They work at the endocrinology outpatient clinic at Akureyri Hospital (SAk), where they provide follow-up care and outpatient services for individuals with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes with complex presentations, and insulin-dependent gestational diabetes. They also offer counselling and education both within and outside the hospital.

Emilía and Eva have taken targeted steps in the practical use of technology in patient care, which they presented at the conference. Their presentation was titled “Telehealth Services: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Future of Healthcare at Akureyri Hospital.”

A recording of the conference can be viewed here: The Future Is at Home – Recording (their presentation begins at 1:09:30).

The full conference can be viewed in the recording, and the programme was as follows, with timestamps:

• Opening address – Jón Magnús: 00:11:10

• Health literacy – Brynja Ingadóttir: 00:16:45

• Investments in welfare technology – Sveinbjörn Ingi Grímsson: 00:42:30

• Telehealth solutions at Akureyri Hospital – Emilía Fönn Andradóttir and Eva Hilmarsdóttir: 01:09:30

• Security and trust in the world of telehealth solutions – Helga Björnsdóttir: 02:05:00

• When technology lends a hand – Marco van Elst (ENS): 02:15:00

• Telehealth services in practice at the City of Reykjavík – Auður Guðmundsdóttir and Ása Kolbrún: 03:19:00

• Turning an idea into reality – Ágúst Kristján Steinarsson: 04:04:00

• The Future Is at Home – Helga Dagný Sigurjónsdóttir: 04:32:00

• Panel discussion and Q&A: 04:46:00.