Welcome to the first episode of the Digi4Care podcast — a series on the digital transformation of healthcare across the Danube Region.

In this opening conversation we set the stage for the whole series: what Digi4Care is, why it exists, and what it aims to change. We talk about the uneven pace of healthcare digitalisation across Central and South-Eastern Europe — why some countries lead, why others lag, and why a transnational consortium was needed to push things forward together. From there we look at the biggest barriers to adoption: fragmented systems, incompatible data, regulatory complexity, financing gaps, workforce shortages, and a clinical community that is often (and understandably) cautious about new technology. We then turn to what Digi4Care actually delivers in practice — a digitally enabled integrated care model, a knowledge pl ...