AI Summit 2025 Budapest

Dr. Katalin Magdolna Kádár

Head of Department
Ministry of Interior, State Secretariat for Health, Department of Health Development Policy and Sectoral IT

A certified public health professional and development policy advisor. In 2021, she earned her PhD, in which—by examining the complex psychomotor development of early childhood—she highlighted that the healthcare data generated in primary care holds far greater potential than currently utilized. Since 2013, she has been engaged in the software support of healthcare services and is a firm advocate of the idea that the secondary use of health data, alongside ensuring quality patient care, also drives research and innovation. She is convinced that high-quality health data harbors an immeasurable wealth of opportunities. She has nearly 10 years of experience in software design and in coordinating IT developments. She has worked as an IT process manager, lead coordinator, and healthcare expert in several projects funded by both national and European Union sources. Between 2012 and 2017, she was a member of the IT project team at the National Public Health and Medical Officer Service (now the National Public Health Center). From 2017 to 2022, she participated in numerous health informatics projects at the National Hospital Directorate, where she was also responsible for the development of central hospital integrated financial management systems and medical laboratory diagnostic systems. Under her project leadership, the nationwide introduction of the Central Financial Authorization System was successfully implemented across all publicly funded inpatient care institutions. She continues to place special emphasis on the development of digital healthcare in Hungary. Since March 2023, she has been serving as Head of the Department of Health Development Policy and Sectoral IT within the Deputy State Secretariat for Health Financing and Development at the Ministry of Interior. Within her department, multiple professional fields collaborate, including the e-Health Division and the Division of Data Strategy and Health Data Asset Management, both of which fall under her coordination.