The Added Value of eHealth

1. The Added Value of eHealth by Marc Lange 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

2. 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 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

3. 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 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

4. 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? 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

5. 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? 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

6. 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 • … 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

7. The Diabetes Paradox 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

8. The Diabetes Paradox … • In a recent report, Dr Line Kleinebreil, Vice Chairman PCD Europe, concluded • Diabetes, an IMPOSSIBLE challenge for primary care: • < 40% diabetic patients have the recommended annual check-up • Primary care professionals are key resources for chronic patients in « old Europe » but are BURNT OUT and asking for help • URGENT NEED for appropriate use of e-health (e-education, call centres, home care) to improve chronic care today and face the epidemic tomorrow • Rome conference of EHTEL (October 2005) 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

9. Articulating the EU and MS level • The broad areas of requirements at European level can be summarised as: • patient and professional mobility • citizen centred health systems • improved quality and efficiency of healthcare availability • The challenge is to provide a European environment where the balance between the responsibilities of the Member States and the European Union can be made. 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

10. 2006 - Summary • During 2006, eHealth has to come of age • eHealth is still little understood, and the benefits are unclear to the stakeholders • eHealth and transformation of healthcare • All stakeholders have to become involved and active in the transformation process This is the challenge for EHTEL 1st eHealth conference - Sofia

11. For more information Contact our Liaison Officer EHTEL Association MEPS, 50 rue d’Arlon B-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel +32 (0)2 230 96 50 Fax +32 (0)2 230 77 73 info@ehtel.org www.ehtel.org 1st eHealth conference - Sofia