It aims to serve as an instrument supporting Portfolio Management and Planning of EC financing of RandD in the field of ICT supported Personal Health Systems, as well as for EU Member States. In doing so it applies an holistic and policy oriented road-mapping methodology that differ from traditional product and industry technology road-mapping as it will take an integrated approach looking at both new and emerging technologies and at broader issues of fundamental scientific research and of socio-economic, socio-cultural, political, institutional and regulatory challenges.
The vision is to contribute to the development of a common European PHS vision and the strengthening of coherent community of practitioners and stakeholders, capable of leveraging the potential of the European diversity and innovativeness of healthcare systems. PHS2020 will develop alternative future scenarios of PHS and a detailed research roadmap for the transformation process. The roadmap will define measures to take in research, development, demonstration, implementation, dissemination, promotion, assessment, and standardization.
For further information, please visit:
http://www.phs2020.com
Project co-ordinator:
MIP, the Business School of Milan Polytechnic University
Timetable: from 01/2008 to 12/2008
Total cost: 623.364
EC funding: 450.000
Programme Acronym: FP7-ICT
Subprogramme Area: Personal health systems for monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics
Contract type: Coordination and support actions
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