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In this episode, Inma Rodríguez discusses the digital health ecosystem in Catalonia and its global standing.

What can the rest of the world learn from one of Europe's most impressive digital health ecosystems? This week on Pulse: Amplify, Louise and George sit down with Inma Rodríguez, Market Intelligence Manager at ACCIÓ (Catalonia Trade & Investment), who led the Digital Health in Catalonia Report 2026 — a rare regional analysis that benchmarks Catalonia against the US, Asia and the rest of Europe. Inma unpacks where Europe really sits in the global market (and whether it's keeping pace or falling behind), why digital health growth is settling into a more mature ~5% a year, and whether Europe's focus on regulation, interoperability and data governance is a brake or a long-term advantage. She explains how Catalonia became the 4th region in the world for foreign health-innovation investment, the role anchor investors like AstraZeneca play, and why 65% of the region's digital health companies are building with AI. The conversation also turns to the honest gap revealed in Catalonia's hospital survey — strong ambition, moderate maturity — and the cultural, budget and patient-habit barriers slowing real-world implementation. Inma closes with the seven trends shaping 2026, why AI…

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Hosts: Louise, George

Guest: Inma Rodríguez

Topics covered

• digital health
• health innovation
• data governance
• AI in healthcare
• market analysis
• healthcare investment

Keywords

• digital health
• Catalonia
• health innovation
• AI
• market analysis
• investment
• data governance
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACCIÓ, AstraZeneca

Places: Catalonia, Europe, US, Asia

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