Five thousand leaders, one in three of them holding an executive title, descended on the RAI Amsterdam from 15th to 18th June 2026 for HLTH Europe. The call to action this year was "Step Outside", a deliberate nudge to leave the comfort zone, look at familiar problems from unfamiliar angles, and find energy in collaboration across boundaries. For those of us who spend our days on the deal side of digital health, the phrase turned out to be an unusually accurate description of