Arctic Light e-He@lth Conference
19-20 JUNE 2012 · LULEå, SWEDEN
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Norrbotten for
the Arctic Light e-Health Conference, ALEC 2012.
After our last ALEC conference in 2010 it was clear
that the question was no longer whether e-health
was the path to pursue, but how to best use the
e-health applications that were already available.
The question now remains to see whether we have
reached our deployment objectives and, if not, what
else needs to be done.
What is the situation now? Our populations are
certainly not getting younger. This demographic
change, along with the increasing burden of chronic
diseases, will have serious consequences on our
societies, particularly our healthcare systems, if
we are not prepared. The European Year 2012
dedi cated to active ageing is the ideal moment to
pursue our objective to deliver affordable, accessible
and quality services to all. The European Union has
also identified the importance of e-health, with
innovation in health as a priority.
In ALEC 2010, it was our ambition to ensure
e-health was an integral part in health policies
and systems. Two years later it is vital to see where
things stand. Are there some obstacles we did not
see? What is the potential of integrated care
mod-els? Do we have enough information at our disposal
to make the right decisions regarding future care?
I encourage you to take the opportunity of this
conference to meet and discuss with partners from
different European regions, representatives from the
healthcare sector, business and universities, as well
as e-health experts from the European Commission
and various European organisations. Sharing
exper-tise and experience is the first step to successful
cooperation and to setting ourselves new goals for
the years to come.
I look forward to hear your invaluable contributions
and I wish you all a very successful and enjoyable
conference!
Agneta Granström,
Host of the conference
Monday 18 June
19.00-22.00
Welcome dinner at the Elite Hotel, City of Luleå
Tuesday 19 June
09.00-10.00
Registration and welcome coffee at The House of Arts, City of Luleå
10.00-17.00
Conference
18.30-00.00
Midsummer activities and official dinner at Gammelstad World Heritage Site
Wednesday 20 June
09.00-16.00
Conference
18.30-00.00
Dinner with social event, to archipelago with possibilities to have trip with
RIB boat and midnight fishing
19.00-22.00 Welcome dinner at the Elite Hotel, City of Luleå Drop in and get together
09.00-10.00 Registration and welcome coffee, The House of Arts/Kulturens Hus, City of Luleå
10.00-11.00 Opening
Agneta Granström, host of the conference and Chairperson of the AER e-He@lth network, County Council of Norrbotten
From idea to implementation – where are the obstacles? Daniel Forslund,Chief Strategy Officer, Health Care Development, Vinnova, Sweden
European Strategies for Developing and Implementing Telemedicine/e-Health Services
Terje Peetso,MD, Policy Officer, ICT for Health Unit, Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission
11.00-11.25 Coffee and exhibition
11.25-11.40 Insights into Interregional Cooperation
Petra Polaskova, Communication Adviser, INTERREG IVC Information Point East
11.40-12.00 A successful approach and example of transfer of telemedicine
services by Regional Telemedicine Forum, RTF
9 European regions deliver good practice guidelines and policy recommendations in Telemedicine
Hasse Petersen, Project Manager, RTF, Region of Southern Denmark
12.00-13.30 Lunch and exhibitions
13.30-14.00 The way forward
Policy recommendations for wider implementation of telemedicine
Peeter Ross, MD, e-Health expert, Estonian eHealth Foundation [EST]
14.00-15.30 Possibilities and challenges with an ageing population
– Stakeholders and policy-makers’ panel
Francesco Bortolan, Director of Capital Planning and Investment Control Service, Veneto, Italy, Antoni Dedeu, International Officer of the Ministry of Health of Catalonia, Spain, Jean-Michel Guerre, Vice President of the Regional Council of Auvergne, France, Terje Peetso, European Commission, ICT for health, Gaida Krumina, The European union of Medical Specialists, Marc Lange, European Health Telematics Association, Peeter Ross, e-Health expert, Estonian eHealth Foundation Moderator: Steinar Pedersen, MD, CEO, Tromsö Telemedicine Consult [NO]
15.30-16.00 Coffee and exhibition
m o N D A Y 1 8 J U N e 2 0 1 2
t U e S D A Y 1 9 J U N e 2 0 1 2
P R O G R A M M E
16.00-16.45 Parallel sessions for Chronic Disease Management
good practice guidelines for Chronic Disease manage-ment – lessons learned
good practice guidelines for
market Facilitation good practice guidelines for legislation and strategies for it Support
GPG – Content and usability Janne Rasmussen, Proj-ect Manager, OUH Odense University Hospital, Region of Southern Denmark [DK]
Implementation of GPG – a political viewpoint Dr. Toni Dedeu, Senior Inter-national Officer - InterInter-national Affairs and Health Coopera-tion. Ministry of Health, Cata-lonia [ES]
Implementation of GPG – a practical viewpoint Anne Reoch, Clinical Lead for Stroke and Cardiovascular Diseases, The Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare, Scotland [UK]
How to facilitate telemedi-cine market development for SMEs at regional level – Challenges, key success factors and good practices Mireille Ghys, Solidarity & Health Project Manager, Region of Auvergne [F]
Norbert Paquel, Engineer and Telemedicine expert, Region of Auvergne [F]
Strategic legislation? On legal issues and e-health strategies
Leif E. Nohr, Senior Legal Adviser, Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedi-cine (NST), Region of Northern Norway [N]
Regional strategies for IT-support of chronic disease management – initiatives and challenges
Elin Anne Breivik, Economic Adviser, Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine (NST), Region of Northern Norway [N]
16.45-17.00 Summary and closing – Day 1, Prize Award
18.30-00.00 Midsummer activities and official dinner at
Gammelstad World Heritage Site
Welcome to the traditional Midsummer celebrations on 19 June 2012 Midsummer is the most Swedish of celebrations and takes place when the sun is at its highest and nature at its greenest. Midsummer night is captivating with its soft light and the magic and witchcraft that it brings about, according to ancient beliefs.
P R O G R A M M E
09.00-09.10 Welcome address, Day 2, The House of Arts/Kulturens Hus, City of Luleå
Agneta Granström, host of the conference and Chairperson of the AER e-He@lth network, County Council of Norrbotten
09.10-09.30 Understanding patients’ and health professionals’ perspective
on e-Health to build confidence and acceptance
Walter Atzori, Senior Programme Officer, European Patients’ Forum
09.40-10.25 Parallel sessions
A.1 Change management A.2 e-Health innovation Systems
Transforming Health Care Delivery: Governance and Change Management Dr. Joan Cornet Prat, CEO, TicSalut Founda-tion; Department of Health, Catalonia, [ES]
Tackling the changes accompanying e-health implementation
Dr. Marina Lupari, Assistant Director for Nurs-ing Research & Development, Northern Health & Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland [UK] Moderator: Kenneth Sjaunja, EU Coordi nator, County Council of Norrbotten [S]
The eHealth Innovation system in the Region of Southern Denmark
Christina E. Wanscher, International Consul-tant at Southern Denmark Health Innovation, Region of Southern Denmark [DK]
Health innovation and technology, the role of higher education institutes’
Eveline Wouters, Lecturer, Department of allied health professions Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven [NL]
Moderator: Stephan Schug, MD, Chief Medical Officer, European Health telematics Association
10.25-10.45 Coffee and exhibition
10.45-11.45 Parallel sessions
b.1 patient empowerment b.2 Funding e-Health
Patient Empowerment in Smart Care Edwin Mermans, Policy Officer International Affairs, Region of Noord-Brabant [NL]
Thinking of the bigger picture:
How Estonia designed future healthcare Madis Tiik, MD, Scientific advisor for the EU eHealth Task Force group [EST]
The Swedish e-society
Åsa Zetterberg, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions [S]
Moderator: Anders Olauson, President, European Patients’ Forum
Funds for Health and eHealth in the EU-programmes
Terje Peetso, MD, Policy Officer, ICT for Health Unit, Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Petra Polaskova, Communication Adviser, INTERREG IVC Information Point East
Success Factors for the Effective use of EU Structural Funds
Barrie Dowdeswell, Director of Research, European Centre for Health Assets and Architecture (ECHAA) [UK]
Moderator: Ourania Georgoutsakou, Senior Policy Coordinator; Assembly of European Regions
11.45-13.00 Lunch and exhibitions
13.00-14.15 Now we make the future!
– How will future health care look and when will we be there?
John Matheson, Director of Finance and Information, Scotland, Eva Leach, Center for eHealth in Sweden, Joan Cornet, Ticsalut, Anders Olauson, European Patients Forum, Terje Peetso, European Commission, ICT for health, Agneta Granström,
County Council of Norrbotten
Moderator: Steinar Pedersen, MD,CEO, Tromsö telemedicine Consult [NO] Summary of ALEC 2012 and introduction to parallel workshops
14.15-14.30 Coffee and exhibition
P R O G R A M M E
14.30-16.00 Workshop programme
C.1 momentum workshop
Introduction to the EU-project MOMENTUM and presentation of three case studies. Moderator: Claus Duedal Pedersen, Chief Consultant, Odense University Hospital, [DK]
MOMENTUM - European Momentum for Mainstreaming Telemedicine Deployment in Daily Practice. The MOMENTUM Thematic Network is about creating a platform across which the key players can share their knowledge and experience in deploying telemedicine services into routine care so as to build a body of good practice. Working together, they will define a Blueprint that validates a consolidated set of methods supporting the telemedicine service implementation process. The consortium conceives of a Blueprint as a holistic European reference framework for telemedicine deployment.
Welcome and introduction
Claus Pedersen, Region of Southern Denmark
Momentum Project overview Marc Lange, EHTEL
Case studies:
Remote dialysis in Norway Eli Arild, NST, Norway
Telecounselling for neurosurgery in Veneto Region Elena Vio, Arsenal IT, Italy
Teleictus Network and the Program for Prevention and care of Chronic patients (PPAPC ) in Catalonia
Dr. Joan Escarrabill Sanglas, Agencia d’Informacio Avaluacio i Qualitat en Salut, Department of Health (Catalonia), Spain
14.30-16.00 Workshop programme
e-Health and telemedicine experiences from the County of Norrbotten
C.2 eHealth innovation Center, eiC
”The Next Step” Presentation from the e-health Competence center
Moderator: Siv Söderberg, Professor in Nursing, Jan-Erik Westerberg, CEO, EHealth Innovation center, Luleå University of Technology
14.30 eHealth Innovation Centre – Introduction
EIC is part of the Department of Health Sciences at Luleå University of Technology. EIC develop smart new eHealth solutions, together with the County Council of Norrbotten and the municipalities of Luleå, Piteå and Boden. Our mission is to find regional partners for our innovative solutions and to nurture these solutions.
The EIC creates innovative products, services and processes that are firmly rooted in a unique research environment that combines the health sciences, computer science and electrical engineering. It has a strong track record in international research projects, and focuses on industrial growth and products.
The EIC is recognized internationally as a center of excellence in the areas of health and wellbeing, where information and communication technology (ICT) is used to bring the best possible care to people at home or wherever they need to be.
To support innovative ideas, we allocate resources and, to some extent, funding in collaboration with our existing partners. Ideas may come from researchers, creative innovators, and nursing and healthcare staff. We also support regional businesses working within eHealth.
Speaker: Siv Söderberg, Professor and Research Manager, EIC and Jan-Erik Westerberg, CEO, EIC
14.40 Life Style Health Coaching
Life Style Health Coaching is an eHealth project using telecare to motivate and inspire overweight people with risk factors to improve their lifestyle and increase their well-being. About 230 people are in the project and they have all received individual programs. With the help of a personal health diary their progress can be fol-lowed and discussed with their health coach who contacts them regularly. Tips and reminders are sent by email and sms. The project will continue for one year and includes measurements of the effects and experiences. Speaker: Anna-Maria EK, Nurse and Health Coach, Health Solutions and Åsa Engström, Senior Lecturer, Health Science, Luleå University of Technology
14.55 Renewing Health – Personalized eHealth solutions to empower patients with Chronicle Diagnoses
Renewing Health is a European Union Type A project. Through randomized control group field trials in 9 countries with 7.900 patients, the value of personalized eHealth solutions are evaluated. The Swedish field trial includes 700 patients at four healthcare centres in Norrbotten. Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Cardio Vascular diagnoses utilize new eHealth products and services. The new applications are provided through a national Patient Portal available for all Swedish citizens.
Speaker: Mats Lundin, Project Manager, EIC and Inger Lindberg, Assistant professor, Health Science, Luleå University of Technology
15.10 Needs, methods and technology for personalized eHealth systems of the future
There is a rapid development of new technology and applications for personalized eHealth. Before the discussion, the participants will get updated on new possibilities that may have an important impact on the healthcare providers in the near future.
15.15 Discussion
15.25 Daily Life solutions for Patients with Dementia and their relatives
There is an increasing development of technical solutions with the aim to support persons with dementia living in their own homes. In the COKGNOW project a technical device with the aim to support daily activities and independence was developed and evaluated among 42 persons with mild dementia and their carers in three European countries 2006-2009. A digital photo diary to support reminiscence and the talk about daily events between persons with dementia and their next of kins was tested and evaluated among 10 couples in the MemoryLane project 2010-2011. In both projects a user-driven process was applied with the participants actively involved in the development was applied.
Speaker: Eva Karlsson, RN, PhD student Luleå University of Technology
15.40 Needs, methods and technology for dementia systems of the future
15.45 Panel debate
14.30-16.00 Workshop programme
e-Health and telemedicine experiences from the County of Norrbotten
C.3 Stakeholder Collaboration
Presentation about regional services and solutions for collaboration between different organisation in Norrbotten County.
Moderator: Catherine Melby, Project Manager, IT Norrbotten
14.30-14.50 IT Norrbotten – A catalyst in the north
IT Norrbotten is a regional driver of broadband build-out and the use of the countywide fibre-based network. We have linked 5 hospitals, 33 health centres, 34 public dental clinics and all the munici-pal care units in 14 municimunici-palities in a joint IP network. We have a joint video conferencing plat-form whose high-quality link-ups for video meetings are part of day-to-day work for 1,500 users in municipalities and the County Council. IT has opened up new possibilities for coordination and cooperation in the region.
www.itnorrbotten.se/eng/
Speaker: Anne-Mari Angeria, Marketing Manager, IT Norrbotten
14.50-15.10 Collaboration strategies from senior management level to daily practice
The establishment of both a joint political executive group and a joint top management steer-ing group at county level has been the key factor to achievsteer-ing sustainable collaboration for the development of healthcare in the county. In the seminar we will show the strategies and practical outcomes of the collaboration.
Speaker: Agneta Bygdell, Manager R&D, Association of Local Authorities in Norrbotten
The “peephole” – secure access to information from the County Council’s EHR for municipal health- and medical care
The “peephole”, similar to a regional “EpSOS” is the basis for good and secure care for the municipal care services. The county’s 14 municipalities with 500 nurses, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists all have access to the County Council’s EHR VAS:
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Patient summary including epicrises, referrals and responses•
Radiographs, referrals and responses•
Drug and lab list•
AVK therapy list•
Messaging•
The session will explain the solution, practical usage and benefits for healthcare professionals. Speaker: Anna-Lena Andersson, RN, Manager Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Social Welfare services City of Luleå15.10-15.30 Discharge planning, a process that demands collaboration on a high level
For patients that leave institutional care (in-patients) from the hospital, Coordinated Discharge Planning (case management) is performed. Usually this is performed between three organisations; the care provider and district nurse from the municipality, the nurse and specialist (doctor) from the hospital and the nurse and district nurse from the primary health centre. This process is supported by a web-based IT platform called Meddix Integrated Discharge Planning (Meddix SVP). With Meddix SVP, all involved personnel from the different organisations can share the information that is needed to establish the final care plan for the patient leaving hospital.
The session will focus on:
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Identified problem areas in the process•
How to solve the problem areas, example from Norrbotten•
Collaboration tools for successSofi Nordmark, RN, PhD student, Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology
15.30-16.00 VIS-care. The first step to knowledge translation through evidence based
practice directly in the EPR
The health enterprise information system/document portal VIS received the 2012 Microsoft HUG Innovation Award for easy access to care routines for a safer care process.
Anna-Greta Brodin, Region Manager, Division of Primary healthcare and
14.30-16.00 Workshop programme
e-Health and telemedicine experiences from the County of Norrbotten
C.4 iCt governance and operations
Presentation about the strategic operations of the County Council of Norrbottens ICT Division Moderator: Magnus Persson, IT strategist, County Council of Norrbotten
County Council of Norrbotten is the only County Council in Sweden which has since the middle of the ‘90s an own developed and own EHR system, VAS. The system is used by all categories of personnel and all care units in the county. VAS is also used by two other counties in Sweden. At the workshop key staff from County Council of Norrbotten’s (NCC) prize winning IT-department will explain how they help turn ideas into successful, widely used realities. This workshop will guide you through their proven approach to handling the many challenges of developing and implementing IT-systems within the complex technical and organisational environments found in the health care sector.
Introduction
Kristina Jonsson, CIO, County Council of Norrbotten
Taking an idea through to a maintained system; why it is important to keep a firm hold and plan for success!
Stefan Carlsson, IT strategist and Irene Lundmark, Business system manager, Norrbotten County Council
Ensuring availability and security of IT infrastructure; satisfying the differing needs of a healthcare organization
Stefan Lundström, IT Operations Manager, County Council of Norrbotten
Developing goal oriented user support; customer focus, effective processes, and using feedback to ensure continuous improvement of IT support and -systems
P R O G R A M M E
14.30-16.00 Workshop programme
e-Health and telemedicine experiences from the County of Norrbotten
C.5 eHealth solutions in Clinical practice
Presentation of existing e-health services in County Council of Norrbotten
Moderator: Susanne B Andersson, Deve lopment strategist, County Council of Norrbotten There are over 50 large and 800 desktop video conference systems installed at NCC, which make the installation one of the largest in Sweden. At the workshop we will share our extensive experi-ence from using video as a tool between the patient and general practitioners, between patients and specialists and between specialists.
Strategies for a fundamental video conference platform
Maria Lindberg, manager Video conference, County Council of Norrbotten
Video consultation between health centres in direct patient work – Arjeplog- Arvidsjaur (standby duty consultation)
Maria Jansson, PhD in Informatics, Strategic Development Officer e-health, Norrbotten County Council
Teledermatology. Consultation at distance: Increased availability of care – collaboration between specialist care and primary care
Mats Weström, Chief Consultant, Divison of Primary care. County Council of Norrbotten
Rehabilitation at distance after shoulder joint replacement
Lisbeth Eriksson, PhD in Health Science, Physiotherapist, County Council of Norrbotten
An Ethic-of-empowerment: e-Health and healthy agening
Anita Melander-Wikman, Associate professor, PhD, RPT, Dept. of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology
Multidisciplinary radiology rounds
Using different sources of information in consultation between specialist in the northern councils about challenging cases
P R O G R A M M E
18.30-00.00 Archipelago Dinner
Departure 18.30 from Södra hamn aboard the vessel m/s Kungsholm. Welcoming drink and canapés on board the boat.
Arrival at Klubbviken
Grilled buffet with Salmon and Entrecôte, dessert and coffee. Music entertainment and a walk along the nature trail. The walk starts at Klubbviken and we take a stroll by the side of the channel and across part of Sandöklubben. All in the light of the midnight sun.
Travel back at 23.30 aboard m/s Kungsholm, along the southern shore of Sandön and into Södra hamn at Luleå.
RIB boat trip
A fantastic and fast experience in a boat that can travel at more than 60 knots (70 mph). We take you round Likskär and Altappen, and then return to Klubbviken. The trip lasts for a breathtaking 15 minutes. Piloted by a trained, certified and skilful driver.
Pike fishing in the evening for those who´s interested.
WALter Atzori
Walter Atzori is a Senior Pro-gramme Officer at the European Patients’ Forum (EPF). Having been involved for several years in various e-Health projects as patient representative he has gathered extensive experience in areas which are critical to the successful deployment of eHealth services such as user acceptance, patient empower-ment, and identification and in-tegration of user requirements. At EPF he is currently involved in various EU projects and initia-tives in the area of eHealth and health research and is respon-sible for EPF involvement in the RENEWING HeALTH telemedi-cine project and SUSTAINS, a project aimed at deploying a wide range of administrative and clinical services based on patient’s access to Electronic Health Records. He is also highly involved in the EPF-led Chain of TRUST project looking at pa-tient and health professionals’ perspective on telehealth, the eHealth Governance Initiative and eHealth Stakeholder Group.
Wednesday, 09.10-09.30
bArrie DoWDeSWeLL
Barrie Dowdeswell has a degree in Economics from Bristol University. For 20 years he was a Chief Officer in the UK National Health Service. He has been a member of a Ministerial advisory group and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is Director of Re-search for the European Centre for Health Assets and Archi-tecture. Barrie has directed a substantial portfolio of research studies. He directed the work programme on case studies as part of a Euregio III EU Com-mission project on structural funds and healthcare. Barrie supported the Hungarian EU Presidency health programme and is currently providing support to the EU High Level Reflection Process with regard to future structural funds.
Wednesday, 10.45-11.45
toNi DeDeU
Dr. Toni Dedeu is the Interna-tional Officer of the Ministry of Health of Catalonia (Spain), and responsible for the international affairs for the regional Ministry of Health of Catalonia. He has more than 15 years’ experi-ence in management in the health sector. He has worked with primary care and health technology in Catalonia, the former Soviet Union and Cen-tral Asia. He is a member of the executive board of EUREGHA and chairs the eHealth group. He is a member of EQuiP. Dr. Dedeu is a visiting lecturer in many universities in Europe and participates in various European Commission research projects.
Tuesday, 16.00-16.45
JoAN CorNet
Joan Cornet and Prat, is a Technical Engineer in Metal-lurgy, and graduate in Clinical Psychology. In 1988 he became top official in the European Commission in Brussels and in 1994 in the European Parlia-ment. In 2004 he was appoint-ed General Secretary of the Department of Health of the Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya. In 2005 the Gov-ernment entrusted him to start up the “Bioregió of Catalonia” (Biotechnology) and since 2007 he has been the CEO of the Ticsalut Foundation. He is also a Professor of the UOC (Cat-alunya Open University) and IL3 (International Long-Learning -University of Barcelona).
Wednesday, 09.40-10.25
eLiN breivik
Elin Breivik is an Adviser at the Norwegian Centre for Integrat-ed Care and TelemIntegrat-edicine. She has a degree in Economics and is a lecturer in Economics. Elin works with economic evalua-tion of telemedical services as well as analyses of other rel-evant issues concerning the im-plementation and employment of ICT in the health service.
Tuesday, 16.00-16.45
S P E A K E R S
DANieL ForSLUND
Daniel Forslund is responsible for overall policies and strategies on how to stimulate innovation, quality improvement and reform programs in the health and so-cial sector. As Chief Strategy Of-ficer, he also plays a key role in the Agency’s efforts to develop strategic plans and concrete initiatives to facilitate the broad implementation and use of innovative ideas, processes and technologies. Mr. Forslund holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science, and previously worked as Deputy Director at the Health Care Division of the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs from 2002 to 2011. At the Ministry, he was leading the Swedish Government’s initiatives on eHealth Policy. This included the process of negotiating and establishing Sweden’s first National Strategy for eHealth, as well as other related reform programs, change management and innovation processes in the healthcare domain. He also has extensive experience in Europe-an Europe-and International cooperation on healthcare, for example from negotiations in European Coun-cil Working Group meetings, as Chairman of the Project Steering Board in the epSOS Large Scale Pilot and representing Sweden as General Assembly Member in IHTSDO, a global organization for health terminologies.
Tuesday, 10.00-11.00
mireiLLe gHYS
Head health service-Regional Council of Auvergne: multi-disciplinary health centers-telemedicine-scholarships for medical students-relationship with Health Regional Agency RTF: Head manager.
Tuesday, 16.00-16.45
oUrANiA georgoUtSAkoU
Ourania Georgoutsakou is the Senior Policy Coordinator for Public Health in the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the largest network of regions in Europe with over 250 mem-bers from 35 countries and 16 interregional organisations. She manages the AER Social Policy and Public Health Committee and works with regional politi-cians and officers on sharing experience and developing poli-cies in fields such as structur-ing and financstructur-ing healthcare, demographic change, e-health, disabilities and social inclusion. She has an academic back-ground in European law and politics and regularly represents the AER and the position of the regions before European institu-tions and at European events.
Wednesday, 10.45-11.45
S P E A K E R S
CLAUS DUeDAL peDerSeN
Claus Duedal Pedersen is the Head of the Department for Clinical Innovation at OUH Odense University Hospital. He is in charge of development, testing and implementation of telemedicine and eHealth solutions on a wide range of areas within the hospital. He has been working in MedCom – the national Danish organi-zation for implementation of electronic communication in the health and social care sector. From 2000 – 2003. Pedersen was in charge of establishing the national Danish IP-based healthcare network. From 2003 – 2008 he was the head of MedCom’s international depart-ment and project manager of a number of EU projects.
S P E A K E R S
mAriNA LUpAri
Marina Lupari registered as a RGN in 1992 and has worked in acute medicine, commu-nity nursing and Health visiting positions. Marina successfully achieved an HSc R&D fellowship in 2007 which has allowed her to investigate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a case management approach for older people with chronic con-ditions. This piece of research is of significance importance to both nursing and the health-care system and Marina has presented at a national and international level. Marina’s current role is Assistant Director for nursing -research & devel-opment where she continues with the advancement of older people with multiple chronic conditions.
Wednesday, 09.40-10.25
JeAN-miCHeL gUerre
Jean-Michel Guerre is the Vice President of the Regional Council of Auvergne in charge of territorial planning since 2006. He is also Mayor of the city « Bellerive-sur-Allier » since 2001 and President of the Metropolitan area of “Vichy Val d’Allier ». Jean-Michel Guerre is also President of the Regional Agency of territorial develop-ment for Auvergne.
Tuesday, 11.40-12.00
mArC LANge
Marc Lange is Secretary General of EHTEL (European Health Telematic Association) since 2005 and, in parallel, is pro-viding consultancy services for public sector projects, in par-ticular in relation with electronic identification e.g. with smart cards. EHTEL is a European think-tank on eHealth in Europe, which gathers repre-sentatives of all those stake-holders, from everywhere in Europe, who are committed to deploy eHealth and Tele-medicine services in the field. Over the last years, EHTEL has contributed to the success and value of several eHealth-related events and has published several briefing papers e.g. on the patients views about eHealth (September 2006), on the “4 Cs of healthcare” (May 2007), on the conditions for telemedicine to become sustainable (February 2008), on the three stages of the contribution of eHealth to the transformation of Healthcare (April 2009).
Wednesday, 14.30-16.00
AgNetA grANStröm
Mrs Agneta Granström gained a master’s degree in Nursing Science, Gerontology and Public Health from Umeå University, Sweden. Agneta is elected County Council Commissioner of Public Health at Norrbotten County Council, Sweden, board member of County Council of Norrbotten, President of the eHealth network within the Assembly of European Regions, AER, member of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions working commit-tee for the e-society, board member of Nordic Telemedicine Association and board mem-ber of the eHealth Innovation Centre at Luleå University of Technology. She has worked as Chief Community Nurse, Nurse of Public Health, and as Lecturer at the Department of Health Science at Luleå Univer-sity of Technology, Sweden. She has a professional background as a chief community nurse, a state registered nurse, and as a lecturer at the Depart-ment of Healthcare Sciences at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. She has wide clinical experience in primary health care and elderly health care in rural areas.
Tuesday, 10.00-11.00 Wednesday, 09.00-09.10
S P E A K E R S
LeiF erik NoHr
Leif Erik Nohr has worked at the Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedi-cine (NST) as a legal adviser since 1998. He has been work-ing with legal aspects of telemedicine and eHealth both in an advisory role and in national and international projects. Nohr is appointed Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Tuesday, 16.00-16.45
eDWiN mermANS
Edwin Mermans is a senior policy officer at the Department of Social and Cultural Develop-ment from the Province Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. He is among others involved in the Smart Care programme that aims to promote E-health, Telecare and Ambient Assisted Living in Noord-Brabant with the focus on social innovation. Edwin Mermans is among oth-ers responsible for the interna-tional exchange of knowledge and experiences within the De-partment of Social and Cultural Development. He is co iniator of the Community of Regions for Assisted Living, which is an Eu-ropean network about regional policy for Active and Healthy Ageing. Apart from that Ed-win Mermans is the regional coordinator of the Interreg IVC project CASA in which thirteen European regions exchange knowledge about the use of innovative tools and services for independent living. He is also chairman of the National Reference Group of the AAL Forum 2012 in the Netherlands and member of the European Programme Committee for this annual event about Ambient Assisted Living.
Wednesday, 10.45-11.45
JoHN mAtHeSoN
John Matheson has been Direc-tor of Finance and Information within the Scottish Government Health & Social Care Directo-rates (SGHD) since July 2008. SGHD has an £12bn budget and John’s responsibilities cover eHealth and Pharmacy as well as Finance. Prior to that he was Director of Finance for NHS Lothian since 2000. He was awarded the prestigious title of Finance Director of the Year – Public Sector in 2004 and is particularly committed to Continuous Professional Development for Finance Teams with a specific focus on Or-ganisational Development and matrix working. He took his first degree at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh and then obtained his MBA from Edinburgh University. He has been Chair of the Scottish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Public Fi-nance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and is currently a member of CIPFA’s UK Council and chairs the International Strategy Board He was also a Non Executive at Edinburgh’s Telford College during the 1990’s. He has also presented at various national conferences on a wide range of topical public sector issues. Outside work John is married with 2 children and his interests include golf and hill walking and photography.
Tuesday, 11.40-12.00 Wednesday, 13.00-14.15
ANDerS oLAUSoN
Anders Olauson is the founder and president of the Agrenska Centre. He is responsible for establishing The Agrenska Virtual International Academy, a research centre for rare dis-orders. Anders is also president of the European Patients’ Forum (EPF). Anders is particu-larly concerned with the impact of rare conditions on children and their families. Agrenska is a member of ECOSOC within the United Nations. Since 2006 Anders is a member of the advisory group for Health Research within DG Research in the European Commission. Anders is appointed by The Swedish Government to the Advisory Council at The National Board of Health and Welfare.
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petrA poLASkoWA
Petra Polaskova joined Informa-tion Point East in March 2011. As a Communication Adviser, Petra is responsible for the promotion of the programme and dissemi-nation of information in the East area. She also cooperates with the Communication Officer from the JTS and supports the organi-sation of EU scale events. Petra has been working as a freelance translator and ESL (English as a Second Language) lecturer in Pre-rov, the Czech Republic, for the last 4.5 years. Between 2002 and 2006, she held the position of Teaching Assistant at the North-eastern University in Boston, U.S., teaching undergraduate courses in International Affairs, Interna-tional Conflict and Negotiation as well as U.S. Foreign Policy. She also has professional experience in Public Relations gained at the Institute of International Rela-tions in Prague, where she was responsible for organising semi-nars and international confer-ences, promotion of events and communication with participants and service suppliers. Petra’s edu-cational background ranges from International trade, International politics and diplomacy to Public and international affairs, in which she was awarded PhD title. Be-sides her mother tongue Czech she speaks English and German as well as basic Polish, Spanish, Russian and French.
Tuesday, 11.25-11.40 Wednesday, 10.45-11.45
HASSe peterSeN
Hasse Petersen works cur-rently as Project Manager of the Regional Telemedicine Forum project (RTF) on behalf of the Region of Southern Denmark. Since 2007 he has worked for the European eHealth and Assisted Living initiatives. In addition he has accomplished regional initiatives and been working with the development and implementation of ICT’s for health and social care at authority, clinical, institutional, research and SME level. He is Brussels-based.
Tuesday, 11.40-12.00
SteiNAr peDerSeN
Steinar Pedersen is an ENT doctor. He is the former Leader of the Norwegian centre for Telemedicine. The centre serves as a WHO collaborating centre. He was responsible for the research and implementation activities for 110 research fel-lows. The centre is the Norwe-gian Research Council Centre for Innovation based Research. Under his leadership the centre had 7 spin-off companies. He has been member of numerous committees of inquires within the EU and WHO. He was mem-ber of The Norwegian Minister of Government Administration and Reforms advisory board for the ICT policy in Norway. He was a member of The British Telecom Global Advisory Board. He was the founding President of The International Society for Telemedicine. Today Steinar is CEO of Tromsø Telemedicine Consult.
Tuesday, 14.00-15.30 Wednesday, 13.00-14.15
Norbert pAqUeL
Norbert is an Engineer and an Economist. He worked at the Prime Minister office on healthcare economics and at the Agency for computer diffu-sion before creating a consult-ing company and participatconsult-ing in the creation of EDISANTE, an association for electronic data exchange in healthcare and health insurance. Having worked for the Auvergne and Central Mountain Regions on telemedicine development, he accompanied Auvergne in the RTF project, working with the Regional Council to devise the “Good Practices Guidelines for telemedicine market develop-ment facilitation for SMEs at regional level”.
JANNe rASmUSSeN
Janne Rasmussen – Innovation consultant and project manager, OUH Odense University Hospital & Svendborg Hospital.
Janne Rasmussen holds a Mas-ters Degree in Languages (Eng-lish and German) & Internation-al Relations. Previously JR has worked in export sales as well as in public relations in USA. JR joined OUH Odense University Hospital in March 2010 after 4 years as a project manager with MedCom, where she managed several EU-funded projects within the field of telemedicine. At OUH she is project manager and innovation consultant, and her work focuses primarily on the local management of the EU part-funded LSP CIP A project ‘RENEWING HEALTH’ on telemedicine services for COPD, CVD and diabetes, as well as the further development and validation of the MAST assess-ment model for telemedicine.
Tuesday, 16.00-16.45
peeter roSS
Peeter Ross is an e-health expert at Estonian eHealth Foundation and he also holds a radiologist position at East Tallinn Central Hospital (ETCH), Estonia. Dr. Ross has previously worked as a Director of R&D in ETCH. He has been a member of the supervisory board of the Estonian eHealth Foundation and Estonian Health Insurance Fund. He studied medicine in Tartu University, Estonia, and in Helsinki University, Finland, radiology in Oulu University, Finland, and in Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, USA, as well as health care manage-ment in INSEAD, France. His doctoral studies investigat-ing data sharinvestigat-ing and shared workflow in medical imaging in Tallinn University of Technol-ogy was completed in 2011. Peeter Ross had a main role in designing and implementing an Estonian nation-wide Electronic Health Record system. He also has been active in several EU funded eHealth projects. Peeter Ross is a former president of Estonian Society of Radiology (2005-2011).
Tuesday, 13.30-14.00
S P E A K E R S
ANNe reoCH
Anne joined SCTT in 2007, she was appointed Cardiac and Stroke Clinical Lead in 2011 and is now working closely with the Scottish Government as part of both the Heart Disease and Stroke National Advisory Com-mittees to ensure Telehealth and Telecare solutions are con-sidered and developed where appropriate. Anne led the Scot-tish Telestroke Programme and developed the Telestroke TIA project, which won the Scottish Health Award for Improvement and Innovation in November 2008. Anne’s clinical back-ground is primarily as a CVD nurse practitioner and tutor. She has a healthcare leader-ship degree and has had varied experience in operational health management, clinical service re-design, capital planning, project and programme management.
Tuesday, 16.00-16.45
StepHAN SCHUg
Dr Stephan Schug acts as Chief Medical Officer of EHTEL and has a long track record in Euro-pean eHealth and telemedicine with a focus on interoperabil-ity and clinical services. Since 1999, he supports the strategic development of EHTEL as a multi-stakeholder platform, e.g. through working group support and event manage-ment. As Editor-in-Chief he is responsible for newsletters, briefing papers and the associa-tion’s website. He is or has been involved into European projects with a strategic dimension for eHealth interoperability and telemedicine like CALLIOPE, eHGI, RENEWING HeALTH and the MOMENTUM telemedicine network. With IQmed in Frank-furt/Main, Dr Schug provides policy and project support to eHealth actors in Germany, e.g. for the eHealth platform of North-Rhine Westfalia managed by the ZTG GmbH (Centre for Health Telematics). As Manag-ing Director of DGG - Forum for eHealth and Ambient Assisted Living - he provides eHealth networks in Germany with a cross-border and EU dimension.
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ÅSA zetterberg
åsa Zetterberg is a strategist at the Center for eSociety (CeSam) within the Swedish associa-tion for local authorities and regions (SALAR). CeSam is a program office that coordinates projects within seven different programmes. CeSam´s activities aim to achieve smarter ways of working and better digital welfare services within local authorities and regions. Work-ing at SALAR since 2002 as controller, project manager and strategist. Bachelor’s degree in political science and business, Uppsala University.
Wednesday, 10.45-11.45
CHriStiNA e. WANSCHer
Christina E. Wanscher has been working in the field of eHealth and Telemedicine for almost ten years. She is working as a Inter-national Consultant at Southern Denmark Health Innovation, after having been at MedCom as a Chief Consultant heading the International department. Southern Denmark Health In-novation focus on developing and implementing innovative solutions in close cooperation with users, education-, science- and business sectors, and Wan-scher’s contribution will be to ensure an international dimen-sion to projects and activities. Recently, she headed a team securing the application for the Reference Site application for the European Innovation Part-nership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA). Wanscher holds a masters degree (MA) from the University of Southern Denmark in English and Cultural Studies, specifically focussing on linguistic issues. She has been involved in many publications and abstracts.
Wednesday, 09.40-10.25
mADiS tiik
Mr Madis Tiik, Medical Doctor. Completed his studies at Tartu University with a specialisation in family medicine in 1999. In 2003 he earned his diploma in Public Health in the Nor-dic School of Public Health. From 2001-2003 he studied IT management at an Estonian Business School. 2007-2011 he was a Member of Manage-ment Board of Estonian eHealth Foundation. As a medical doc-tor with a strong knowledge in IT he provides professional expertise to ensure the Esto-nian Electronic Health Record services serve the best interests of medical staff and patients. In recent years he has also coun-seled several foreign e-health related institutions and has actively contributed to Estonian eHealth Foundation’s work as the national e-health compe-tence center.
Wednesday, 10.45-11.45
eveLiNe WoUterS
Eveline Wouters is a lecturer and researcher at Fontys Uni-versity of Applied Sciences. She studied medicine at Utrecht University and epidemiology at Maastricht University. She ob-tained her doctorate at Tilburg University. Eveline is a part-time lecturer at the master physician-assistant clinical midwifery at Rotterdam University of applied sciences. Since 1989 Eveline is a lecturer at Fontys University. She coordinates the research center ‘Bridging Innovations to Sustainable Care’. This expert centre participates in projects researching sustainable (e.g., technical) solutions for chronic health problems, aiming at home care. Collaboration with technical institutes character-izes the research projects and in most projects several educa-tional institutes, health care workers and bussiness compa-nies cooperate.
E x H I B I T O R S
County Council of Norrbotten had a need for a solution that made sure that you, as a patient, can be sure that your doctor always act on the correct routine and provide the correct evidence-based care. VIS-Care uses the document management functionality of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to deliver a complete informa-tion system for all divisions in the County Council. All informainforma-tion in the portal is tagged with metadata. Standardized workflows for producing, reviewing, approving and revising routines ensure that the organization uses a standardized way of documenting patient care routines.
www.sogeti.se/sv/in-english
RemoteA offers easy-to-use, cost-efficient solutions for simplifying the diagnosis of a number of common medical disorders. In three European countries, our telemedicine system already serves close to 200 primary care practices, clinics, hospitals and occupational health care facilities. So far, no less than 45,000 specialist consul-tation reports have been delivered to patients and GPs and more than 1,200 patients are diagnosed monthly. The system reduces the need to refer patients to hospitals and makes the expertise of specialists available when needed in a very cost-efficient way for primary care units.
www.remotea.com
Pfizer is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world, including in Sweden. In more than 150 countries around the globe and with a total of approximately 100 000 co-workers, Pfizer aims to work together for a healthier world.
Pfizer Sweden’s ambition is to add more years to life and more life to years and the vision is, by collaborating, Sweden and Pfizer will be explorers in delivering world leading healthcare.
www.pfizer.se
Innovation Gateway North – Fostering health care innovations. Innovation Gateway North works with the commercialization of ideas, the introduction of new innovations, creates entries for the region’s business and industry, and connects idea carriers with the right actors in the existing innovation system and with sector representatives.
www.innovationssluss.se
Swedish citizens can interact with healthcare providers through a national Patient Portal. The eHealth Innovation Centre has to-gether with the County Council of Norrbotten developed applica-tions to empower the patients. Patients can make own diagnose measurements. Reference and alarm levels provided by healthcare professio nals make it easy for patients to interpret how lifestyle changes, new treatment ie. affect their health through intuitive diagrams. Patients can also view video instructions and get video consultancy services. The new services are evaluated through the Renewing Health project. A randomized control trial with 800 patients at four healthcare centres in Norrbotten, Sweden.
www.ltu.se/eic/en
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is the largest inde-pendent network of regions in wider Europe. Bringing together more than 254 regions from 35 countries and 16 interregional organisations. AER is the political voice of its members and a forum for interregional cooperation. Since 2006, the AER e-he@lth net-work supports regions to embrace innovation in health and social care. AER monitors European developments and collects feedback from regions currently deploying e-health to contribute to set pri-orities at the European level. AER also organises capacity-building workshops for its members.
www
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