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Programme

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

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Speakers and Chairs CVs.

Programme

THURSDAY 22 MAY 2003

8.00-9.15 Welcome and Registration
9.15-9.45 Introduction: The eEurope Policy Perspective (ppt)
E. Liikanen, Commissioner
9.45-10.30 The User and Service Provider Perspectives
Chair: F Colasanti, Director General, DG Information Society

eHealth : highlighting the impact on daily medical practice (ppt)
M. Äärimaa – immediate past President, Comité Permanent des Médecins Européens

The industrial vision

E.R. Reinhardt - President, Siemens Medical Solutions
10.30-10.50 Coffee
10.50-12.00 Harnessing eHealth technology for the citizen (ppt)
T. Rose – General Secretary, European Public Health Alliance

Infrastructure and services for eHealth (ppt)
Frank Barendregt, Sector Manager Health - Belgacom

From SARS to systems: developing advanced information and knowledge management for Public Health in the US (ppt)
A. Balas, Dean of School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, US
12.00-13.00 Official Opening of the Exhibition and Walk Through
E. Liikanen, Commissioner, D. Byrne, Commissioner, E. Stratakis, Greek Deputy Minister, Telecommunications
13.00-14.30 Ministerial Lunch, Discussion of Ministerial Declaration
14.30-16.15 Current Practices in eHealth (pdf)
Chair: F. Sauer – Director, DG Health and Consumer Protection

eHealth in the global context (doc)
M. Danzon - Regional Director, WHO (World Health Organisation) Europe

Danish Health Care Data Network - MEDCOM (ppt)
H. B. Jensen, Manager of MEDCOM, Denmark

Regional Health Information Network of Crete - HYGEIAnet (ppt)
S. Orphanoudakis, Director, ICS-FORTH, Greece

National Insurance Card System (ppt)
M. Suselj, Director, Institute of Health Insurance of Slovenia

NHS Direct Online (ppt)
B. Gann, Director, NHS Direct Online, United Kingdom

The Potential Gains of eHealth Applications (ppt)
T. Jones, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
16.15-16.45 Coffee Break
16.45-18.15 Creating the eHealth Landscape - A structured debate
facilitated by B. Mitchener, Wall Street Journal, Europe

Introduction:
D. Byrne, Commissioner

Participants:
A-M. Pastor Julian, Minister of Health, Spain
I. Calelly, Minister for Health, Ireland
Z. Jakab, Secretary of State for Health, Hungary
K-T. Schroeder, Secretary of State for Health, Germany
G. Sirchia, Minister of Health, Italy
P. Gantar, Minister for Information Society, Slovenia
D. Nica, Minister of Communication, Rumania

Conclusion: E. Liikanen, Commissioner
18.15-19.00 eEurope for eHealth Award
E. Liikanen, Commissioner, D. Byrne Commissioner, C. Stefanis, Greek Minister for Health, G. Druesne, European Institute of Public Administration, Chair of the Awards Committee

Master of Ceremonies: B. Mitchener, Wall Street Journal, Europe

Introduction of Ministerial Declaration (pdf)
C. Stefanis, Greek Minister for Health
19.00 Dinks Reception

FRIDAY 23 MAY 2003

9.00-12.30 Leading the Way : eHealth Achievements and Practice
Chair: A. Pompidou, Honorary MEP

European Research and Development Achievements in eHealth and future plans (ppt)
R. Zobel, Director, DG Information Society

eHealth Systems: Past achievements and future prospects (ppt)
Stan Smits, Philips Medical Systems

Architecture for National eHealth Systems and Networks (ppt)
Thomas Jones, Chief Medical Officer, Oracle Corporation
Architecture for National eHealth Systems (ppt)
Ulrich Pluta, Director Emerging Markets Healthcare EMEA, Oracle Corporation

eHealth and the pharmaceutical sector (ppt)
T. Lönngren – Executive Director, European Medicines Evaluation Agency
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

Building the Regional eHealth Network- the Andalucian experience (doc, ES)
F. Vallejo, Regional Minister of Health, Andalucia, Spain

Facilitating Doctor-Patient Dialogue (ppt)
M.-L. Sundin, CEO Karolinska Hospital, Sweden

Standardisation and legal issues in eHealth (ppt)
G. de Moor, University of Gent, Belgium

Integrated Hospital Information Systems – Achievements and experiences
P. Degoulet, Director of Information Systems, Hôpital Européen G. Pompidou

Meeting the challenges of an eHealth Industry
E. Liikanen, Commissioner
13.30-15.30 Four Thematic Parallel sessions on exciting new eHealth applications
  A. National and Regional eHealth Networks
Finnish experiences
HealthNet - North Karelia Regional Chain of Care (ppt)
P. Itkonen, North Karelia Hospital District, Joensuu, Finland
UUMA - Regional eHealth services in the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) (ppt)
Kari Harno, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Finland

Swedish experiences
The National IT Infrastructure for Healthcare in Sweden
Gustav Malmqvist, co-ordinator / Mats Larson, CEO Carelink, Sweden

Belgian experiences
FLOW - Health network and shared patient record (ppt)
M. Bangels, Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs, Belgium
Medibridge network
L. Schilders, Managing director, Medibridge

Norwegian experiences
The Northern Norwegian Health network (ppt)
L. K. Johannessen, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Spanish experiences and Conclusions
The Andalusian Health network (ppt 1) (ppt 2) (ppt 3) (ppt 4)
J. A. Cobena Fernandez, Consejeria de Salud, Junta de Andalucia, Seville, Spain

B. eHealth for Health Professionals

ePrescription in Sweden (ppt)
I. Zetterman, Apoteket AB, Sweden 

SURGETICA - Computer Assisted Medical Interventions & SURGETICS
P. Cinquin, CHU Grenoble, France

Oxford Clinical Intranet (ppt)
J. Kay, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

Hospital Manager - Experiences wit HIS in Romania
I. Sinescu, Director of the Center of Urological Surgery, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation from Fundeni Clinical Institute, Romania

The Baltic Information Network
Prof Veinberg - Latvia to be confirmed
C. Telemedicine and Homecare eHealth Applications

Public Health Nursing Mobile Computing
D. McCallion, North Western Health Board NWHB, Manorhamilton, Ireland

Hospital at Home: A Prototype Model for Home Care Service Provision (ppt)
E. Papazissis Diagnostic and Therapeutic center, HYGEIA S.A., Athens, Greece

Boario Home Care Project (ppt)
S. Scalvini, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Virtual Medical Team for Home Healthcare of cancer patients (ppt 1) (ppt 2)
B. Pitsillides, Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends, Nicosia, Cyprus

Improvement Quality of cancer care via telemedizin (ppt)
Dr. Monika Klinkhammer-Schalke, Prof. Ferdinand Hofstädter
Tumorzentrum Regensburg e.V. Regensburg, Germany

Mobile applications for Nurses (ppt)
R. Soor d'Ancona, KPN Mobile, The Netherlands

D. Support to management of Health and Wellbeing through eHealth

Health Information on the web (ppt)
C. Boyer, HON, Switzerland

A Patients Charter for eHealth
A. Fritihof, EHTEL Actors Working Group for 
Patients

Electronic Area Wide Patient Booking in South East London (ppt)
R. Wagner, South East London Enterprise Community, London, England, UK

Sustains III - Your personal Health Account (ppt)
B. Eklund County Council of Uppsala, Sweden

Patient education breastcancer
Dik van Starkenburg, CFO, Reinier de Graaf Group (RdGG), Delft, The Netherlands

Technology for Universal Health
K. Chakravarthi, WIPRO,England, UK
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