e HEALTH FORUM WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 ISSUE 03 Daily Newsletter > CONTENTS Give Health an e-Chance 02 ePrescriptiON FOR “Europe’s goal is to make systems patient-centred; the eHealth Forum addressed major issues and PAtieNT SAFetY, EFFicieNCY showed the way forward for healthcare reform, cross-border provision of health and care services, AND CONtiNuitY OF CAre the value of innovation and the development of the eHealth market. 03 4TH EU-US eHEALth The importance of e-services such as e-prescription, digital patient history and patient registries were MARKetpLAce & 2014 extensively discussed in numerous sessions. Substantial progress was made as regards the Green Pa- TRANSATLANtic HEALth IT & per on mHealth and the guidelines for e-prescription systems. The Forum placed great emphasis on EVideNce AND decisiON MAKING Silver Economy, as well as personalised and integrated care in Horizon 2020, ageing populations and WheN GOING BEYOND piLOts chronic patients further to scaling up the activities of Action Groups and Reference Sites. The event 04 CLINicAL GOVerNANce: was graced by the EU-US MoU on eHealth and the EU-US Business Marketplace and Cooperation As- the use OF e-TOOLS AND CDA sembly in interoperability and workforce skills. Patient empowerment, synergies, the transformation DOcumeNts & epSOS INdustrY of the traditional healthcare landscape and medical practice were also thoroughly discussed. TEAM AND OpeN SOurce In conclusion, it was made perfectly clear that Europe must move forward under a common vision COmmuNitY WORKshOP and agenda, in a coordinated way, so as to improve citizens’ and patients’ quality of life through the use of eHealth solutions and other digital innovations as enablers of change.” C. Papanikolaou 05 AgeiNG WeLL NetWORK 06 Secrets OF TELeheALth 07 LeAdiNG SerVice INNOVAtiON IN HEALth & CAre - EHTEL EVENT & PAtieNT Access TO heALth Hellenic Ministry Hellenic Center for Disease Greek Presidency of the EU Council Horizon 2020 ec.europa.eu DATA IN EurOpe of Health Control & Prevention - 1st Semester 2014 08 PHOTO GALLERY: eHEALth OFFiciAL DINNer BY the SEA This project is co-funded by E.U. Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Programme www.ehealth2014.org e HEALTH FORUM WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 ISSUE 03 ePRESCRipTION FOR PATIENT SAFETY, EFFICIENCY AND CONTINUITY OF CARE s interoperability of ePrescriptions Manager, Amgen, Greece & Cyprus, entation of the Spanish ePrescription system which is based Ais an important enabler for the who spoke of the “Informed out- on the SNOWMED-CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medi- continuity of care in cross-border situ- come and decision making through cine - Clinical Terms) terminology. ations, there are several fully deployed e-Prescribing”. Panagiotis Telonis and national ePrescription systems in Eu- Richard Torbett presented the regu- Spotlight on eHealth in Nursing rope today and many towards their de- latory aspects and the industry per- Mr José Luis Cobos Serrano, representing the Spanish Gen- ployment. There are also cross-border spective in information sharing. Na- eral Council of Nursing, presented the “e-cuidados” (e-care) services already in place to serve spe- tional strategies for the deployment of project which constitutes a unique platform (software) for cific objectives of neighbouring Mem- ePrescription were presented by Bri- the management of good nursing practices. ber States/regions. However, chal- gitte Drewes, Loredana Luzzi, Tatjana The Spanish General Council of Nursing is the regulatory lenges still remain to be addressed, Prendja-Trupec and Nicolas Luc. body of the nursing profession in Spain where there are cur- particularly in terms of unique identi- The subjects addressed included the rently 250,000 registered nurses. This body participates on fication of pharmaceutical products presentation of national (Greece) re- the prescription of medicines and medical devices in Spain, that will improve safety and combat gional (Spain), and cross border (FI, SE) in virtue of the Medicines Law of 2009, and for that purpose fraud. The interactive session, with implementation examples; reflections by the “e-cuidados” tool has been set up. the participation of Christos Halaris, health professionals on issues and chal- The platform is based on the principles of safety, confiden- Kyriakos Souliotis, Vasiliki Mantzana, lenges to be addressed (doctors, pharma- tiality and traceability, which allows nurses’ actions to be Jesus Maria Macias, Päivi Hämäläinen cists, nurses); reflections by the Regula- recorded at all times and can be integrated into other sys- explored the needs, practices and re- tors and the Pharma Industry on unique tems, making it very interoperable. The nursing language sponses to challenges. identification and e-verification of medi- and methodology has been incorporated in order to promote The role of ePrescription in the im- cines (EMA, EFPIA); as well as comments standardisation of nursing care and thus unify operating cri- provement in safety and efficiency on the above with a view to todays’ and teria in both primary care and specialised care. Moreover, in of care was explored by Konstanty emerging national strategies. the field of drug prescription we could prevent up to 80% of Radziwill, Jamie Wilkinson, Jose Luis On eHealth Forum 2014 website iatrogenic or adverse effects. The Spanish General Council of Cobos and Matyas Lakatos, General (ehealth2014.org), see a detailed pres- Nurses has trained 120,000 nurses in this platform. www.ehealth2014.org >p2 e HEALTH FORUM WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014 ISSUE 03 4TH EU-US eHEALTH MARKETPLACE & 2014 TRANSATLANTIC HEALTH IT eHEALTH COOPERATION [EVIDENCE AND DECISION ASSEMBLY - ECONOMIC MAKING WHEN GOING OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BEYOND PILOTS] BY EU-US COOPERATION >We learn from the past by looking towards the ON eHEALTH / HEALTH IT future, according to this session. Some of those forward-looking visions are provided by several large-scale initiatives that have been launched with the financial support of the European Commission. he bilateral relationship between the European Union and the United States Their aim is to deploy innovative telemedicine Tin the eHealth/Health IT sector has many dimensions--economic, social, services and integrated care services, both in real political and commercial. All of these areas present excellent opportunities for life and in a large diversity of European regions. companies, universities, non-profit organizations and governments to work to- Three initiatives were introduced in this session, gether on a variety of possible projects. What are some of the considerations the objectives of which are: to provide evidence of for making decisions on which of these opportunities to pursue and exploit? This clinical effectiveness and quality of life improvement panel, with representatives from government, industry and a trade association, emerging from specific interventions in different discussed some of these considerations, and how collaboration between these settings; and to assess economic and organisational stakeholder groups can advance these objectives. outcomes. The experience of Renewing Health Brian O’Connor, European Connected Health Alliance presented the leading ef- demonstrates that some evidence can be provided forts to bring together stakeholders to form local/regional eHealth ecosystems through an approach that uses Randomized in Europe. From the government point of view, Mr Andrew McCormick, Perma- Controlled Trials. However, to better assess nent Secretary at the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety of the economic and organisational impacts of an Northern Ireland analysed a key stakeholder’s role in helping with deployment intervention, a real-life based approach is needed. of eHealth, while, Mr Octavian Weiser, representing a large, multinational com- This is one of the lessons that both United4health pany with strong healthcare and eHealth business internationally, showed the and Smart Care have learned, and are applying. industry’s perspective. The discussion modulated, on behalf of the U.S. Depart- Smart Care adds a social care dimension to that of ment of Commerce, Mr Matthew Hein, eHealth industry analyst with a view to health care. help U.S. companies increase their exports. www.ehealth2014.org >p3 e HEALTH FORUM TUESDAY 13 MAY 2014 ISSUE 02 his joint event organized by Ath- CLINICAL Tens Medical Society and HL7 Hellas aimed at bridging differences between GOVERNANCE the healthcare professional and eHealth Communities by promoting the created THE USE added value of new standard based e- services for clinical governance. The OF e-TOOLS event is split into two sessions one be- AND CDA ing integrated as a parallel event within the eHealth Forum 2014 and the other DOCUMENTS within the 40th Panhellenic Medical Congress. This event addresses issues such as clinical governance, cross bor- JOINT EVENT OF der healthcare, health care records and THE eHEALTH FORUM 2014 patient summary applications, reuse of & 40th PANHELLENIC standards and best practices of HL7 CDA MEDICAL CONGRESS use for clinical governance. Today, at the session “Clinical Govern- epSOS ance: the use of e-tools and CDA docu- ments”, with the presence of Dr. Cle- mens Auer, Secretary General, Federal [INDUSTRY TEAM Ministry of Health, Austria and Lefteris AND OpEN SOURCE Thireos SG AMS & HL7 Hellas as chairs, the experience from Kaiser Permanente COMMUNITY organism and the e-prescription in Greece was shared by Jamie Ferguson, WORKSHOP] VP Health IT Strategy & Policy, Kaiser