What the future holds

Welsh Assembly Government Adrian Savill

Centre of Excellence

Telemedicine & Telecare Telehealth e-health Definitions

Where have we come from? TEAM Keeping Care Local Transforming Local Care Health Minister announces £900K for Telemedicine Telemedicine Team appointed Health Minister announces start of Demonstrators Demonstrators completed Monographs published Funded approved for Telehealth Wales Programme Jul 2001 Jul 2003 Dec 2003 Jan 2004

Health Solutions Wales Community Hospitals Core Links (6) GP Links (600) Mobile Staff Trusts (15) Staff at home Other Sites Local Health Groups (22) IP-VPN  All Wales infrastructure to deliver e- health  IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network)  Delivering  Data  Videoconferencing  Voice  Potential to deliver entertainment to the bed NETWORK

THE NETWORK

Demonstrator projects North Wales (NoW) Pembs to Powys, Patients & Practitioners ( P4) Burns/PICU Welsh Health Video Service Managed services provided centrally and formalised in WHC(2003) 84 TM & TC Strategy 9 monographs + Value adds TM & TC

VIDEO TM & TC

What are we doing now? Telehealth Wales Programme  Funded Approved  Programme Board  42 Initiatives under consideration  Awareness Programme

Communication COM (2004)356 e-Health - making healthcare better for European citizens: An action plan for the European e-Health Area “e-Health systems and services combined with organisational changes and the development of new skills are key enabling tools. They can deliver significant improvements in access to care, quality of care, and the efficiency and productivity of the health sector”

PROGRAMME BOARD AWARENESS PROGRAMME INDUSTRY INTERFACE TELEHEALTH

FUTURES

PILL CAMERA TELEHEALTH

TM & TC BLUETOOTH

TELEHEALTH

Diolch yn fawr/Thank you