Join the Free HIMSS EMEA eSeminar on eHealth Finance

HIMSS EMEA11 March, 15:00 – 16:00 CET
Speaker: Tom Jones, BA FCCA CPFA DMS, TanJent Consultancy
Financing eHealth investment should support and integrate the two main eHealth components: ICT and organisational change. Then, it should ensure that these are financed in full over the whole eHealth life cycle. The European Commission's (EC) eHealth Action Plan has set a firm direction for eHealth investment, which is being reflected in several Member States.

Large-scale eHealth investments are underway in many EC Member States. Some are committing over €200 per citizen for several years just for the ICT component. When the cost of organisational change is included, this investment can increase to over €300. For an eHealth life cycle, finance on this scale tends to segment into several parts, such as development, implementation and operation. With the two components of ICT and organisational change, this can be a complex financing model relying on several financing methodologies. Generally, eHealth investment tends to understate scale, timescales and risks, so under-finances both ICT organisational change. As a result, affordability is understated and crisis finance becomes a predictable, significant feature of eHealth investment.

For further information and registration, please visit HIMSS EMEA eSeminar pages.

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About HIMSS EMEA
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the premier professional member organisation exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology.

The HIMSS mission is to lead change in the healthcare information and management systems field through knowledge sharing, advocacy, collaboration, innovation and community affiliations. HIMSS EMEA will bring this mission to Europe, Middle East and Africa.

For more information, please visit http://emea.himss.org

About Financing eHealth study
The Financing eHealth study was commissioned by DG INFSO and Media, unit ICT for Health, with the aim to assess different financing opportunities against the financing needs of eHealth investment. The overriding goal is to provide assistance to Member States and the European Commission in their efforts to meet the eHealth Action Plan objective of "supporting and boosting investment in eHealth".

The study focuses on providing insights and specific recommendations on:

  • developing the supply side of eHealth finance to optimise the use of resources available for boosting investment in eHealth, including ways to add value through collaboration between Member States;
  • effective and efficient management of eHealth investment to support health services providers, i.e. the demand side.

These recommendations aim to help close the gap between supply of and demand for eHealth financing, and thus support Member States and the European Commission in their activities.

For further information, please visit www.financing-ehealth.eu.

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