18 - 19 November 2014, Brussels, Belgium.The future of healthcare in Europe is uncertain. Healthcare faces the inevitability of having to find ways to deliver more services of higher quality at contained costs to meet increased demands for services and new 'consumer' expectations. In practice, there are massive changes to be made in the healthcare organisation and reimbursement mechanisms if the basic principles of universal coverage and solidarity in financing care provision are to be preserved.
Healthcare systems across Europe, and actually around the world, are facing challenges that cannot be met by a 'business as usual' approach. There is an urgent need to transform healthcare delivery at the patient level and to integrate currently fragmented care processes. Hospitals are no exception and will play a critical role in participating in this paradigm shift.
In the upcoming era of integrated care hospitals and other care providers will collaborate and share patient data, knowledge and insights form day-to-day operations. They will focus on continuous care, disease prevention and disease management.
This journey of transformation is however just at the beginning. Enabled by innovative technologies coupled with electronic information and communication systems, connected and coordinated healthcare organizations provide numerous opportunities to deliver care for patients while offering greater transparency, flexibility and choice, and increasing access to the services available.
Main topics at the eHealth Summit will include:
- Integrated care and chronic disease
- Hospital IT investments and EPR deployment
- Regional & national longitudinal Electronic Health Record deployment
- Big data
- mHealth
The 1st eHealth Summit offers the unique opportunity to:
- Get up to date on the latest achievements and developments in eHealth in Europe and beyond
- Identify solutions to current barriers and an effective deployment of eHealth
- Kick off mutually beneficial dialogues with the other eHealth stakeholders
- Build a bridge between EU and key international players, as well as national, regional and local decision-makers
- Learn best case practices from Regions and Entities
Who will attend
- Industry including SMEs and national trade associations active in eHealth
- Key decision makers in Health ICT investment at country and regional levels
- European Commission
- EU Regional Representations and Assembly of European Regions
- EU Permanent Representations in Brussels
- Members of the European Parliament
- Healthcare providers and other key professionals
- Scientific community
For further information, please visit:
http://www.cocirehealthsummit2014.org
About COCIR
COCIR is the European Trade Association representing the medical imaging, health ICT and electromedical industries. Founded in 1959, COCIR is a non-profit association headquartered in Brussels (Belgium) with a China Desk based in Beijing since 2007.COCIR is unique as it brings together the healthcare, IT and telecommunications industries.Our focus is to open markets for COCIR members in Europe and beyond. We provide a wide range of services on regulatory, technical, market intelligence, environmental, standardisation, international and legal affairs.COCIR is also a founding member of DITTA, the Global Diagnostic Imaging, Healthcare IT and Radiation Therapy Trade Association.