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eHealth for Regions Conference 2012

The eHealth for Regions Conference 2012 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 4 June, 2012. This one-day conference will present best practices on prevention and treatment of chronic diseases with eHealth as a tool. The target groups are physicians, nurses, IT-professionals, and patient representatives.  more »

24.01.2012

Invitation to 7th Virtual Seminar

The 7th Virtual Seminar takes place on February 15, 2012, 13:00 CET.
Topic: “Education for health care professionals and citizens with chronic diseases to utilize eHealth technology” – work package 5 of the project ICT for Health
Speaker: Helli Kitinoja, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences  more »

23.01.2012

NDPHS urges for more health on the regional agenda

Please read the following article by the NDPHS Secretariat!  more »

15.12.2011

Newsletter No. 6

The 6th newsletter of the eHealth for Regions Network is available online!  more »

02.12.2011

Presentation of the 6th Virtual Seminar online

Romualdas J. Kizlaitis, Director of The Centre of Informatics and Development from the VUH Santariškių Klinikos, reported about the countrywide implementation of a patient appointment reservation system in Lithuania.  more »

22.11.11

Results of the Online-Survey “Challenges and Opportunities in Health Care in the Baltic Sea Region”

Between the beginning of June and the end of September 2011 the eHealth for Regions Network carried out an online-survey about the challenges and opportunities in the health care sector in the Baltic Sea Region in order to support the deployment of eHealth solutions.  more »

04.11.11

ESC and PSB meeting in Gdansk, Poland

The ESC and PSB members met in Gdansk from 24th till 25th October. Topics were, inter alia, the results of the online-survey, contacts to other networks and the cooperation with the NDPHS.  more »

04.11.11

Invitation to 6th Virtual Seminar

The 6th Virtual Seminar takes place on November 23, 2011, 10:00 CET.
Topic: Countrywide Implementation of Patient Appointment Reservation System in Lithuania
Speaker: Romualdas J. Kizlaitis, Director of The Centre of Informatics and Development, VUH Santariškių Klinikos, Lithuania  more »

05.10.2011

 Project “PrimCare IT” approved

The Monitoring Committee of the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 has approved the project PrimCare IT. The overall objective of this project is to raise the attractiveness of remote primary health care for medical professionals by the means of tele-consultation and tele-mentoring.  more »

14.07.2011

Newsletter

The 5th newsletter of the eHealth for Regions Network is online.  more »

01.07.2011

Online-Survey: Challenges and Opportunities in Health Care in the Baltic Sea Region

The eHealth for Regions Network is currently performing a survey about the challenges and opportunities in the health care sector in the Baltic Sea Region.
  more »

21.06.2011

Presentation of the 5th Virtual Seminar online

The fifth Virtual Seminar focused on telemedicine.
Christina E. Wanscher from MedCom reported about the activities of the INTERREG 4C project “Regional Telemedicine Forum”.  more »

14.06.2011

Contribution to the NDPHS e-Newsletter 01/2011

The eHealth for Regions Network was invited by the NDPHS Secretariat to contribute an article about its work to the NDPHS e-Newsletter 01/2011.  more »

07.06.2011

Well-visited information event about the eHealth for Regions network in Kiel, Germany, end of May 2011

The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Health of the Land Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, invited interested persons and organisations to an information event about the eHealth for Regions network and its work.  more »

24.05.2011

Invitation to 5th Virtual Seminar

The 5th Virtual Seminar takes place on June 20, 2011, and will focus on telemedicine. Christina E. Wanscher from MedCom (Region Syddanmark) will report about the activities of the INTERREG 4C project "Regional Telemedicine Forum".  more »

10.05.2011

Information Event about the eHealth for Regions Network

The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Health of the Land Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, invites interested persons and organisations to an information event about the eHealth for Regions Network and its work.  more »

07.03.2011

ICT is flagship project of the EU Action Plan

"ICT for Health" has been integrated into the action plan of the EU Baltic Sea strategy by the EU commission. This decision ensures strong political support all over the Baltic Sea Region during the project phase. Main aim of the project is to strengthen the social acceptance of telemedicine.
  more »

16.10.2010

Baltic Sea Region: Annual Forum in Tallinn

From the 14th till the 15th October the first Annual Forum of the Baltic Sea Region was held in Tallinn to discuss the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region after one year of implementation. Domantas Stundys participated for the eHealth for Regions network.  more »

23.09.2010

Presentation of the 4th Virtual Seminar online

The fourth Virtual Seminar focused on Patient Safety. Christine von Hielmcrone from the University of Applied Sciences Flensburg reported about the current activities of the INTERREG 4A project “Strengthening Patient Safety between Denmark and Germany”.  more »

17.09.2010

New study about eHealth strategies in Europe

“Europe is the global leader in nation-wide implementation of eHealth solutions” summed up Dr. Karl Stroetmann (empirica) the results of the study “Monitoring National eHealth strategies”. The study was presented during a workshop in Brussel. Nils Dardemann participated for the eHealth for Regions network.  more »

02.09.2010

ESC and PSB meeting in Lund

The ESC and PSB members met in Lund from 30th August till 31st August. The meeting was marked by the discussion about the new network strategy.  more »

01 September 2010

Invitation to 4th Virtual Seminar

The fourth Virtual Seminar takes place on the 22nd of September2010 and will focus on Patient Safety. Christine von Hielmcrone from the University of Applied Sciences Flensburg will report about the current activities of the INTERREG 4A project “Strengthening Patient Safety between Denmark and Germany”. The seminar addresses professionals in home care, health management and in the IT-sector. Participation is free of charge.  more »

25 June 2010

Lead Role for the eHealth component in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region!

The “Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being” (NDPHS) is the priority area coordinator for the implementation of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) in health issues. This May, the NDPHS offered the eHealth for Regions network to take the lead role for the eHealth component in the EUSBSR. The network members agreed on this request. For more information about the NDPHS please visit the website: www.ndphs.org
 

15 June 2010

Cross-Border Breast Health project: Invitation to Final Conference in November!

This final conference will present the main findings and proposals of the project to a broader public audience in order to transform the virtual building of a cross-border breast cancer center into reality.
The final conference will take place on 24th of November 2010, 13:00h to 16:00h, in Flensburg.  more »

20 May 2010

3rd Virtual Seminar with Political Support!

The third virtual seminar took place on 26th of April. Besides the network members the representatives of the Political Strategic Board participate in this third virtual meeting. Prof. Carsten Rose from the University Hospital in Skåne lectured on “Regional Cancer Centres in Sweden”. With his presentation he pointed out an important part of the innovative National Strategy of Sweden in dealing with the high prevalence of cancer. Prof. Rose´s presentation was accompanied by an international discussion on regional strategies in cancer treatment. After the summer break, two further virtual seminars are scheduled for 2010 with presenters from Germany and Lithuania. 

17 March 2010

Invitation to 2nd Virtual Seminar!

On 20th of April 2010 the 2nd Virtual Seminar of the series “Ageing population and increase of chronic diseases: Need for personalized health care” will take place, connecting participants from five different countries. Katarina Sulasalmi (Project manager Blekinge County Council, Sweden) will speak about the Project “Nurse Gudrun”, followed by Pierre Johansen (Health economist, Lund University, Sweden) presenting the “Home-ECG” and its economic aspects.  more »

16 March 2010

"Expectation survey"!

Dear members of the eHealth for Regions network,
please participate in this survey! Give us your feedback until the 20th of April 2010 and thus support the further development of the eHealth for Regions network.

For participating in this survey, please click here: Expectation survey
 

10 February 2010

"ICT for Health" project: kick-off meeting in Flensburg

On the 4th/5th February nineteen partners got together at the University of Applied Sciences in Flensburg to initiate the new Interreg IV B – Project “ICT for Health”. eHealth-Experts from eight countries of the Baltic Sea Region discussed possibilities of strengthening social capacities to use eHealth technologies in the framework of an ageing population. This is a basic condition for the implementation of innovative technologies to solve present and predictable problems in the health sector.  more »

15 January 2010

Cross-Border Breast Health Project: Pilot-Run starts in February!

The pilot-run in the "Breast Health" project is a trial to validate the technical ability of sending patient´s data across the danish-german border. The test run will focus on screening. During the period between February and March 2010, 100 screening pictures will be sent by clinicians from the University Hospital in Odense/Denmark through the PACS server to the participating german clinicians in Flensburg and Kiel.
In March, the clinicians from both regions will meet in order to exchange their experiences.
 

24 November 2009

Region Skåne develops distributed medical multidisciplinary conferences

In the Region Skåne a new project for the implementation of virtual multidisciplinary conferences has now started. Two conference rooms will be established at the university hospitals in Malmö and Lund. Participants from other hospitals will be able to take part per distance via a multi-conference unit.  more »

08 October 2009

Watch the Online-Video of the 1st Virtual Seminar on Home Care – Challenges for E-Health!

The eHealth for regions network carried out the 1st virtual seminar on 7th of October 2009. Jaakko Kontturi (Director of Home Care, City of Seinäjoki, Finland) spoke about Home Care – Challenges for E-Health. Watch the video of the international virtual seminar online here! 

28 September 2009

Invitation to Virtual Seminar on Home Care – Challenges for E-Health

The eHealth for Regions network organises a seminar series on “Ageing population and increase of chronic diseases: Need for personalized healthcare”. On 7th of October 2009 Jaakko Kontturi (Director of Home Care, City of Seinäjoki, Finland) will speak about Home Care – Challenges for E-Health. The seminars will take place by video conference in English language connecting participants from five countries. Participation is free of charge. More information about the seminars. 

16 September 2009

“ICT for Health” Interreg application approved

In Oslo the INTERREG IVB Monitoring Committee approved the Project ICT for Health. The overall objective of this project is that “Citizens with chronic diseases and medical professionals in the regions of the project partners have the social capacity, knowledge and acceptance to utilise eHealth technologies in prevention and treatment by the year 2012”.  more »

10 December 2008

Experts of the European Commission set priorities for 2009

The expert group of the European Commission, the Health Systems Working Party (HSWP), met on November 20 - 21, 2008 in Luxembourg. Thorsten Beck (AOK Schleswig-Holstein, Statutory Health Insurance, Germany) was invited by the Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG Sanco) as representative of the eHealth for Regions Network to attend this meeting.  more »

19 November 2008

Breast health project: kick-off meeting in Denmark

The project “Cross-border Collaboration on Population Breast Health in South Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein” starts its activities with a kick-off meeting on 3–4 of February 2009 in Odense, Denmark.  more »

8 October 2008

EU application on breast health project approved

Another project in the frame of the INTERREG 4A-Program Syddanmark-Schleswig-K.E.R.N. is approved: “Cross-border collaboration on Breast Health: Prevention, examination and treatment of breast cancer in Denmark and South Schleswig-Holstein”. The project will start in November 2008; lead partner is Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.  more »

24 September 2008

Network presentation at the Committee of European Affairs

Today, 24 September 2008, the Committee of European Affairs of the Landtag Schleswig-Holstein (state parliament) came together in Kiel, Germany. The eHealth for Regions partner Thorsten Beck (AOK Schleswig-Holstein, Statutory Health Insurance, Germany) attended this public session to present the network.  more »

22 September 2008

Baltic Conference on E-Health 2008

The 2nd Baltic Conference on E-Health will take place on 26th of September 2008 in Hamburg under the patronage of Ulla Schmidt, German Federal Minister of Health. This cross sector forum for healthcare providers offers all guests coming from various Baltic countries the opportunity to exchange views and experiences about E-Health. The attendees will include representatives from hospitals, governments, health insurance organisations, service providers and media.  more »

3 September 2008

eHealth Conference 2008 in Kiel - "eHealth's rolling out”

The fifth eHealth Conference will take place on 9th and 10th of September 2008 in Kiel. The conference "eHealth's rolling out - Qualität, Effizienz und Akzeptanz unter Praxisbedingungen" will focus on concrete ways to realise eHealth projects. Attendees will exchange experience and discuss the problems of transferring modern eHealth technologies into practise.  more »

1st September 2008

Meeting of the Political Strategic Board (PSB) on 13th October 2008

The next meeting of the PSB will take place on 13th October 2008 in Helsinki, Finland. The representatives from the highest regional political level will talk about their further support of the network. 

24 July 2008

Tenth Meeting of the Working Party on Health Systems

The expert group of the European Comission, the Health Systems Working Party (HSWP), met up on 15 – 16 July 2008 in Luxembourg. Thorsten Beck (AOK Schleswig-Holstein, Statutory Health Insurance, Germany) attended this meeting to represent the eHealth for Regions network at this European level.  more »

30 May 2008

Interreg-Application "ICT for health" submitted

On 30th of May, the project partners submitted the project application "ICT for health in regions with ageing population and for chronically sick people" within the Interreg IV B Baltic Sea Region programme. Decisions about approval of application will be taken on 24th of October 2008. 

15 April 2008

Strategic focus further developed

The second meeting of the Executive Steering Committee (ESC) took place 14th and 15th April 2008 in Lund, Sweden. The members discussed the outlines of the network website in progress and the status of the projects under the umbrella of the eHealth for Regions network.  more »

5 October 2007

First meeting of the Executive Steering Committee

The Executive Steering Committee (ESC) met on 4th and 5th October at Gdansk, Poland, for the first time to discuss the tasks and structures of the eHealth for Regions network and the next steps to do.  more »