Exhibition and Awards

“The Contribution of ICT to Health”, Ministerial Conference and Exhibition
22-23 May 2003 – Brussels

Description

On the occasion of the high-level conference on eHealth organised on the 22nd and 23rd May 2003 in Brussels, by the European Commission in collaboration with the Greek Presidency, a two-day exhibition of 30 eHealth applications selected through a call, and an award ceremony for the first eEurope Awards in eHealth were organised.

The conference and the exhibition (up to 30 stands) took place simultaneously. The exhibition was organised in accordance with the Conference themes:

• National or regional eHealth networks and services;
• Hospital eHealth systems;
• Telemedicine and home care eHealth applications;
• Empowering citizens in management of health and well being.

Winners of the eEurope awards for eHealth

The four Prize winners for the eEurope awards for eHealth were finally announced at the formal ceremony held in the presence of 33 Ministers and European Commissioners Erkki Liikanen and David Byrne, during the eHealth Conference.

Winners of eHealth Awards

Honorable Mention given to:

The awards were announced by Gérard Druesne, European Institute of Public Administration - chairman of the Awards Committee, and presented to the winners by Commissioners Erkki Liikanen and David Byrne, Costas Stefanis, Greek Minister for Health, and Manolis Stratakis, Greek Deputy Transport and Communications Minister.

In closing the ceremony Commissioner Liikanen said: "I congratulate the winners and the runners-up for their excellent applications. They all have great potential in meeting the win-win formula of eHealth: A more productive and efficient health service and better service to patients throughout Europe."

The prize winners and runners-up were chosen by an independent jury, assessing the 42 best practices that had already been selected to exhibit at the conference, by an independent panel of experts.

For more information regarding the awards and details of the draft list of selected applicants, please visit the eEurope Awards website.

eHealth Evaluation Results

A total of 179 applications for the 2003 eHealth Awards were received, each of which was evaluated by a minimum of three expert evaluators. The purpose of this evaluation was to identify those eHealth applications which best serve the objectives of the 2003 eHealth Conference, i.e. are most suitable for demonstration at the event. Therefore the results of this selection have no merit other than for the purpose for which the evaluation was conducted.