Breydel building, Avenue d'Auderghem 17, Brussels11th December 2007
Europe is facing the challenge of delivering quality healthcare to all its citizens, at an affordable cost. The increasing demand by citizens for best quality healthcare, the costs of managing chronic diseases, and the need for prolonged medical care for an ageing society are major factors behind this challenge.
The TeleHealth 2007 conference will focus on telemedicine and innovative technologies for chronic disease management in Europe. The conference will provide a platform for exchanging experiences and discussing the reasons why telemedicine is not yet as developed as it should be. The European Commission aims to propose concrete actions and solutions at a European level. Purely national issues, e.g. those related to specific national legislation, will not be addressed. The conference will focus on issues common to several Member States or related to cross-border activities and that would benefit from a European slant.
TeleHealth 2007 is one of the stepping stones that will lead to a communication on 'telemedicine and innovative technologies for chronic disease management' that the Commission plans to publish in October 2008. Another such stepping stone will be the results of a public consultation, launched in October 2007, aimed at gathering telemedicine expertise in all Member States.
It will be structured as a sequence of four to five roundtable sessions, each of them dealing with a specific class of problems, such as:
- Legal obstacles: tax, social security, liabilities, claims
- Financial issues: patient reimbursement
- Practical issues: accreditation, certification, labelling
- Data protection and privacy
- Interoperability
For further information, please visit:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/telehealth_2007/
Related news article:
- Public Consultation: EU-wide Telemedicine and Innovative Technologies for Chronic Disease Management
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