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Med-e-Tel 2012 Conference Program

The Med-e-Tel 2012 conference program featured presentations of successful business cases, research activities, pilot projects, practical experiences from health and social care providers, and panel discussions, offering both local and international perspectives on telemedicine and eHealth opportunities and experiences.

The Med-e-Tel 2012 Opening Session included welcome addresses and keynote presentations by:

Mike Schwebag, eHealth Programme Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Luxembourg
Andy Fischer, President, International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Director, Knowledge Management and Sharing (KMS), World Health Organization
Frank Lievens, Director, Med-e-Tel
Peteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit, ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Claudia C. Bartz, Coordinator, International Classification for Nursing Practice and ICN Telenursing Network, International Council of Nurses
Frank Downing, Continua Health Alliance
Masatsugu Tsuji, Professor of Economics, University of Hyogo, Japan & Coordinator, ISfTeH eHealth Economics Working Group
Ofer Atzmon, Aerotel Medical Systems

An ISfTeH Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Prof. Louis Lareng (France) at the occasion of the Med-e-Tel 2012 Opening Ceremony.

Another plenary session on the second day of Med-e-Tel 2012 provided a further update on some global telemedicine and eHealth initiatives by:

Lord Nigel Crisp, Ambassador, Global eHealth Ambassadors Programme (GeHAP) and former Chief Executive, NHS (UK)
Mark Blatt, Global Director Health Industry Solutions, Digital Health Group, Intel
Trevor Single, Chief Executive, Telecare Services Association (UK)
Shariq Khoja, AKDN eHealth Resources Centre, Aga Khan University (Kenya) & eHealth Association of Pakistan
Abdel-Badeeh Salem, Head, Medical Informatics and Knowledge Engineering Research Unit, Faculty of Computer & Information Sciences, Ain Shams University (Egypt)

Topics and thematical sessions of the overall Med-e-Tel 2012 program included:

The 2nd edition of the Global eHealth Strategies Symposium, hosted by the European Commission and the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth, providing a policy dialogue on global eHealth as well as a look at developments and good practice from the field.
Sessions on Evidence of Telehealth Outcomes and eHealth Economics addressing the quest for evidence of clinical effectiveness and economic efficiency of telemedicine and eHealth. The presentations revealed outcomes of ongoing trials or mainstream applications.
Sessions focused on Regional Initiatives in Telemedicine and eHealth. The regional level is often where health and social policy is determined. Med-e-Tel 2012 featured a look at some regional initiatives in telemedicine, both from an economic development point of view (industry support, etc.) as well as from a regional care organization point of view (care networks, etc.).
Session focusing on Innovative Technologies for Mental Healthcare provided background on virtual reality applications in mental health and for psychological care. The session was presented in cooperation with the International Association for CyberPsychology, Training and Rehabilitation.
Various sessions on Mobile Health, Telecardiology, Homecare and Telemonitoring, Distance Consultations, eLearning, and more, demonstrated what exists or what is under development in telemedicine, eHealth and health ICT.
A comprehensive track on Benefits of Free/Libre Open Source Software in Health Care (FLOSS-HC) with contributions from experienced users and developers of open source solutions.
Regional seminar and training session, aimed at local (Luxembourg, Belgian and French) care providers, public authorities, health insurers and industry representatives, focusing on ROI of eHealth investments.
A poster session including 29 posters from Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, South Africa, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.
The fifth edition of the ISfTeH Student Videoconference Session was organized in cooperation with the ISfTeH Students' Working Group. This students' session allowed remote presentations of students' projects and research in eHealth, through videoconferencing facilities. The high quality of the web-conferencing session was guaranteed due to the renewed "ISfTeH & Blackboard (former Elluminate)" partnership. After a preliminary selection, 5 students were chosen to present the results of their telemedicine and eHealth projects and research online. The application of Blackboard gave the chance to up to 100 participants around the world to attend the session. The objective was to have full interactivity and dynamic discussions even in low bandwidth circumstances, giving emphasis to the participation of students from all countries, even from regions with limited technological facilities. Students from Brazil, India, Poland and Norway took part in the competition.
A session on Telenursing - a growing application, offering possibilities to reduce the use of expensive healthcare services, to reduce hospital admissions or length of stay, to perform regular check-ups on patients with chronic conditions, to spread limited resources over a large population, and to increase access to nurse education. The Telenursing session was organized in cooperation with the Telenursing Working Group of the ISfTeH, a group that is also working closely together with the International Council of Nurses in order to advance the knowledge and use of telemedicine/telehealth technologies and eHealth among nurses worldwide.
A consultation meeting of the TeleSCoPE project on Setting Standards and Guidelines for Telehealth Services. The project is working on the development of Service Standards and Guidelines for Telehealth. By setting service standards, TeleSCoPE will help establish relationships of trust between users, patients and providers and contribute to overall health and well-being. The standards also aim to provide a quality benchmark for service regulation.
A workshop of the Danish Partnership UNIK on Management of Chronic Diseases - Development of New and Innovative Assisting Technologies. Management of chronic diseases is one of the greatest challenges to the healthcare sector in Denmark as well as in the rest of the world. The workshop looked at how new technology can make disease management easier for both patients and the healthcare sector. Examples of new technologies on prototype level for people with COPD were presented along with a presentation of methods to secure end user involvement in the developing process. The workshop was also focused on challenges in current and future ICT infrastructures for healthcare services and how to accelerate the deployment of telemedicine solutions.
HealthStartup Europe, an initiative that aims to create a more hospitable environment for health startups by creating connections between the burgeoning digital startups scene and the health sectors, had an Evaluating Telehealth Startup Initiatives workshop at Med-e-Tel, in which the potential of a particular startup initiative was discussed and evaluated by entrepreneurs, health care professionals, policy makers and investors.

Below is the Med-e-Tel 2012 conference program, listed per day and per conference room.

Click here for a general overview of the Med-e-Tel 2012 schedule of events.

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Wednesday 18 April 2012

Conference Room 1

09:30-10:00
Opening Ceremony

Opening addresses by:

Frank Lievens
Director, Med-e-Tel

[full presentation]

Andy Fischer
President, International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth

Najeeb Al-Shorbaji
Director, Knowledge Management and Sharing (KMS), World Health Organization

Mike Schwebag
eHealth Programme Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Luxembourg

Presentation of the ISfTeH Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Louis Lareng

[full presentation]

11:00-13:00
Opening Session: Global Telemedicine and eHealth Update (1)
Chair: Frank Lievens, International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth

Hosted by the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH)

Update on the Digital Agenda for Europe and the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
Peteris Zilgalvis
Head of Unit, ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission

[full presentation]

eHealth Interoperability and Standardization: Enabling Safer and Equitable Health Services
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji
Director, Knowledge Management and Sharing (KMS), World Health Organization