The future of eHealth activities within the NDPHS Anna-Lena Pohl eHealth for Regions Network Flensburg, Germany 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 1

Presentation Content eHealth on the European agenda The eHealth for Regions Network eHealth activities within NDPHS 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 2

Why do we need closer cooperation in eHealth related issues within the BSR? Demographic change Increase of chronic diseases Growing demands in the health care system Increasing lack of physicians, nurses and health workers Limited budget conditions Unequal access to health care services in remote areas 3 11 th April 2013, Tallinn

In order to use the full potential of eHealth, we need:... better interoperability,... harmonized laws and regulations,... adequate business plans to guarantee reimbursement of services offered, … infrastructure and software applications to support health cooperation across borders. Finding solutions to these transnational problems requires transnational cooperation !!! 4 11 th April 2013, Tallinn

A CTION P LAN for the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (page 94) “The prosperity of the macro-region is based on its human capital; consequently a healthy population is a critical factor behind sustainable economic development of enterprises and societies. Improving people´s health and social well-being is particularly important in the content of the ageing society and the growing threat posed by non-communicable diseases, two of the greatest macro-regional challenges in the 21th century.” eHealth on the European Agenda 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 5

eHealth on the European Agenda Digital Agenda Key Action 13: Undertake pilot actions to equip Europeans with secure online access to their medical health data (by 2015) and to achieve widespread deployment of telemedicine services (by 2020); Key Action 14: Propose a recommendation defining a minimum common set of patient data for interoperability of patient records to be accessed or exchanged electronically across Member States (by 2012); Foster EU-wide standards, interoperability testing and certification of eHealth systems through stakeholder dialogue (by 2015); Reinforce the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme to allow older people and persons with disabilities to live independently and be active in society th April 2013, Tallinn

eHealth on the European Agenda EUSBSR (EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region) – Priority Area Health Flagship-projects: – ImPrim (Lead partner: NDPHS and Blekinge County Council, Sweden) – ICT for Health (Lead partner: University of Applied Sciences, Flensburg, Germany) – PrimCareIT (Lead partner: South Ostrobothnia Health Care District, Finland) eHealth Action Plan (Public Consultation) eHealth Ministerial Conference 2011 (Budapest): Presidency Declaration (Annex: telemedicine and telemonitoring services) eHealth week 2012 (Copenhagen) 7 11 th April 2013, Tallinn

eHealth on the European Agenda New projects should be initiated in sectors that are relevant for people, for example: Tele-monitoring and Ambient Assistant Living are of great importance. These solutions unburden health care providers, improve access to qualified diagnostic and therapy and boost the security for chronically ill people. Improving eHealth literacy of people through support in developing enhanced skills such as computer, media, science, information and health literacy. 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 8

The eHealth for Regions Network 9 11 th April 2013, Tallinn

Strategic Objectives of The Network 10 Increase awareness and acceptance of eHealth! Improve the availability and accessibility of health care services! Foster mutual access to regional health care markets! Cooperate within joint projects! 11 th April 2013, Tallinn

The eHealth for Regions Network Structure 11 The network partners originate from 6 countries of the Baltic Sea Region (Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden) The Political Strategic Board (PSB) consists of representatives of the highest political levels in the partner regions and supports the Network The Executive Steering Committee (ESC) develops a yearly activity and dissemination plan, decides about the use of the budget of the network and prepares the decisions for the Political Strategic Board The Management Secretariat prepares the PSB and ESC meetings, organizes the network dissemination, maintains the network website, addresses new partner and promotes new projects 11 th April 2013, Tallinn

The eHealth for Regions Network offers: A sustainable and broad network of different partners in the BSR, Exchange of expertise and good practices, Support in implementing transnational projects, Access to EU-funding possibilities, A forum for actively shaping the EUSBSR, Access to the NDPHS through the status as Associated Expert Group, Access to regional health care markets th April 2013, Tallinn

Future Research Focus Today’s challenges (e.g. inactive patients, rising health care expenditures, disintegration of services) could be tackled by patient empowerment, new health economic approaches, innovative networks and modern data management. Most attention among others paid to: developing and piloting of intelligent services, promoting the advantages of eHealth applications, improving eHealth literacy of people through developing specific enhanced skills. 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 13

Future Cross-border Cooperation in BSR Enhanced and regular communication through more institutionalized exchange of experiences and best practice examples from the different countries A deeper consideration of social factors in health care remains of crucial importance Future challenges solved easier by using enforced application of eHealth technology adopted as a cross-border tool Personal responsibility of citizens / patients is more taken into account 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 14

eHealth activities within the NDPHS Recommendations and messages: The BSR has the potential to stay on top of Europe with several good practice solutions. So the BSR could be seen as an eHealth benchmark for all other regions in Europe. The NDPHS should define eHealth as one of the major fields of future activity. Therefore the NDPHS could support the following activities: Enhanced communication and cooperation through a more institutionalized exchange of experiences from the different countries on a regular basis. 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 15

eHealth activities within the NDPHS Deployment of good practice eHealth solutions in the BSR, including establishing business models for the use of ICT in Health Care. Efforts to close the gap between research (Universities) and the eHealth marketplace. Preparing strategies to support political bodies how to implement best eHealth in Health Care. Political support for preparing new projects (major application fields: AAL, Healthy Ageing, Prevention and Life-Style Management; Patient Empowerment and Participation of citizen through eHealth; Improve Health and eHealth literacy and acceptance); Support of Flagship-Projects. 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 16

The role of eHealth for Regions The eHealth for Regions Network, acting in its capacity as a NDPHS Associated Expert Group, is able to take over the responsibility for coordination of these actions. The network offers - already existing structures that work efficiently and sustainable - strong ties to stakeholders from all relevant sectors to ensure access to significant and considerable pool of knowledge and expertise A joint effort would be needed regarding the financing since the network could only part-finance the additional work-load by itself. 11 th April 2013, Tallinn 17

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Contact 19 Management Secretariat of eHealth for Regions Network Prof. Dr. Roland Trill University of Applied Sciences Flensburg Kanzleistraße Flensburg Germany Phone: +49(0)461/ th April 2013, Tallinn

20 11 th April 2013, Tallinn Thank you for your kind attention!