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Expert Workshop on “Innovative Approaches to Financing eHealth solutions”, WHIT, 25 October 2007, Vienna
A workshop on “Innovative Approaches to Financing eHealth solutions” was held at the World of Health IT conference in Vienna on October 25th 2007.
A key objective of the EU eHealth Action Plan is support for boosting investment in eHealth systems and services. The Workshop “Innovative Approaches to Financing eHealth Solutions” disclosed concrete experience and challenges encountered in financing eHealth investments. Also, innovative schemes were presented by different stakeholders. The role and good practices of Public Private Partnerships and procurement were also discussed. Speakers included decision-makers from European and North American countries as well as international organisations.
Agenda
Click here to download the agenda (pdf-file, 22KB)
Background Paper
Click here to download the background paper (pdf-file, 26KB)
Presentations
Procurement and financing of national eHealth solutions
- Public procurement in the United Kingdom: the NHS Connecting for Health experience, Alan Stuttard, Director of Finance, NHS Connecting for Health, UK
- Overcoming financial barriers to boosting investment in eHealth systems and services: a view from the United States, John Loonsk, Director, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services, USA
- Funding challenges and procurement for jurisdictional and provincial EHR infrastructures in Canada, Richard Alvarez, President & CEO of Canada Health InfoWay, Canada
International financial institutions and healthcare providers
- Lessons learned from public-private partnerships and collaboration in the health sector, John Davis, Human Capital, European Investment Bank
- Approaches for World Bank financing of eHealth infrastructures, Dominic Haazen, Lead Health Policy Specialist, World Bank
- Financing eHealth solutions: challenges encountered by an international healthcare provider, Uwe Pöttgen, Chief Information Officer, Asklepios
Plenary Session Presentations
- Agneta Granström, Chair eHealth Network, Assembly of European Regions
- Hannu Hanhijarvi, Executive Director, Health Care Programme, SITRA Finnish Innovation Fund, Finland
- Eric Maurincomme, Chair Healthcare IT Committee, COCIR, IHE-Europe
- Claus D. Pedersen, International Manager MedCom, Denmark
- Karl A. Stroetmann, eHealth Impact study, empirica, Germany
- David Garets, CEO HIMSS Analytics, Vice President HIMSS, USA
Summary and outlook
- Ilias Iakovidis, Deputy Head of Unit ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
