Transcript Meeting of eHealth Working Groups

European policy in eHealth
National discussion forum, ICT for
Health
Sofia, Bulgaria
Diane Whitehouse
ICT for Health
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/health/index_en.htm
eHealth Communication and Action Plan
WHY?
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eHealth is not anymore about what will be – there are
many real life solutions that have proven to deliver
real benefits
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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
Main areas of progress (1/
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Establishment of eHealth Working Group and
Stakeholders’ group for the follow up of the action
plan
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Establishment of a roadmap regarding the tasks on
interoperability leading to interoperability working
paper ( March 2006) to EC Recommendation on
eHealth Interoperability (2007)
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Launching of projects/studies that address many tasks
in the action plan
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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)
Progress eHealth roadmaps and action plans feedback
• Replies 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)
• eHealth info sources: 34 web links
• ‘Best’ (or good) practice examples:
35+ projects/pilots
Coordination of eHealth Action Plan in Europe
EPSCO Council
European Commission
Telecom Council
EHealth Conferences
DG SANCO
High Level
group on
Health Services
and Medical care
Subgroup
Health
Information
and eHealth
DG INFSO
Ministers
High Level
Participants
eEurope
Advisory group
eHealth
Working
Group
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
CISTRANA - IST ERA
eHealth ERA
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SYMBIOMATICS
BMI ERA Pilot
i2HEALTH
Identification
doctors/patient
Messages/requests
SHARE
Healthgrid
STEP
VH CA
Certification EHR
SSA
RIDE
Interoperability
TMA Bridge
Interoperability
approach
Implementation
Semantic Health
Interoperability
INFOBIOMED
SEMANTIC MINING
Short term research
BIOPATTERN
Long term research
Economic and productivity Impact of eHealth study
Best practices study
Legal aspects of eHealth study
EHR
Certification and accreditation eHealth study
Patient ID2
DATA
Certification EHR
Specific Support Action
TMA Bridge
EHR structure;
Interop. approach
eHealth ERA NET
Patient identity study
I2HEALTH
Identification
doctors/patient
Messages/requests
CEN
TC 251
SSAs
Semantic
Interoperability
SOFTWARE
Language :
Classification
Terminology
Coding
Main areas of progress (1)
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Development in progress confirmed in
most Member States (MS):
• UK: Connecting for Health (the National
Programme for IT)
• Several MS confirmed roadmaps by end 2005
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Planned/on-going major eHealth
applications in a few countries:
• Health cards, ePrescription, interoperability
specifications/data standards.
eHealth Action Plan: results to date
General, and patient mobility
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Launch of i2010 initiative (includes eHealth)
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HLG on health services and medical care:
further progress in health information and
eHealth
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SANCO and INFSO have agreed to co-organise
eHealth and health information meetings
eHealth progress report: publication start
2006
eHealth Action Plan: results to date
eHealth interoperability
• Approval of 24-month planning (preparatory
document; series of workshops; 2007
Recommendation)
• eTen – TMA-Bridge – completed; i2Health –
good progress
• DG ENTR – successful collaboration;
CEN/ISSS/ETSI next steps
• IDABC – interoperability and integration
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
eHealth Action Plan: results to date
Good or best practices
• eHealth IMPACT – case studies underway;
coverage at WSIS Tunis, November 2005
• eHealth ERA - launched, website, first
deliverables ready, technical review
complete, Gastein workshop, HLG (SANCO)
workshop
• 4 studies: call opened in 2005; studies have
started in 2006
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 in 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
eHealth Action Plan: results to date
Conferences and special events
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eHealth 2005 successfully completed
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EHFG (Gastein), October 2005 – Health-e
Europe
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World Summit on Information Systems – latest
info on eHealth in Europe, good practice
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eHealth working group, meetings planned in
2006
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Inter-service group on eHealth, start delayed
eHealth 2006 conference launch meeting,
October 2005
eHealth 2006 conference
• For your diary NOW!!
• Prospects and planning for the
eHealth 2006 conference which will
be held in Malaga, Spain on May 1012 2006.
• Eventual website address:
http://www.ehealth2006conference.
org
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
eHealth action plan –
main areas of progress
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Will be issuing eHealth interoperability guidelines
at EU level (Recommendation in 2007)
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Involving all Member States and all relevant
stakeholders (firm commitment)
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Ensuring political support
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Increasing efficiency; pursuing tangible results
Moving towards implementation, along lines of
Action Plan
- from content, to process, to structure
- ensuring cooperation among initiatives
- limiting numbers of meetings/WGs
Summary of main areas of progress
Over next 12 months
– major focus on eHealth
interoperability
- crucial concentration on regional
and/or local dimension of eHealth
eHealth Action Plan:
Quick summary of progress on some actions
• National/regional roadmaps (MS, 2005)
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ERA Health, presentations at eHealth 2006 conference
• Best practice collection, dissemination (EC 2004-2008)
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Health Impact, ERA Health, New Study, eTen 2006
• Common approaches for patient identifier (EC+MS, 2006)
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New Study, eTen 2006
• Interoperability approaches and guidelines (EC+MS,2006)
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TMA Bridge, I2Health, Semantic Health, RIDE, Semantic Mining…
• Conformity testing and accreditation (MS 2007)
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Q-REC
• Legal framework, certification of qualifications (EC+MS,2009)
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New Study, 2006
Conclusions and Discussion
We welcome feedback and
questions from all parties,
associations, industry and
companies, Member States,
accession countries
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