Programme
Ministerial Conference
“eHEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY”
Prague
, Czech Republic
, 18 – 20 February 2009
Venue: Hotel Ambassador, unless given otherwise
Programme update
Wednesday, 18 February
10:00 – 18:00 REGISTRATION
19:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
Thursday, 19 February
8:00 – 13:00 REGISTRATION
08:30 – 09:30 PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
P
.1 User perspectives on
eHealth and Ethics
eHealth User Stakeholders group
Chair: Helene Richardsson
Keynote speaker: Anders Olauson, President of the European Patients' Forum
Panel discussion between users' representatives – "Key issues of the ethical use of eHealth towards building trust on eHealth solutions"
P. 2
eHealth: From Promises to Sustainable Aims
COCIR
An introduction to COCIR and its activities in eHealth
Eric Maurincomme, COCIR
An overview of Healthcare IT availability and usage amongst care providers in Europe
Véronique Lessens – Agfa HealthCare
What are the challenges
and opportunities to move IT usage from basic infrastructure towards advanced clinical applications?
Michael Dahlweid –
iSOFT (IBA Health)
Standardisation: Key role and benefits for users and vendors
Charles Parisot – GE Healthcare
10:00 – 10:30 OFFICIAL OPENING
Congress Hall
Daniela Filipiová
, Minister of Health, Czech Republic
Viviane Reding
, Commissioner, European Commission (video message)
10:30 – 12:00 MINISTERIAL PANEL DISCUSSION
eHealth for Individuals, Society and Economy
Chair: Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament
Maret Maripuu
, Minister of Social Affairs
Bernat Soria Escoms
, Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs,
Bujar Osmani
, Minister of Health,
Richard Raši
, Minister of Health,
Marios Salmas
, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Solidarity, Member of the Government,
Klaus Theo Schröder
, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security,
Miroslav Ouzký
, Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament
M. Ouzký - presentation
R. Raši - presenatation
B. Soria - presentation
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
(heads of delegations Restaurant Halali)
12:30 – 14:30 Ministerial lunch (Villa Richter, for ministers only)
14:30 – 15:30 Press conference (Villa Richter, for ministers only)
PARALLEL SESSIONS
I.
– Congress Hall
II. – Dvořák Room
III. – Embassy Room
13:30 – 15:00
I.a eHEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS
eHealth and cross-border healthcare
Chair: John Bowis, Member of the European Parliament
Data protection in cross-border healthcare
Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor
Patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare – Proposal for a Directive
Bernard Merkel, European Commission
Cross-border healthcare – procedures and IT solutions
Ladislav Švec, Centre for International Reimbursements
State of the Art of ICT for cross border healthcare: patient identification, authentification, privacy, security
Noël Nader, NETC@RDS project
II.a eHEALTH FOR SOCIETY
Involving health professionals and patients
Chair: Flora Giorgio, European Commission
Health professionals and eHealth
Michael Wilks, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
Health 2.0: When 2 Worlds Collide
Joan Dzenowagis, WHO
Patients' Charter for eHealth
David Garwood, Patient and Citizens Workgroup of ETHEL
Good eHealth – best practices in eHealth (EC Study)
Ingrid Moldenaers, Deloitte
III.a eHEALTH FOR ECONOMY
eHealth for sustainability: supporting healthcare system transformation
Chair: Mohammad Khan, OECD
Stop wasting money on eHealth!
Jonathan Edwards, Gartner
Impact on the economy
Eric Maurincomme, COCIR & eHealth Industry stakeholders group
eHealth strategy in Spain – Joining efforts to reach optimal quality and equity
Pablo Rivero Corte,
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, Spain
Impact on quality of care
Hans Nielsen-Hauge, South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
I.b eHEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS
Communicating eHealth benefits to citizens
Chair:
Anders Olauson, European Patients' Forum
The European Public Health Portal
Tuuli-Maria Mattila, European Commission
ICT tools for rare diseases: state of art and lessons to be learned
Ana Rath, Orphanet
eMental Health: facts, concepts and opportunities
Filip Smit, Trimbos Institute
National portals and health communication
Henrik Bjerregaard Jensen, MEDCOM
II.b eHEALTH FOR SOCIETY
eHealth services: centralised vs. decentralised eHealth solutions
Chair: Gerard Comyn, European Commission
Extending Certification of Electronic Health Records at a Pan-European Level
Georges De Moor, EUROREC
Centralised EHR repositories
Anne Kallio, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Yves Mahieu, EMC Corporation
Distributed EHR solutions
Paola Tarquini, Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department forInnovation and Technologies, Italy
III.b eHEALTH FOR ECONOMY
Business models
Chair: Mike Palmer, European Commission
Supporting and boosting investment in eHealth (EC study)
Karl Stroetman, Empirica
The diversity of challenges in front of eHealth solutions
Agnes Berszenyi, GE Healthcare
Health insurance consequences of eHealth – tracking of reimbursement policy
Jaromír Gajdáček, Health insurance institution of the Ministry of Interior, Czech Republic
Understanding Business Models for eHealth: A Research Approach
Lorenzo Valeri, Rand Europe, CAP Gemini
19:30 Gala Reception
(PragueCastle, Spanish Hall)
Friday, 20 February
9:30 - 11:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
I.
– Congress Hall
II. – Dvořák Room
III. – Embassy Room
I.c eHEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS
Telemedicine initiative – recent developments
Chair: Christoph Steffen, European Commission
Platform for Telemedicine stakeholders
Daniel Forslund, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
Artur Furtado, European Commision
Effectiveness of telemonitoring for cardiovascular care
Markus Siebert, Chair, Eucomed CRM Telemonitoring Group
Josep Brugada, European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
Build it and they will come? Confidence and acceptance in telemedicine
Tove Sorensen, Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, University of Tromso
II.c eHEALTH FOR SOCIETY
The challenges for
interoperability for cross border care
Chair: Zoi Kolitsi, Project Co-ordinator, CALLIOPE Thematic Network
Challenges for interoperability to implement Patient Summaries and ePrescriptions
Fredrik Lindén,
epSOS pilot project
Phase 2 of eHealth-INTEROP; Response to the eHealth Interoperability Standards Mandate
Kees Molenaar, CEN/TC251, Mandate 403 Co-ordination group
Interoperability for the XXIst century: crossing borders has many dimensions
Pierre Lewalle, WHO
III.c eHEALTH FOR ECONOMY
eHealth funding
Chair: Ragnar Bergström, European Commission
eHealth funding from the EIB perspective
Olivier Debande, European Investment Bank
Nationwide e-Health platform – Estonia
Madis Tiik, Estonian eHealth Foundation
eHealth in a regional growth perspective
Tina Norgren, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30 CLOSING SESSION
Chair: Representative of the Ministry of Health, Czech Republic
Summary of parallel themes (Individuals, Society, Economy)
Rapporteurs: Philipp Grätzel von Grätz (so2say communications), Jon Hoeksma (E-Health Insider), Jacqueline Bowman (Scope Communications)
Individuals - presentation
Society - presentation
Economy - presentation
Adoption of the Prague Declaration
Closing remarks
Milan
Cabrnoch, Member of European Parliament
Nata Menabde,
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Joan Guanyabens, Secretary of Strategy and Coordination, Regional Department of Health of Catalonia, ES
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
(ministers Restaurant Halali)
Presentations in all parallel sessions will be followed by a discussion.