08:45-12:15

Plenary Session

08:45     

WELCOME by Michael Maibach, President & CEO, European-American Business Council (EABC)
Investment ~ Innovation ~ Integration

09:00-10:00

EU & US eHEALTH AGENDAS

Focus:

The contribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Health for delivering better  quality and  safer health care while fostering economic opportunities

Chair

Fabio Colasanti, Director General, Directorate General (DG) Information Society and Media, European Commission (EC)

Speakers

Robert M. Kolodner, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA

The United States National Health Information Technology Agenda

Frans de Bruine, Director, Directorate ICT Addressing Societal Challenges, DG Information Society and Media, EC

The EU eHealth Agenda

Charles Scatchard, Vice President Health Sciences, EMEA, Oracle

Industry’s eHealth Vision of Success

10:15-12:15

eHEALTH FOR BETTER HEALTHCARE:

Identifying global opportunities and challenges

Focus:

The contribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Health for delivering better  quality and  safer health care while fostering economic opportunities

Moderator

Peter Langkafel, Healthcare Principal Business Consultant, EMEA, SAP

10:15-11:45

Presentation of  US and EU activities

Speakers:

William B. Munier, Acting Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, USA
Improving Quality and Safety Through Health IT - The AHRQ National Health IT Initiative

Sir J A Muir Gray, Director of Clinical Knowledge, Process and Safety, National Health Service (NHS), UK
Healthcare 2012

John Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability & Standards, ONC, USA
The United States National Health IT Agenda: Priorities and Processes

Ilias Iakovidis, Deputy Head, ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, EC
The EU eHe@lth Agenda- Part 2

Marc Overhage, Director of Medical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., President and CEO, Indiana Health Information Exchange, USA
Health Information Exchange in Indiana

Martin Bech, Director,  IT Centre for Education and Research / Danish Health Data Network, Denmark
Approaching full implementation of eHealth - in a whole nation: Denmark - without force…

11:45-12:15

Discussion

Rapporteur

Karl Stroetmann, empirica Communication and Technology Research, Germany

13:30-14:50        SESSION 1A:

Approaches to Interoperability

13:30 -14:50       SESSION 1B:

Improving Patient Safety through IT

Focus:  Identification of common approaches towards interoperability. Special attention will be paid to dissemination of best practices and lessons learned as well as policy instruments needed for operationalising interoperability such as regulatory framework, procurement guidelines, processes of standards setting, harmonisation and/or adoption.

Focus: Successful approaches to advancing patient safety in health care, including early detection, monitoring and reporting of adverse events. Focus is on the role and impact of IT in improving care processes and optimising clinical interventions.

Moderator: Colin Evans, Director Policy & Standards, Digital Health Group, Intel

Moderator: Claude Snow, Global Vice President/ Health Insurance Industry, Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

13:30-13:50

Introductory Presentations:

13:30-13:50

Introductory Presentations:

Bill Braithwaite, Health Information Policy Consulting, Vice Chairman of the Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), USA

Antoine Geissbuehler, Medical CIO, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland

Mike Bainbridge, Clinical Architect, NHS, Connecting for Health, UK

Rainu Kaushal, Associate Professor of Public Health and Pediatrics, Cornell University; Director, Pediatric Quality and Safety, KCCH at NYPH, USA

13:50-14:50

Discussion lead :

13:50-14:50

Discussion lead :

John Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability & Standards, ONC, USA

Zoi Kolitsi, Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity, Greece

Erwin Bartels, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany

Maureen Baker, National Clinical Lead for Patient Safety, NHS, UK

Daniel Grandt, Head of Department of Internal Medicine, Klinikum Saarbruecken, Germany

Marc Overhage, Director of Medical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.; USA

Rapporteur: Laura Conn, Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), USA

Rapporteur: Jean Pierre Thierry, Symbion, France / Veli Stroetmann, empirica Communication and Technology Research, Germany

15:10-16:30          SESSION 2A:

Certification of eHealth (EHR) Systems

15:10-16:30           SESSION 2B:

Improving the Quality and Continuity of Healthcare

Focus: Rationale and experiences in certification of EHR systems, including functionality, interoperability and security. Special focus will be on harmonising the testing, quality labelling and procurement specification of EHR systems as well as best practice in testing and certification procedures

Focus: The role of IT solutions in improving continuity of care, in particular for chronic disease management. Focus topic: IT in support of shared care in institutional and home situations to facilitate quality in shared care across the chronic disease management continuum.

Moderator: Baldur Johnsen, Director, EMEA Healthcare Market Development, Hewlett Packard (HP)

Moderator: Petra Wilson, Director Public Sector Health Care, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco

15:10-15:30

Introductory Presentations:

15:10-15:30

Introductory Presentations:

Mark Leavitt, Chair, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), USA

Alberto Sanna, Scientific Institute Hospital San Rafaelle, Milan, Italy

Georges de Moor, President, EuroRec Institute, Belgium

William B. Munier, Acting Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, USA

15:30-16:30

Discussion lead :

15:30-16:30

Discussion lead :

John Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability & Standards, ONC, USA

Damien McCallion,  Head of ICT Health Service Executive (HSE), Ireland

Debbie Chinn, Director of the National Integration Centre, NHS Connecting for Health, UK

David Stevens, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), USA

Lee Goldberg, Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Johan van der Lei, Medical Informatics, Erasmus University, Netherlands

Rapporteur:  Jan-Willem Scheijgrond, Government Affairs Manager, Hewlett Packard (HP)

Rapporteur: David L. Whitlinger, President & Board Chairman, Continua Health Alliance

16:30-18:30

Plenary Session

Moderator

Gérard Comyn, Head of Unit, ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, EC

16:30-17:15

Panel Rapporteurs Report Back on the Break-out Sessions

17:15-17:45

Wrap-up & Next Steps

Robert Kolodner, ONC, William B. Munier,  AHRQ, Ilias Iakovidis, EC,  Michael Maibach, EABC, Milan Cabrnoch, Member of European Parliament (MEP)

17:45-18:30

Cocktail & Belgian Chocolate Networking Reception

18:30

Conference Adjourns