In June, Friends of Europe and Europe's World launched an ambitious on-line project in partnership with the European Parliament, Microsoft and Gallup called "Debating Europe" - a debating platform that lets citizens discuss their ideas with Europe's leaders. The project wants to encourage a genuine conversation between European policy makers and citizens. Debating Europe encourages citizens to submit ideas and then gets both supportive and critical reactions from policy makers, provoking as much back-and-forth discussion as possible between readers and the experts taking part in the project.
Debating Europe has published a post on healthcare in Europe, with contributions from Paul Timmers, Director of ICT addressing Societal Challenges at DG INFSO; Ed Percy, Business Director-Manager for Healthcare at Logica; Diogo Reis, IT Manager of the Hospital Fernando Fonseca in Portugal and a consultant for the Central Health Record Solutions of the Portuguese Ministry of Health; and Antonyia Parvanova, MEP and healthcare professional.
To contribute to the debate, please visit:
http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2011/12/08/could-ict-save-european-healthcare/