Programme
With the convergence of the largest and most complete European audience yet, WoHIT 2010 will offer a compelling programme addressing the practical perspectives of major stakeholder groups, including end-users, hospital CIOs practitioners and patients
Panel discussions, debates, high level presentations and actual case studies will aim to generate evidence of eHealth contribution to healthcare delivery. The speakers will share their experience on successful implementations, new trends and challenges in the eHealth sector.
The keynote addresses and debates animated by a Master of Ceremonies, will be more interactive than ever and address current eHealth topics.
Sessions
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Track: eHealth for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
PS16: Empowering the Patient Through Information Delivery click to read more
Time: 09:15 Location: CCIB
Sustainability of health care passes through the full involvement of a well informed and assisted patient in his/her self care, preventive medicine and using well life-styles. eHealth portals are one tool to achieve this goal. These tools require a proper design, and specially a good management for coaching the patients.
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference
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Donata MeroniEuropean Commission DG SANCO C1 Hukka EijaNational Institute for Health and Welfare Catherine GinistyEuropean Centre for Disease Control Celia BoyerHealth on the Net Foundation Andrew SmithHead of Communication and PromotionEuropean Agency for Safety and Health at Work |
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference
Track: eHealth Addressing Global Challenges Through Local Actions
PS17: Beyond Technical Interoperability click to read more
Time: 09:15 Location: CCIB
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Zoi KolitsiCALLIOPE Thematic Network Marc LangeEHTEL Daniel ForslundMinistry of HealthSweden Iciar AbadMinistry of Health and Social PolicyQuality Agency of National Health ServiceSpain Pantelis AngelidisProject ManagerVidavoGreece |
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Track: eHealth Works - Here is Evidence
PS18: ePrescribing: Lessons Learned and Evidence click to read more
Time: 09:15 Location: CCIB
Computerised physician order entry (CPOE), and in particular ePrescribing, is high on the agenda in many regions and countries of Europe. Improved patient safety, considerable reductions in costs, and avoidance of fraud are key drivers. Concrete experience and lessons learned from implementations in quite diverse European health system contexts will be presented.
Hosted by WoHIT
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Karl StroetmannSenior Research FellowEmpirica Communication & Technology ResearchGermany María José Piña VeraConsejería de Salud de la Junta de AndalucíaLa Junta de AndalucíaSpain Jean-Paul DercqDoctor, Head of Research and DevelopmentNational Health InsuranceBelgium Mats LarsonChairmanMedical Products AgencySweden |
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Track: eHealth Market - Present and Prospect
PS19: In Silico modelling of disease and personalised therapy: VPH, an emerging perspective in eHealth click to read more
Time: 09:15 Location: CCIB
The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) is a technological and methodological framework that once fully realised will make possible the investigation of the human body as a whole by integrating clinical, instrumental, and biochemical information into patient-specific models capable of capturing the systemic nature of most physiopathological processes. The concept was first elaborated in Barcelona in 2005, and quickly became a key concept for European biomedical research, and a flagship objective of the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). This session will provide an update on where the VPH research is, and will highlight its short-term potential from a clinical and industrial perspective.
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Dr Stephan SchugMD MPHChief Medical OfficerEHTEL Belgium Marco VicecontiTechnical Director - Laboratorio di Tecnologia MedicaInstituto Ortopedico RizzoliItaly Alejandro FrangiDirectorCISTIB Center - Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain Hans HofstraatPhilips ResearchThe Netherlands |
Hosted by WoHIT
Track: eHealth User Platform
PS20: Information to bridge the gaps in continuity of care! click to read more
Time: 09:15 Location: CCIB
This session will focus on the impact of health policy on disease management. Specifically, how can nationally (and potentially European) clinically accepted standards and pathways be implemented as guiding principles. The approach includes prevention and management chronic disease. The presenters will offer their perspectives on how disease management can change both the involvement of citizens in their care and collaboration between health care providers.
Hosted by EFMI
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John MantasVice PresidentEFMI Jacob HofdijkEFMI PresidentMinistry of HealthThe Netherlands Patrick WeberChair of Nursing InformaticsEFMIZwitzerland Evert Jan HoijtinkVice-Chairman OIZOIZ, Dutch Branch Organisation for Health IT SuppliersThe Netherlands |
Hosted by EFMI
Track: eHealth for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
PL6: Keynote address: Health, Technologies and Innovation click to read more
Time: 11:00 Location: CCIB
According one of the two track topics of eHealth Conference more and more local health problems can have a global impact in world health. Recently several examples can illustrate this situation: AIDS, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, avian influenza, H1N1 flu, etc. eHealth is a valuable tool in the fight against epidemics and natural disasters which can be harmful. The WHO is the Institution
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference/WoHIT
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| Joan CornetDirectorTic SalutSpain | Najeeb Mohamed Al ShorbajiDirector of the Department of Knowledge Management and Sharing WHOSwitzerland | |
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Track: eHealth for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
PL7: eHealth contributing to Personal Health and Wellbeing click to read more
Time: 11:30 Location: CCIB
eHealth has to become an integral part of healthcare. Its possibilities allow a new way to deliver care especially in chronic illness, handicapped patients with rehabilitation options and populations at risk. Also the citizens have the opportunity to improve their lifestyles and wellness with the use of eHealth. The panel will offer the point of view of four persons related with the use of eHealth in the described scenarios.
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Bart DemaerschalkAssociate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology Mayo Clinic, Phoenix AZUSA Claus Duedal PedersenProject Manager Odense University HospitalDenmark Petra WilsonDirector, Public sector Healthcare Europe Internet Business Solutions Group, CISCO SystemsBelgium Anders GrimsmoMedisinskteknisk ForkningssenterNorway Florin LupescuDirector, ICT Addressing Societal Challenges, DG INFSO European CommissionBelgium |
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Track: eHealth for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
PS21: eHealth for the Economy click to read more
Time: 13:30 Location: CCIB
Give and economical vision about: economic assessment of eHealth and also the bussines models in an eMarketplace.
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Eric MaurincommeCOCIR Healthcare IT Chairman and Chief Strategy & Marketing OfficerCOCIR & Agfa HealthcareBelgium Greta NasiBocconi University MilanoItaly Lorenzo ValeriResearch Leader, Information Policy and Economics Team RAND Europe Flora GiorgioProject and Policy Officer, DG INFSOEuropean Commission Paul GarassusVice Président Société Française d'Economie de Santé - SFES France |
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Track: eHealth Addressing Global Challenges Through Local Actions
PS22: ICT for a global infrastructure for health research click to read more
Time: 13:30 Location: CCIB
Clinical research has done a big progress thanks to the computerization of clinical registries in databases since the eighties. Twenty years after, the electronic patient records (EPR) is becoming a reality, but the structure is still based upon administrative processes and declarative statements using the natural language. It's time to develop new approaches ef EPR with a structure that allows a clinical picture of the patients and their problems and the management of them. At the same time, systems biology and genomics are advancing very fast developing computerized models to explain the biomedical structure and function of living organisms. Also the biomedical knowledge is going more and more structured into the Net, making easier the interoperability.
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference
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Alex FrangiAssociate ProfessorUniversity Pompeo FabraSpain Vicente HernandezUniversidad Politecnica de ValenciaSpain Octavian PurcareaHealth IT ManagerMicrosoftBelgium Fernando Martin-SanchezNational Institute of Health “Carlos III” Spain |
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference
Track: eHealth Works - Here is Evidence
PS23: Continuity of Care for Chronic Diseases click to read more
Time: 13:30 Location: CCIB
The rising number of patients with chronic conditions and the need for better disease and case management is widely recognised. Less understood is the second implication of the demographic changes, namely the shrinking workforce in healthcare. It is only the eHealth-enabled continuity of healthcare that can answer the recent challenges to all health systems in Europe and health systems worldwide.
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Dr Stephan SchugMD MPHChief Medical OfficerEHTEL Belgium Thomas PieberProfessor of Medicine Medical University GrazAustria Prof Dr med Harald KorbChief Medical DirectorVitaphone GmbHGermany Rachelle KayeDirectorMaccabi Institute for Health Services ResearchIsrael |
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Track: eHealth Market - Present and Prospect
PS24: Procuring for better Health and Innovation click to read more
Time: 13:30 Location: CCIB
Presenters will analyse trends in eHealth procurement, the prerequisite factors for success in different programme types, how these translate into investment decision-making and procurement processes, and the challenges of balancing local needs/priorities within wider national and pan-European contexts.
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Karl StroetmannSenior Research FellowEmpirica Communication & Technology ResearchGermany Karel van LambalgenLeiden University Medical CenterThe Netherlands Tom BoyleCo-Chair European Connected Health CampusUnited Kingdom George MacGinnisAssistive Technology LeadNHS Connecting for HealthUnited Kingdom |
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Track: eHealth User Platform
PS25: Semantic Interoperability Tools To Improve Clinical Research click to read more
Time: 13:30 Location: CCIB
EuroRec is upgrading its current certification policy and quality assessment criteria. This is a natural evolution when taking into account new trends in eHealth such as the issue of semantic interoperability, the emergence of personal health records etc. "Content-" and not only "Business Function-" related criteria have become core in the interoperability discussion. The session will also address the secondary use of EHR data for clinical research as illustration.
Hosted by EuroRec
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| Georges De MoorProfessorEuroRecBelgium | Dipak KalraUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom | Mats SundgrenAstra ZenecaSweden |
Hosted by EuroRec
Track: eHealth for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
PL8: Keynote Address: The National EHR Imperative: the ways to success click to read more
Time: 15:00 Location: CCIB
Over the next 10 years we will build and deploy more ICT into the health system than in the entire previous history of our discipline. These systems are going to be larger in scope, more complex, and move from regional to national, and possibly supranational scale. Yet we are in all likelihood at roughly the same place in the technology maturity curve as the aviation industry was in the 1950s. There is still a long road to be traveled before we can construct information systems that we know are certifiably safe in the clinical workplace, and we can train clinical hands that are certified safe to use them. Because of these challenges, some nations have struggled with bottom-up or top-down approaches to their national e-health infrastructure, and this talk will explore the benefits of a 'middle out' approach to achieving national goals.
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference/WoHIT
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| Enrico CoieraUniversity of New South WalesAustralia | Denis ProttiUniversity of Victoria's School of Health Information ScienceCanada | |
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Track: eHealth for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
PL9: The impact of eHealth on Healthcare Professionals and Organisations click to read more
Time: 15:30 Location: CCIB
eHealth is driven in part by the pervasive computer environment and infrastructure innovation of Healthcare Organizations. This investment represents a great opportunity to do more things which were impossible till now and, more important, to do the things in a new manner, under a Healthcare management perspective as well as in professional and patient activities. The reengineering of healthcare services by the opportunities offered by ICTs is a big challenge for the clinical and healthcare managers who lead the change of paradigms.
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference/WoHIT
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Gerard ComynVice-President CATEL - National Telemedicine AssociationFrance Josep-M. PiquéVice DirectorHospital ClinicSpain Joshua ShemerTel Aviv UniversityIsrael Simon EcclesMedical DirectorNHS Connecting for HealthUnited Kingdom Andrew M. WiesenthalAssociate Executive DirectorThe Kaiser Permanente FederationUSA |
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Track: eHealth for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
PS26: eHealth and healthcare organisations - The chicken and the egg click to read more
Time: 17:00 Location: CCIB
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Mateu HuguetInstitut d'Estudis de la Salut. Catalonia. Spain Jose Enrique Fernandez AguadoSiemens Medical Solutions Lluis AlegreCEO of Son Dureta HospitalIB SalutSpain Patrice DegouletEuropean Hospitals Georges PompidouFrance Dolores GonzalezChief Financial and Organization Officer Institut Català de la Salut Spain |
Hosted by High Level eHealth Conference
Track: eHealth Addressing Global Challenges Through Local Actions
PS27: Standards for a global scene click to read more
Time: 17:00 Location: CCIB
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Ilias IakovidisDeputy Head of Unit DG INFSOEuropean Commission Belgium Kees MolenaarCEN/TC 251 ChairCENELEC The Netherlands Charles JaffeCEO HL7 USA Jennifer ZelmerInternational Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation Denmark |
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Track: eHealth Works - Here is Evidence
PS28: Evidence in Patient Safety click to read more
Time: 17:00 Location: CCIB
IT systems should improve care, but may pose equal or greater risks to patient safety if used poorly or badly developed. IT systems should therefore be regarded as healthcare interventions with potential to cause harm, and subjected to the same scrutiny and rigor in validation and testing as any new therapy. This session will explore the rational, principles and solutions which contribute to evidence based IT systems which improve patient safety.
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Recommended for CIOs/Sr Executives
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George ThomsonAssociate Medical Dir. & Honorary Professor of DiabetesSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust & Sheffield Hallam University Luc Van LooyMedical DirectorGZA Hospitals Belgium Prof Devaka FernandoAssociate Medical DirectorSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust & Sheffield Hallam University Prof Michael ThickChief Clinical OfficerNHS Connecting for HealthUnited Kingdom |
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Recommended for CIOs/Sr Executives
Track: eHealth Market - Present and Prospect
PS29: eHealth market? Present and Prospects - A view from industrial players click to read more
Time: 17:00 Location: CCIB
The deployment of eHealth is timid and restrained and rarely achieves maturity to demonstrate its full potential. Now, in Europe, a new set of common political imperatives is driving demands for major healthcare transformation. COCIR advocates the development and deployment of eHealth solutions and services as being crucial for improving safety, quality, accessibility and efficiency of healthcare, but notes that although eHealth will be a key enabling part of healthcare transformation, progress towards eHealth capabilities has been painfully slow.
Hosted by COCIR
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| Eric MaurincommeCOCIR Healthcare IT Chairman and Chief Strategy & Marketing OfficerCOCIR & Agfa HealthcareBelgium | John CrawfordCOCIR Healthcare IT Committee, Healthcare Solutions ManagerIBM | Dr Sasha HenkeCOCIR Telemedicine Focus group, Chairman and Vice President Sales and MarketingRobert Bosch GmbH Germany |
Hosted by COCIR
Track: eHealth User Platform
PS30: From Servers to Medical Devices click to read more
Time: 17:00 Location: CCIB
The growing sophistication of healthcare-related technology has given rise to increased debate as to the classification of a variety of devices and the criteria on which such classification should be based. Our panellists will discuss emerging regulatory and legal challenges such as the recent modifications to the Medical Device Directive. The implications of the proposed Recast of the existing legislation and the advantages and disadvantages of a single regulation governing all medical devices will also be discussed.
Hosted by WoHIT
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Elisabethann WrightHogan & Hartson LLPBelgium Petra WilsonDirector, Connected Health, Internet Business Solutions GroupCisco Systems Prof.Dr.med. Björn BergDirector of Information Technology and Medical EngineeringUniversity Hospital HeidelbergGermany Anne-Sophie BriccaSenior Legal Counsel CaridianBCT Europe |
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