Workshops 2008
Expert Workshop on “Procuring for health benefits: critical factors for beneficial deployment of innovative eHealth and telemedicine services”
WoHIT, 06 November 2008, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
The objectives of this workshop organised by the European Commission (EC) were to identify and share valuable recommendations for beneficial deployment of larger scale (e.g. regional scale) eHealth and telemedicine services.
Agenda
Click here to download the agenda (pdf-file, 96KB)
Background Materials
Click here to download "Policy background, objectives, and issues" (pdf-file, 82KB)
WORKSHOP REPORT
Click here to download the report to the workshop.
Presentations
The stakeholders’ experience
- Introduction by the Chair: Setting the context: European Union eHealth strategy in support of Member State health policy priorities, Ilias Iakovidis, Deputy Head of Unit ICT for Health, European Commission
- Procuring for health benefits: lessons learnt to date in moving towards large scale application of remote telemonitoring, Andrew Hamilton, CEO, European Centre for Connected Health, Northern Ireland
- Telemonitoring of heart disease patients - the medical perspective, Prof. John Cleland, HeartCycle project, University of Hull, UK
- National procurement framework for telecare / telehealth – experience, lessons learned, and plans, George Mac Ginnis, Programme Manager, Assistive Technology, NHS CfH, UK
- Telemedicine and regional development in Southern Denmark, Claus Duedal Pedersen, Project Manager Odense University Hospital, Region of Southern Denmark
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| Ilias Iakovidis |
Andrew Hamilton |
John Cleland |
George Mac Ginnis |
Claus Duedal Pedersen |
Strategic decision making and the role of procurement
Panellists
- Josep Roca, Director, Lung Function Unit, The Hospital Clinic, Spain
- Joan Guanyabens, Secretary Strategy & Coordination, Dept. of Health, Catalonia, Spain
- Mario Romao, Co-chair EU Policy Working Group, Continua Health Alliance
- Klaus Juffernbruch, Director Healthcare, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco
- Christof Szymkowiak, Strategy Dept., Techniker Krankenkasse, Germany
- Karl A. Stroetmann, empirica Communication & Technology Research, Germany
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| Josep Roca |
Joan Guanyabens |
Klaus Juffernbruch |
Christof Szymkowiak |
Karl A. Stroetmann |
Summary and outlook
- Ilias Iakovidis, Deputy Head of Unit ICT for Health, European Commission
Workshop report
See the Workshop report.
