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[email protected] 2050: A HEALTH ODYSSEY: THOUGHTNEUROLOGY PROVOKING IDEAS FOR POLICY MAKING Table of Contents Introductory note ............................................................................................................................................... Mel Read 2 (Honorary Chair of HFE) Reflection on the future of healthcare ............................................................................................... Maria Rauch-Kallat 4 (Austrian Federal Minister of Health and Women) 1. The future of health “sans cordon sanitaire” .......................................................................................... David Byrne 8 (Former EU Health Commissioner and HFE patron) 2. Dreaming of a European platform ....................... Dr. Maria Siebes, Prof. Dr.Jos Spaan, Prof. Dr.Jos Vander Sloten 12 “engineering for health” – a vision for the future of EU healthcare (EAMBES) 3. The future of healthcare is patient-centred ............................................................................................ Jo Harkness 16 (IAPO) 4. Looking to the future – the added value of eHealth ................................................................. David Lloyd-Williams 20 (EHTEL) 5. Revolutionising patient care –