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Vision and reality Experiences and progress from one year and a half of the eHealth Action Plan

Health-e Europe October 5 2005, Gastein, Austria. Vision and reality Experiences and progress from one year and a half of the eHealth Action Plan. Dr Gerard Comyn Head of Unit, Unit H1 – ICT for Health Acting Director, Directorate ICT for citizens and businesses DG INFSO, EU Commission.

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Vision and reality Experiences and progress from one year and a half of the eHealth Action Plan

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  1. Health-e Europe October 5 2005, Gastein, Austria Vision and reality Experiences and progress from one year and a half of the eHealth Action Plan Dr Gerard Comyn Head of Unit, Unit H1 – ICT for Health Acting Director, Directorate ICT for citizens and businesses DG INFSO, EU Commission http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/health/index_en.htm

  2. Communication: COM(2004) 356 final ‘e-Health – making healthcare better for European citizens: An action plan for a European e-Health Area’ The main objective is to accelerate awareness and uptake of beneficial eHealth systems & services • Describes the vision and the benefits of eHealth • Describes the major challenges and lessons learnt • Points to specific actions for both Member States and European Commission • Approved by Commission, 30 April 2004 • http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/health/policy_action_plan/index_en.htm

  3. eHealth Action Plan - WHY? • eHealth is not anymore about research and “what will be” – there are many real life solutions that have proven to deliver real benefits • There is an added value of collaboration at EU level eHealth deployment (and not only on research) • to learn what has not worked and to exchange experiences • to ensure minimum interoperability conditions to support continuity of care and mobility • to address many regulatory (market), legal and ethical issues in coordinated manner • to provide framework for all the stakeholders to come together at international level that could be used also on national and regional level

  4. Main areas of progress Coordination • Establishment of eHealth Working Group and Stakeholder’s group for the follow up of the AP • Setting of priorities and roadmaps • Clear role setting of the EC, eHealth WG, Stakeholder’s group defining strategic orientations • Launching of projects/studies that address many tasks in the action plan • Best practices (ERA Health, Health Impact, new Study) • Interoperability (I2Health, Semantic Health, RIDE) • Patient identifier (new study, eTen workprogramme ’06) • Legal issues (new Study) • Labelling and certification (Q-REC, new Study)

  5. Coordination of eHealth Action Plan in Europe Telecom Council EPSCO Council European Commission EHealth Conferences DG INFSO DG SANCO Ministers High Level Participants High Level group on Health Services and Medical care eEurope Advisory group eHealth Working Group Subgroup Health Information and eHealth Stakeholders Group CEN TC 251, ETSI, CENELEC, ISO TC 215, CEN/ISSS, Health practitioners (doctors, nurses, etc.), Patients, Health Managers, Hospitals, Media Industry (EHTEL (ind.) , IHE, COCIR, EAR, EUROREC, HINE), EU projects (COPRAS, SEMANTIC HEALTH, RIDE, i2HEALTH, eHealth ERA…) and studies

  6. Main areas of progressInteroperability • Establishment of a “roadmap” regarding interoperability • interoperability working paper ( March 2006) based on limited set of scenarios (e.g. emergency, health cards, e-prescription, patient summary) to be produced by Stakeholders’ group with the help of the projects • Presentations and Interoperability Summit at the eHealth 2006 Conference • EC Recommendation on eHealth Interoperability (2007) • Commitment of DG ENTR and Standardisation bodies • Cooperation with other initiatives (eGov, NESSI)

  7. eHealth ERA Main areas of progressLaunch of projects and studies III II I SYMBIOMATICSBMI ERA Pilot i2HEALTH Identification doctors/patient Messages/requests SHARE Healthgrid Certification EHR SSA STEPVH CA RIDE Interoperability Semantic Health Interoperability TMA Bridge Interop. approach INFOBIOMED BIOPATTERN SEMANTIC MINING Long term research Implementation Short term research

  8. Economic and productivity Impact of eHealth study Best practices study Legal aspects of eHealth study EHR Certification and accreditation eHealth study Patient ID2 DATA Patient identity study Studies Scenarios Identification doctors/patient Software, Architecture Projects Standardisation CEN TC 251 Ontology Classification Terminology Coding Semantic Interoperability

  9. Main areas of progress – National roadmaps • Several MS confirmed roadmaps by end 2005 • Replies to questionnaire regarding roadmap situation have come from 15 of 25 Member States, as well as Bulgaria and Turkey • 13 of these came from a Ministry of Health (4 from other Ministries) • ‘Best’ (or good) practice examples: 35+ projects/pilots • UK: Connecting for Health (the National Programme for IT) • Planned/on-going major eHealth applications in a few countries: • Health cards, ePrescription, interoperability specifications/data standards.

  10. Main areas of progress – National roadmaps Conferences and special events • eHealth 2005 successfully completed • eHealth 2006 conference under preparation • EHFG (Gastein), October 2005 • World Summit on Information Systems – latest info on eHealth in Europe, good practice • eHealth working group, 2 meetings • Inter-service group on eHealth, start delayed

  11. eHealth 2006 conference • For your diary NOW!! • Prospects and planning for the eHealth 2006 conference which will be held in Malaga, Spain on May 10-12 2006. • Eventual website address:http://www.ehealth2006conference.org

  12. eHealth Action Plan: Quick summary of progress on some actions • National/regional roadmaps (MS, 2005) • ERA Health, presentations at eHealth 2006 conference • Best practice collection, dissemination (EC 2004-2008) • Health Impact, ERA Health, New Study, eTen 2006 • Common approaches for patient identifier (EC+MS, 2006) • New Study, eTen 2006 • Interoperability approaches and guidelines (EC+MS,2006) • TMA Bridge, I2Health, Semantic Health, RIDE, Semantic Mining… • Conformity testing and accreditation (MS 2007) • Q-REC • Legal framework, certification of qualifications (EC+MS,2009) • New Study

  13. Conclusions and Discussion We welcome feedback and questions from all parties, associations, industry and companies, Member States gerard.comyn@cec.eu.int

  14. eHealth Action Plan: results to date Public health portal, and management of health threats • Three workshops convened to ensure appropriate design and content; launch will be, however, delayed into 2006 • MEDIEQ (quality labelling of medical content) project accepted for funding in 2005 • Inter-service consultation on management of health threats and challenges begun, after receiving inputs from Member States

  15. eHealth Action Plan: results to date European health insurance cards and health cards • eHIC (European health insurance cards) – continuing progress • Netc@rds – concrete progress; collaboration among MS; includes news partners and new countries

  16. eHealth Action Plan: results to date Legal, regulatory, and other issues • Studies, closure October 3 2005 • ESDIS working paper, to be completed circa October 2005 • Liaison with DG EMPL ‘mainstreaming’ of occupational health and safety issues, e.g., on public health portal

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