eHealth 2003: ICT for Health

OBJECTIVE

The contractor for the eEurope Awards, organised – at the request of the European Commission Services and the 2003 Greek Presidency – a competition to select the exhibitors for the "eHealth 2003: ICT for Health" conference and the winners of the eEurope Awards for eHealth – 2003.

The following four themes were covered by the Awards:

• National and regional eHealth network
• eHealth systems and services for health professionals
• Telemedecine and homecare eHealth applications
• Empowering citizens in the management of health and well-being

Independent experts evaluated the applications and determined the winners of the Awards. The 43 best applications were given the opportunity to exhibit at the conference. European Commissioners Erkki Liikanen and David Byrne, together with Greek Ministers Costas Stefanis and Manolis Stratakis, presented the eEurope Awards for the most outstanding eHealth solutions at the High-Level European eHealth Conference and Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium, on 22-23 May 2003 (see below for winners and honourable mentions).

FACTS

• Submissions received from 25 of 32 eligible countries
• Number of submissions: 180
• Number of finalists: 43

SUBMISSIONS PER COUNTRY

WINNERS

• EVISAND - Entorno Virtual de Atencion de Salud de Andalucia, Consejeria de Salud, Junta de Andalucia, Regional Ministry of Health (ES)
• Sjunet - the National IT-infrastructure for Health, Carelink (SE)
• COHERENCE - COmponent-based HEalth REference architecture for Network CarE, Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou (HEGP) (FR)
• NHS Direct Online web-site, NHS Direct Online (UK)

RESEARCH REPORT

eHealth: The Case for eHealth (2003)

This report covers various aspects of eHealth in Europe, including a definition of eHealth, highlighting eHealth initiatives and summarising the state of affairs of eHealth.

Author: Denise Silber

CATALOGUE

eHealth 2003: Good Practice Cases

This catalogue provides a short description and contact details of all 180 cases that met the criteria for the eEurope Awards for eHealth – 2003, as well as a more in-depth description of the 43 cases selected for exhibition. The cases are divided into four categories:

• National and regional eHealth network
• eHealth systems and services for health professionals
• Telemedecine and homecare eHealth applications
• Empowering citizens in the management of health and well-being