IDIKA at the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair: Technology in the Service of Health and People

IDIKA S.A. held a public event entitled “Technology in the Service of Health and People” on Saturday, 5 September 2026, as part of the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair, at the pavilion of the Ministry of Health. The event focused on the digital transformation of healthcare and, above all, its tangible benefits for citizens, healthcare professionals and the National Health System.

Information systems currently serving approximately 11 million citizens, all public hospitals and health centres across the country, more than 60,000 doctors and 12,000 pharmacies now form a large-scale digital health ecosystem. The Electronic National Health Record (AIFI), for example, draws data from more than 20 interconnected sources and has already processed nearly 1 billion data retrieval requests, 1.85 billion laboratory test results, 417 million medication regimens and treatment protocols, and 328 million visits and hospital admissions. The Electronic National Health Record (AIFI), MyHealth, Health Monitoring, the digital upgrade of hospitals, Patient Registries and prevention initiatives now form a unified digital health ecosystem.

The event was addressed by the Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, who stressed: “The way we understand health services in Greece is different today compared with three years ago. But it is worth pausing for a moment to reflect on how much has actually been achieved, how much could have gone wrong, how many sleepless nights we spent, how much distress and anxiety we went through to achieve the desired result and ensure that we did not lose the opportunity we were given to digitise Greece’s health systems and move into the next era.”

Later in his remarks, the Minister of Health outlined the direction of the next phase: “Health data will be a national treasure, a national asset. The world is moving at lightning speed. Everything important and difficult that we have achieved will soon become outdated if we stop moving forward. So we must now take the next big leap.”

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDIKA S.A., Ioannis Karagiannis, focused on the new phase following the completion of the Recovery and Resilience Fund projects: “We have completed a major cycle with the delivery of the Recovery and Resilience Fund projects, and we are now moving into an even more significant new phase. Under the joint oversight of the Ministries of Health and Digital Governance, and in close cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, we are advancing a new model of collaboration, with shared goals, new funding and tangible results for citizens.”

The CEO of IDIKA S.A., Niki Tsouma, emphasised the importance of cooperation among all parties involved: “Results are achieved by teams. And the team is not just IDIKA’s staff. It includes the Ministry’s executives, our colleagues at the Ministry and all our contractors. We are large teams working together continuously. The Minister of Health believed in us. He knew our capabilities and believed in them, and he knew that together we could form one team. When everyone works together towards delivering the result, and that result is achieved, we have taken a major step forward for digital health in our country.”

The scale of the projects and digital services was then illustrated through specific data and applications already in operation.

Ioanna Salagianni, Head of the General Directorate of eHealth at IDIKA S.A., presented the scale of the information systems currently operating at national level: “Following the Recovery and Resilience Fund projects, we now have information systems serving the entire country: approximately 11 million citizens, all public hospitals and health centres, more than 60,000 doctors, 12,000 pharmacies and private diagnostic centres.” As she noted: “Health data essentially constitute the digital footprint of each one of us. Every test we undergo, every visit to a Primary Healthcare unit and every hospital admission is now interconnected. A hospital admission in Athens can be visible during a subsequent visit to a hospital in Thessaloniki or anywhere else in Greece.”

Elpida Fotiadou, Head of the Directorate of Horizontal eHealth Actions at IDIKA S.A., focused on the Electronic National Health Record (AIFI) and Health Monitoring, highlighting both how the new services operate and how they are being used in practice: “Through the Electronic National Health Record, we bring together in one place all data from healthcare facilities in both the public and private sectors, making them accessible to doctors and citizens and thereby contributing to patient safety, continuity of care and the avoidance of unnecessary repeat tests. More than 1.5 million citizens have already installed MyHealth, over 225,000 use it every week, and 2,000 doctors use the Record every day to provide better care to their patients.”

Konstantinos Michalitsis, Head of the Systems Directorate for Secondary Healthcare at IDIKA S.A., highlighted how digital transformation translates into better day-to-day hospital operations: “Digital transformation in healthcare is reflected in the number of care processes we have integrated, the number of doctors and nurses using the systems and the number of citizens who can access their own data without having to carry files, X-rays and CDs from one appointment to the next. In Emergency Departments, we have completed the installation in 100 hospitals, and measurements have shown that patient waiting times have been reduced by four hours within hospitals and by 55 minutes outside individual clinics, on a nationwide scale.”

Konstantinos Mathioudakis, Head of the Systems Directorate for Primary Healthcare at the General Directorate of eHealth of IDIKA S.A., presented the journey from data to prevention and improved care. As he pointed out: “The Registries transform data into long-term clinical value through systematic monitoring, treatment evaluation, improved healthcare and policy planning.” Turning to preventive medicine, he highlighted the benefits of free preventive screenings, early detection of disease, greater chances of effective treatment and cure, reduced risk of serious complications and greater equity in healthcare.

The presentations at the event highlighted a substantial shift in the way digital health is now organised in Greece: different information systems, data and services are interconnected and transformed into tools for everyday care, prevention and administration. With the completion of a major cycle of Recovery and Resilience Fund projects, IDIKA S.A. is moving into the next phase of digital transformation, with the aim of translating the potential of technology and data into better healthcare services, greater patient safety and tangible value for citizens and the National Health System.