eHealth Week 2012 ONSITE GUIDE - World of Health IT

e H e a l t h W e e k 2 0 1 2 O N S I T E G U I D E
Conference Sessions
Tuesday, 8 May l Late Morning Parallel Sessions
10:15–11:30
10:15–11:30 Hall C1, M3
OC1 | Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRs) and Interoperability
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Georges De Moor, MD,PhD, EuroRec President
A Multi-Stakeholder View of the Semantic Interoperability Challenge
Prof. Dr. Dipak Kalra, University College London, UK
Significant efforts are being made to enhance interoperability between EHR systems within countries, and across Europe through
the epSOS project. Many stakeholders now recognise the potential value of integrated EHR data, especially for a range of “secondary
uses”, but the meaningful combination of heterogeneous data remains challenging. Efforts towards semantic interoperability have
historically prioritised value for direct patient care, although this driver does not necessarily carry the strongest financial incentives.
This presentation will explore the diverse needs for semantic interoperability, and the extent to which these are synergistic or
sometimes conflicting. These challenges are the focus of the recently launched SemanticHealthNet project, which will be presented.
Trustworthy Re-use of EHR Data for Research
Prof. Dr. Georges De Moor, Gent University, Belgium
There is increasing international interest in re-using, for clinical research purposes, routinely collected health records from hospital
and primary care settings. This opportunity is especially attractive to the pharmaceutical industry that recognises the efficiency gains
that might be made. Current initiatives under the IMI programme (e.g. the EHR4CR project) will be highlighted.
A Roadmap Towards Comparable, Standards Based and Reliable Certifications of EHRs
Dr. Jos Devlies, EuroRec, France
Both eHealth and Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) have an enormous potential to improve the effectiveness and efficiency
of care, provided they are reliable, trustworthy and of sufficient quality. Quality labelling and certification through professional third
party assessment offers the best chances for a comparable and reliable quality documentation of those systems. EuroRec has
developed a “language” to describe the functional and operability/interoperability capabilities (criteria) of EHRs. The EHR-QTN project
has defined a roadmap towards a more generally applicable, cross-border standards based professional certification.
10:15–11:30 Hall C1, Room M5
NN1 | Rethinking Healthcare Systems Through Efficient eHealth Solutions
Demographic challenges, particularly an aging population, present European health systems with an increased economic burden
and growing patient expectations. eHealth offers innovative solutions for leveraging online services to help meet these challenges.
The economics of eHealth suggest that such solutions can offer cost-effective improvement of the quality of healthcare. Also,
experience is growing with deployment of eHealth solutions and considerations for evaluating such projects are important. Finally,
it is suggested that diabetes is particularly suitable as a model for eHealth solutions for chronic disease care.
10:15–10:20
Introduction
Cathy Smith, Founding Partner of SpeakEasy and Former Correspondent at BBC
10:20–10:35
The Economics of eHealth
Dr Elettra Ronchi, Senior Policy Analyst in the Information, Computer, Communications Policy Division of the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
10:35–10:50
Experiences from the Renewing Health Project
Kristian Kidholm, Head of HTA-unit, Department of Research and Health Technology Assessment, Odense University
Hospital, Denmark
10:50–11:05
eHealth as an Effective Solution for Chronic Disease Care
Dr Oliver Harrison, Director of Public Health and Policy, Government of Abu Dhabi
11:05–11:30
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Cathy Smith, Founding Partner of SpeakEasy and Former Correspondent at BBC
11:30–11:45 Session Transition
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