1. 3rd European Connected Health Leadership Summit,
Brussels, 14th – 15th June 2011
The post MoU landscape
Ilias Iakovidis
Acting Head, ICT for Inclusion
DG Information Society and Media
European Commission
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2. History Cooperation in R&D with AHRQ, NIH, NSF under S&T agreement
Since 2005 discussions with ONC/HHS on support to deployment following policy developments in EU (April ‘04) and US (May ‘04)
Joint workshops (07, 08); ARGOS (‘10-’11); eHealth week ‘10;
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Vice President N. Kroes and Secretary K. Sebelius, Dec ’10

3. Rationale
To accelerate the deployment of proven/beneficial eHealth solutions
Single eHealth Market in EU, competitive & transparent market in US
To provide a platform for actors to engage in cooperation – building on the work of organizations such EABC, TABD, HIMSS Europe, etc
To create Bilateral commitment
To realize tangible results through MoU

4. WHAT and WHY supported so far by ARGOS project
Interoperability- Epsos/ONC, Int. Semantic Interop. group, Eurorec
What: patient summary (epSOS), semantics, testing/certification
why: safety, efficacy, continuity of care, defragmentation of global market: competition better quality at lower price
Skills developments- ONC, relevant stakeholders
What: ensure adequacy of literate and skilled users and developers to
Why: weak link in scalability of eHealth solutions
Benchmarking/ assessment of benefits - OECD/ONC/EC, MS
What: Agreed indicators and measures of adoption and benefits
Why: Provide evidence and accelerate deployment
eHealth in support to Research and public health- VPH NoE/IMAG
What: Tools for VPH (in silico medicine) and “learning health system”
Why: To joint forces and resources to tackle new promising areas

5. VPH International Cooperation What we have done so far
Strong Cooperation with NIH
and in particular in IMAG group activities
Weaker cooperation with Japan and China
Call for proposals to invite International organizations to our VPH projects (5 new contracts start now with partners from US, NZ)
Current call on VPH is open and encourages INCO partners
The call in 2012 will have dedicated budget to INCO partners
Conferences with participation of US and EU projects
ICT-BIO 2006 and 2008
IMAG symposium:
Healthgrid conferences

6. What’s next Progress and delivery on the joint projects
Consultation with interested parties and Identification of further topics and targets- like today
Prioritisation against EU & US policy goals and initiatives
e.g. Europe 2020/Digital Agenda for Europe
Agreements on targets, project and delivery dates

7. European Digital Agenda
The Commission will work with Member States competent authorities and all interested stakeholders to:
Key Action 13: Undertake pilot actions to equip Europeans with secure online access to their medical health data by 2015 and to achieve by 2020 widespread deployment of telemedicine services;
Key Action 14: Propose a recommendation defining a minimum common set of patient data for interoperability of patient records to be accessed or exchanged electronically across Member States by 2011;
Other actions:
Foster EU-wide standards, interoperability testing and certification of eHealth systems by 2015 through stakeholder dialogue;
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8. EIP AHA Objectives and headline target
Headline target by 2020
Increasing the number of healthy life years (HLYs) by 2 in the EU on average
A triple win for Europe
Enabling EU citizens to lead healthy, active and independent lives until old age
Improving the sustainability and efficiency of social and health care systems
Developing and deploying innovative solutions, thus fostering competitiveness and market growth

9. EC Funding - The Wider Picture
Active and Healthy Ageing Partnership
Public Health Programme
Health
FP7
JPI
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eHealth action plan
Years,
Policy Areas
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Funds
EIB
ESF
funds
FP7 ICT &
Ageing well action plan
CIP ICT &
AAL
Ageing well
Ageing well
Time to market