th 2023, we had the pleasure of meeting the community of Italian doctors and researchers behind the Italian Society of Telemedicine ( a scientific Society accredited at the Italian Ministry of Health , and thus in the capacity of emanating guidelines, with some legally binding authority attached, around the practices of digital medicine) In Bologna the weather was splendid, and nevertheless the venue has been constantly full and bustling, a testament to the interest provoked by the scientific program overall It's been refreshing to meet such a diverse community of practitioners, and to discuss with them about the opportunities and pitfalls of the quickly evolving European ecosystem around digital health. So many interesting and provoking ideas have been shared and discussed, about familial application scenarios (accelerating novel medical device engineering, like organs-on-chip and hybrid personalized organoids), and some that we hadn't thought about yet (planning