Transcript Plan d’affaire

Mission
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eHEALTH
“Enable sustainable provision of healthcare by integration of
information and communication technologies (ICT) into local
healthcare systems”
“Develop integrative concepts, create accessibility and provide
affordable digital solutions adapted to local needs”
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Vision and Objectives
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Foster the adequate deployment and sustainable use of high quality
yet affordable digital medical solutions.
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Disseminate digital building blocks and communication
infrastructure into the context of primary health care.
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Enhance the capacity, quality and knowledge of local or regional
health professionals through the use of digital medical tools.
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Empower patients and citizens by providing them access to health
resources and eHealth services.
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Optimize healthcare systems by integration of relevant information
and communication technologies into the diverse healthcare
processes.
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History
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The RoH purpose started from asking the question: “How might
present digital technology be employed to make a difference in
healthcare today?”
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The answer was prompted by eventual Founder consultation with
WHO, among others the office for Radiography and Lab
Technology, Geneva
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Rays of Hope was founded in August 2005 by William Parlette,
Martin Denz and Marco Demarmels
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Justification
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“RoH non-profit foundation is justified by its unique purpose to
identify and employ cost-effective digital technologies”.
“Assisting Developing nations’ healthcare today = ensuring
developing nations’ economic health tomorrow – to universal
profit and advantage”.
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References
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UN Millennium development goals by 2015
WSIS Declaration of Principles Dec 2004
WSIS Plan of Action Dec 2003
WSIS Tunis Commitment Nov 2005
WSIS Tunis Agenda Nov 2005
WHA eHealth Strategy May 2005
WHO World Health Imaging System for Radiography
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Initial Activities
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To augment education and pharmaceutical solutions with costeffective digital diagnostic imaging and other digital technologies.
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To facilitate improved health care, employing as possible existing
technology
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Stimulate the public’s perception that low-cost digital diagnostic
solutions can and should reasonably be considered as a fundamental
tool for primary health care provision today
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To promote awareness, to source and to facilitate provision of
certified and workable cost-effective solutions, to develop digital
diagnostic and other useful healthcare capabilities.
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Organization – RoH Environment
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RoH Team
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M.D. Internal and General Medicine - Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Executive Master in eGovernance - eHealth and Health Telematics
Marco Demarmels
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BS, MA - Market Development for medical software and rehabilitation
technology; EC consultancy for IST employment (D&E, eGov, etc.)
Martin Denz
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eHEALTH
William T. Parlette
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M.D., MBA in Business Engineering. Technical Consultant - Medical
Informatics - Open Source Technologies.
Milagros Florez
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Master in Management of Technology - ICT’s - Project Management
... and their collective facilitating Networks
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Technology
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Internet and communication technologies are widely available
worldwide, offering today effective solutions at competitive costs
for many healthcare challenges.
Any healthcare service which might be digitized is eligible
individually or collectively to be included in a system solution.
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Technology Driven?
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Affordable digital technologies are now available
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Technology is not "the" solution for healthcare, but technology is
an important enabling factor
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Technology in healthcare is not an aim but has an important role as
means to an end
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What is eHealth?
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eHealth is change management in healthcare by integrating upto-date ICT-based instruments.
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eHealth is a dual concept:
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the contextual integration of ICTs
at the same time as an organizational tool and as a
communication tool.
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Concepts & Strategies
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RoH will employ the collective business experience and relevant
technical skills of its management and advisory teams, to achieve
the goals outlined in the RoH statements of vision and mission.
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To identify projects relevant to the mission of RoH, it will consult
and solicit aid from int’l and regional bodies also promoting
effective Healthcare (WHO, ITU, STOP-TB, etc.), and NGOs (FIND,
Médecins sans Frontières, etc.), encouraging always collaborative
solutions.
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RoH will encourage local resource / local government cooperation
employing collective action strategies as possible, to ensure solution
sustainability.
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Core Elements
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Cure
Acute medicine (= information management)
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Care
Chronic medicine (= relationship management)
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Health Management
Individual behaviour & life style
Organization, coordination & logistics
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Solutions
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RoH foresees acting as a “General Contractor”:
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To assess needs of local and regional healthcare systems.
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To develop integrated concepts for digital solutions within
healthcare according to open standards
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To analyze proposed projects, to identify appropriate cost-effective
IST-relevant solutions
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To appoint and coordinate useful sub-contracting capabilities
known for sector effectiveness through the extensive international
network of RoH management and any project partners.
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To solicit and manage funding adequate to effect a successful
completion and subsequent maintenance for given projects.
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