eHealth European Commission latest
initiatives
Céline Deswarte
ICT for Health Unit, European Commission
Mission AEC/Aquitaine30 January 2011
Overview of EC actions
• The three instruments used by the Commission for eHealth:– Policy instruments
• 2004 eHealth Action Plan• 2010 Digital Agenda for Europe
– Deployment and support to policies• CIP calls• EIP on Active and Healthy Ageing
– R&D (FP7)• Personal Health Systems• Virtual Physiological Human• Personal Guidance Systems
Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE)
• Action 75:– Citizen secure online access to health data by 2015– Widespread deployment of telemedicine services
by 2020
• Action 76:– Define a minimum common set of patient data
• Action 77:– Standards, interoperability testing and certification
R&D and Policy Support Programme funding
• R&D:– Call 9 (open on 18 January 2012 – deadline 17 April 2012)– Scope in eHealth:
• Virtual Physiological Human (funding 63.5M€)
• PSP Competitiveness and Innovation Programme(CIP):– Call 6 (open 26 February– deadline 15 May 2012)– Scope in eHealth:
• Pilot A in Preparing wide service deployment of integrated care services
• Pilot A in Telemedicine services for chronic conditions management
European Innovation Partnership (EIP): pilot on
Active & Healthy Ageing
Objectives and headline target
A triple win for Europe• Enabling EU citizens to lead healthy, active and
independent lives until old age
• Improving the sustainability and efficiency of social and health care systems
• Developing and deploying innovative solutions, thus fostering competitiveness and market growth
Prevention, screening & early diagnosis
Care & Cure Active ageing & independent living
•Health literacy, patient empowerment, ethics and
adherence
•Personal health management
•Prevention, early diagnosis of functional and cognitive decline
•Guidelines for care, workforce (multimorbidity,
polypharmacy, frailty and collaborative care)
•Multimorbidityand R&D
•Capacity building and replicabilityof successful
integrated care systems
•Assisted daily living for older people with cognitive impairment
•Flexible and interoperable ICT solutions for active and independent living
•Innovation improving social inclusion of older
people
Vision / Foundation•Focus on holistic and multidisciplinary approach
•Development of dynamic and sustainable care systems of tomorrow
•New paradigm of ageing
•Innovation in service of the elderly people
•Regulatory and standardisation conditions
•Effective funding
•Evidence base, reference examples, repository for age-friendly innovation
•Marketplace to facilitate cooperation among various stakeholders
Horizontal issues
EIP - Framework for Action
1Q 2012 First invitations for commitment
1Q 2012 EC Communication
3rd of April 2012 Launch of website and marketplace
From May 2012 Action Groups - management and implementation of actions
From June 2012 First reference sites identified
Timeline: Next steps