The Added Value of eHealth.pptVIP

01/02/2006 1st eHealth conference - Sofia The Added Value of eHealth by Marc Lange Our Mission Focal Point for eHealth in Europe Improving awareness and value perception of eHealth Information exchange and discussion Forum for eHealth stakeholders Informing and advising EU institutions and European organisations Collaborate with and adding value to existing eHealth related groups Participating in debates, key issues and deployment approaches eHealth Focal Point for Europe Stakeholder groups Health Care Authorities Group (HCA) EHTEL Like Organisations Group (ELO) Citizens / Patients Group Industry Group Task Forces Empowering the Citizen ePrescribing Interoperability Initiative ICT Supported Disease Management User adoption Assessment of Quality, Productivity and Effectiveness in eHealth eHealth in 2005 EC eHealth Action Plan taking shape Current eHealth initiatives making progress Stakeholder involvement taking time But some questions remain: eHealth leadership? The business cases for eHealth? Awareness and acceptance remains low? How can technology support broad deployment? Priority areas for improvement in health systems? The Added Value of eHealth eHealth is not a set of products, tools or application but a range of response to the need to improve and transform healthcare services Cost saving is important but does only represents one side of the added value of eHealth The role and value of eHealth is in supporting and enabling the transformation of healthcare services Is then eHealth indispensable or simply useful? Useful and Indispensable! eHealth has an added value when investments are required for sharing information and by doing so achieving: Equity of access Quality of care Cost containment eHealth has an added value in areas where transformation of healthcare services is indispensable Care for chronic conditions Integration of care across primary, secondary and social care Adaptation to demographic changes Patient safety and knowledge support … The Diab