2050 A Health Odyssey 2050 A HEALTH ODYSSEY - THOUGHT-PROVOKING2050 A HEALTH IDEAS FOR POLICYMAKING THOUGHT-PROVOKING IDEAS FOR POLICYMAKING Health First Europe Chaussée de Wavre 214d 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 62 61 999 Fax:+32 (0)2 62 69 501 www.healthfirsteurope.org Email: [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 – medical technology of the future ............................................... Dr. Drago Cerchiairi 24 – the potential, the challenges (Eucomed) 6. EU challenges to safeguard quality ................................................................ Paul de Raeve and Annette Kennedy 28 of care and patient safety (EFN) 7. Access to patient health records - considerations for the future ................................................ Dr. Milan Cabrnoch 32 (MEP) 8. Medical innovations in the EU .............................................................. Prof. Dr. Günter Neubauer and Philip Lewis 36 – investing in health, value for society (IFG) 9. The future of quality patient care, ........................................................................................ Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola 40 clinical safety and operational efficiency (EMA) 10. Prevention and detection - the future of diagnostics ..................................................................... Christine Tarrajat 44 (EDMA) 11. Patient mobility – what does it mean for the future? .................................... Dr. Max Ponseillé and Paolo Giordano48 (UEHP) 12. Health is wealth ......................................................................................................................... Prof. Dr. Felix Unger 52 - strategic visions for European healthcare at the beginning of the 21st century (EOM) 13. Invest in healthcare workers ..................................................................................................... Bert van Caelenberg 56 = invest in the future of the healthcare sector (EUROFEDOP) 14. Standards of care for Europe’s ageing population: .......................... Prof. Dr. Antonio Moroni and Amy Hoang-Kim 60 osteoporosis in Europe (ISFR) 15. Diabetes - about cure, care and prevention ................................................................................. Dr. Wim Wientjens 64 (IDF - Europe) 16. Promoting gender equity in European healthcare ............................................................................. Peggy Maguire 68 (EIWH) About Health First Europe ................................................................................................................................................. 72 2050: A Health Odyssey INTRODUCTORY NOTE FROM MEL READ Dear Reader, What will healthcare delivery look like in 2050? Do we stand on the edge of a new revolution in healthcare treatment? How will we as patients consume healthcare in the modern age? All of these far-reaching questions and many others are addressed in this collection of thought-provoking essays by leaders in the healthcare field. Exploring sensible approaches to the fundamental challenges in healthcare in the 21st Century is the mission of Health First Europe, (HFE). Health First Europe was established in March 2004 by a group of organisations representing patients, healthcare workers, academics, policy makers and medical industry experts, concerned about the persisting inequalities in access to healthcare in Europe at a time of demographic and technological revolution. To date, Health First Europe has grown to include 24 member organisations all willing to devote their energy and professional support to furthering the core aims of our platform. In addition, we have 19 supporting Members of the European Parliament from across the political and geographical spectrum, and two Patrons whose support is greatly valued. HFE has four core beliefs: • There are weaknesses in European healthcare systems; a rethink is required in order to meet current and future health challenges; • Patients and clinicians should have equitable access to modern, innovative and reliable medical technology; • The development of new and flexible modes of healthcare delivery will benefit both patients and healthcare providers; • "Health equals wealth"; health is a productive economic factor in terms of employment, innovation and economic growth. The aim of this book is to encourage reflection and dialogue on the future of healthcare in Europe and to stimulate the debate on what can be done between now and the year 2050. The articles that you will read in our Health Odyssey provide a fresh perspective on a variety of healthcare issues from a variety of healthcare experts, but do not constitute an official HFE position per se. We hope that the European policy makers, and everyone who reads this book, will be encouraged to think about the direction in which one policy European health policy is going. I invite you to share you comments, impressions and remarks with Health First Europe and with individual authors on the future of healthcare. You can do so by posting your observations on the articles on the Health First Europe website: www.healthfirsteurope.org Happy reading! 2050: A Health Odyssey 3 REFLECTION ON THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE Reflection on the future of healthcare By Maria Rauch-Kallat, Austrian Federal Minister of Health and Women Austria will assume the EU Presidency In spite of medical prosperity and the which is the main reason for long- for the second time in the first half of possibility to access this, Europeans term disability and invalidity pension. 2006. Particularly for a small country, have to have a new awareness of the All that will lead to an additional drain this task is both a great challenge value of health. ”Prevention is better on finances. and an opportunity to set political than cure“ and therefore a healthy agendas. lifestyle protects against painful Thus, the promotion of good health operations, long-winded treatments must be more important in European Nowadays, we have to face a major or a strong limitation of health quality. health policy. Prevention against demographic change in Europe. A cardiovascular disease is part and declining birthrate can be seen In fact, lifestyles are changing in parcel of most prevention programs alongside increasing life expectancy. our industrialised society and so are of the European Union. The great The population of many countries is disease patterns. Nowadays, a lack efforts made against smoking are shrinking and therefore most national of exercise, poor nutrition and obesity another example of a strong collective economies are confronted with are the most frequent causes for political initiative. problems in financing social and illness. Accordingly, cardiovascular health insurance systems. For diseases rank at the top of mortality. The Austrian Presidency in the first example, in 2001 we registered 1,72 Every third Austrian complains of half of 2006 will focus on several million people who are over 60 years pain in the musculoskeletal system priorities to continue and improve old in Austria and for the year 2041 we are expecting 2,85 million people in this age bracket. The total fertility rate per woman between 2000 and 2004 was only 1,4 in Austria and 1,6 in the European region. In comparison to that, the African region has a total fertility rate of 5,4. The Austrians are getting older – alongside other Europeans. In close connection with the demo- graphic change in Europe, the expense factor of scientific progress is also an important factor in financing the best possible healthcare. Today, medical science is able to yield top-performance with unlimited access for every Austrian. To secure high-end medicine now and in the future, we have to make arrangements in financing and legislation, but also and especially in people’s ways of life. 4 2050: A Health Odyssey MARIA RAUCH-KALLAT efforts at European level. Within the forecasting a gender-specific increase are further focus points of the framework of a varied work programme in diabetes cases for Austria. According Austrian EU Presidency. Particularly with important dossiers, two themes to this, the number of female diabetics in the case of cardiovascular disease, stand out as the main focal points in will increase between 2000 and 2025 women have a higher mortality rate the field of health policy: type