1. United4Health: An overview
Rob childs
Health vertical engagement manager, GSMA
United4Health: An overview
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2. About the Project
“UNIversal solutions in TElemedicine Deployment for European HEALTH care”
Coordinator: NHS 24/Scotland
Geographies:
14 regions in Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, and UK
19 deployment sites
Key facts:
Three years ( )
> 12K patients in 14 pilot sites
> €10m (of which €5m EU funding)
Four chronic conditions
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3. Ambition A study of large scale deployment, with assessment of:
organisational aspects
efficiency gains
economic aspects
Deliver evidence of health outcomes
Commitment of regions to further deploy and promote telehealth after end of project
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4. Chronic Disease Management
A common design for disease management with telehealth across 19 deployment sites from 10 countries for patients living with
diabetes
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
congestive heart failure (CHF)
hypertension
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5. Key accomplishments to date
Care pathways aligned for diabetes, COPD and CHF
14 regions/19 sites deployed interventions with more than 10,000 patients
Project is now gathering learnings and evidence, and developing key policy messages
All deployment sites committed to further deploying
Final project conference with session in European Parliament on 1/2 December 2015 in Brussels
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6. Barriers to deployment
Clinician engagement
Diversity of clinical practices
Power of habits
Project versus deployment
Procurement constraints
Project timelines
Infrastructures
Varying qualities of connectivity
Bring your own device
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7. Barriers to deployment
Interoperability
Awareness of interoperability benefits
Technology not always fit for scale
State of the market
Local preferences, regulatory environments
Markets could not always deliver
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8. Thank you. Go to: www.united4health.eu
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