Track 4: Sostenibilidad de los sistemas sanitarios 4.1. La ruta europea para la sostenibilidad en sanidad

1. Sustainability Through Innovative
Partnerships - Global Perspectives
Track 4: Sustainability of Health Systems
Pēteris Zilgalvis, J.D, Head of Unit, DG INFSO
24 May, 2012

2. EC instruments to make eHealth reality!
Mix of policy and research activities:
1. Research instrument
 Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7)
 Personal Health Systems, Patient Safety, Virtual Physiological Human
(~100M€/year)
2. Policy activities
 Communications/Recommendations/Directives
 eHealth Ministerial Conference / eHealth Week
 Stakeholders' Group / Task Force
 Studies
3. Support implementation and deployment
 Competitiveness Innovation Programme (CIP ICT PSP): Large Scale Pilots
on Interoperability and Telemedicine + Thematic Networks

3. Digital Agenda for Europe:
Sustainable economic and social benefits for all from a
flourishing digital economy

4. eHealth in the DAE
Sustainable healthcare and ICT-based
support for dignified and independent
living

5. eHealth actions in DAE
KA 13 Undertake pilot actions to equip Europeans
with secure online access to their medical
health data by 2015 and to achieve by 2020
widespread deployment of telemedicine
services;
EMPOWERMENT

6. eHealth actions in DAE
KA14 Propose a recommendation defining a
minimum common set of patient data for
interoperability of patient records […] by 2012
CONTINUITY OF CARE + INTEROPERABILITY
+ Foster EU-wide standards, interoperability
testing and certification of eHealth systems by
2015 through stakeholder dialogue

7. European Innovation Partnership on
Active and Healthy Ageing
Objectives and headline target
A triple win for Europe:
• Enabling EU citizens to lead healthy, active and independent lives until old age
• Improving the sustainability and efficiency of social and health care systems
• Developing and deploying innovative solutions, thus fostering competitiveness
and market growth
Overarching goal by 2020:
• Increasing the number of healthy life years (HLYs) by 2 in the EU on average
• http://ec.europa.eu/active-healthy-ageing

8. By 2015
6 action areas:
• Health literacy, patient empowerment, ethics and
adherence
• Early diagnosis and prevention of specific conditions
• Prevention diagnosis and management of functional
decline in older people
• Integrated care for chronic diseases, including remote
monitoring
• Active and independent living
• Age friendly buildings, cities and environments

9. Overview of timelines
• EC Communication on the SIP of the EIP on AHA – February 2012
• Invitations for Commitment of stakeholders at all levels launched -
February 2012
• Creation of Action groups for each action ready to be launched -
Feb/Jun 2012
• Increasing awareness of the EIP (seminars, workshops & media) –
Communication, advocacy and interaction
• Monitoring the implementation of the actions – 2012 onwards
• Assessment of the results of the actions – 2012 onwards
• Re-opening of invitation for Commitments – 2012 onwards

10. EU-US Memorandum of
Understanding on eHealth
Signed: 17/12/2010 by EC / US Dept Health and Human Services
• Cooperation surrounding health related information and
communications technologies
Focus:
• key areas where scope for progress for the benefits of patients,
healthcare systems and the economy
• interoperability standards and specifications for EHR systems as well as
the development of a skilled health IT workforce
• important step to tackling market defragmentation by creating global
conditions for common approaches to interoperability and
standardisation

11. Coming Up
• SWP on legal aspects related to telemedicine
• Provide clarity on « grey areas »
• eHealth Action Plan
• Taking on board feedback from consultation
• Taking into consideration developments in related to
eHealth
• Areas to examine include:
 Evidence and awareness
 Interoperability/standardisation/market
 Regulatory/Organisational issues
 Innovation in eHealth

12. Coming Up
Benchmarking studies (Spring 2013):
• European Hospital Survey – eHealth deployment
composite indicator: follow up to the 2010 study.
will facilitate monitoring levels and impact of
eHealth deployment in Europe.
• Study on the deployment of eHealth applications
among General Practitioners (GPs). Follow up to
2009 study.

13. LINKS
EIP
http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-
union/index_en.cfm?section=active-healthy-
ageing&pg=implementation-plan
Digital Agenda for Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
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