E-Health: E-Health: Preparing for the Helsinki conferenceProposal and call for a new working Proposal and call for a new working groupgroupOslo, 18 April, 2015Oslo, 18 April, 2015

European Partnership for Supervisory Organisations European Partnership for Supervisory Organisations in health services and social carein health services and social carePresentation by Mari Murel Presentation by Mari Murel

Research and Policy officer by EPSOResearch and Policy officer by EPSO1

Lay out of the presentation

• E-Health as topic -introduction• Recent developments in Europe• E-Health working group• Feedback and discussion

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E-Health• Wide topic with variety of terminology: telehealth,

mhealth, telemedicine, teleconsultation, telemonitoring, e-nursing, smart care, teledermatology, telecardiology…

• What about supervision?• Where and when does supervision start?• Challenges for Healthcare Practioners, hospitals and for

Health Law

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Recent developments• eHealth in Europe: Empowering Patients and Offering

Better Connected Healthcare Services 27th January 2015 Brussels

– Topics: legal aspects and uncertainties of eHealth and mHealth services, digital health literacy

– E-Health interoperability framework proposed 2015 by European Commission

– E-Health action plan 2012-20– Green paper on mHealth (adopted on 10 April 2014 )– Staff Working Paper on legal issues in Telemedicine

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Recent developments– eHealth network (ministries) – EpSOS- The European eHealth Project on cross-boarder

Services – Digital Security, Electronic health records– Teleconsultation, Telemedicine& e-Health topic for ISfTeH

(international federation of national associations who represent their country’s Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders).

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Recent developments– Code of practice for Telehealth

services (Developed under the TeleSCoPE project (co-funded by the EU Health Programme)

– Good practice examples from the Region of Southern Denmark(Syddanmark) : Welfare technology, Age friendly environments. (Henriette Hansen South Denmark European Office)

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e-Health Working group• One of the topics of next EPSO conference in Helsinki

in 30th September – Supervision, regulator point of view– What do we already know?– What do we want to know?– What are the risks and benefits for the healthcare sector

of delivering eHealth/ using eHealth products?– Suggested topic “e-Health and National Self-Medication

program. – Speakers : Pekka Kurki(FIN), Stefan Visscher (NL)

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e-Health Working group• What is the approach of Supervisory organisations ? • Dutch IGZ example approach by Stefan Visscher:• There are basically two approaches to regulatory oversight of eHealth that

thread together perfectly: • What are the risk and benefits of an eHealth product? Does the manufacturer

comply to legislation? The Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC might apply here as well as privacy/ data protection legislation. Additionally, the eHealth ISO 13131 should be followed.

• Doctors/ nurses and healthcare institutions should introduce and put into service new techniques in such a way that delivering good quality of care is still guaranteed. This can only be done, when for example the healthcare professionals are trained.

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e-Health Working group• What is the approach of Supervisory organisations ? • Call for EPSO eHealth workgroup!• What can EPSO do and in what form?• Exchange of experience, share knowledge,

workshops, pilots…

• Feedback, suggestions, how do proceed

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Info and coordination via EPSOwww.epsonet.eu

mmurel@esponet.eu

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