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Panel "eHealth and the Public Sector Reform in Eastern Europe"

  Updated: 5 September 2006

Friday 8 th of September 2006,
morning, 11 h 50

 

 

Chair:  Mr. Bernard Clements, Advisor, IPTS, DG JRC, European Commission

Health care institutions and system are currently facing growing sustainability challenges due to the ageing demographic trends, increasing costs and increasing demand for access and quality. While recent Information Society policies in Europe have mainly focused on access to infrastructure, one of the major challenges that governments face now is how health care institutions and stakeholders can make use of ICT as enablers of the coming health care reforms.

Speakers:

• Ms. Angela Dunbar, Programme Manager of e-Health, Division of Country Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Spain
• Dr. Pál Gáspár, Director, ICEG European Center, Hungary
• Dr. Ain Aaviksoo, Chairman of the Executive Board, Head of Health Policy Programme, PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies, Estonia