Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Redesigning Public Health Systems in the EU and Central Europe - 1. Healthy population = healthy GDP

By analyzing our responses to the current crisis and identifying areas and ways of improvement, we will be able to increase resilience of our societies in the face of continuous health crises. [...] Diagnostics and prevention are foundations to improved health outcome of any country The most successful countries managed to deploy massive testing capacities, using a variety of tools (PCR, AG, lamps) and delivery channels to monitor the spread of the disease. [...] Bureaucracy and outdated processes are one of the biggest barriers to innovation To reduce risk of COVID spread and yet maintain accessibility of care, many countries, expanded its telemedical and e-health services and implemented necessary legislative and financing framework. [...] Telemedicine proved aver the year to be of sufficient quality and efficient solution to a variety of basic needs of patients and will remain in practice even after the pandemics. [...] The question is, how to apply these lessons learned to re-desing healthcare systems for the future: • How to increase capacity of healthcare systems? How to finance healthcare innovatively? • How has the health crisis catalysed innovation in the health sector? How to make this innovation sustainable, safe, available and affordable for all? How to integrate tech into healthcare solutions to increas.