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What the future holds
Welsh Assembly Government
Adrian Savill
www.wales.nhs.uk/telemedicine
Centre of Excellence
Definitions
Telemedicine & Telecare
Telehealth
e-health
Where have we come from?
1993
TEAM
1997
Keeping Care Local
1999
Transforming Local Care
2000
Health Minister announces £900K for Telemedicine
2001
Telemedicine Team appointed
Jul 2001
Health Minister announces start of Demonstrators
Jul 2003
Demonstrators completed
Dec 2003
Monographs published
Jan 2004
Funded approved for Telehealth Wales Programme
NETWORK
 All Wales infrastructure to deliver ehealth
Community
Hospitals
Other Sites
 IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual
Private Network)
 Delivering
 Data
 Videoconferencing
 Voice
 Potential to deliver entertainment
to the bed
Staff at
home
Mobile
Staff
IP-VPN
GP Links
(600)
Trusts
(15)
Local Health
Groups
(22)
Health
Solutions
Wales
Core Links
(6)
THE NETWORK
TM & TC
Demonstrator projects
North Wales (NoW)
Pembs to Powys, Patients & Practitioners ( P4)
Burns/PICU
Welsh Health Video Service
Managed services provided centrally and
formalised in WHC(2003) 84
TM & TC Strategy
9 monographs
+ Value adds
TM & TC
VIDEO
What are we doing now?
Telehealth Wales Programme
 Funded Approved
 Programme Board
 42 Initiatives under consideration
 Awareness Programme
Communication COM (2004)356
e-Health - making healthcare better for European citizens:
An action plan for the European e-Health Area
“e-Health systems and services combined with
organisational changes and the development of new skills
are key enabling tools. They can deliver significant
improvements in access to care, quality of care, and the
efficiency and productivity of the health sector”
TELEHEALTH
PROGRAMME BOARD
AWARENESS PROGRAMME
INDUSTRY INTERFACE
FUTURES
TELEHEALTH
PILL CAMERA
TM & TC
BLUETOOTH
TELEHEALTH
Diolch yn fawr/Thank you