Achievements Many European Union countries are world leaders in deployment of eHealth systems and services. The most evident achievements constitute the regional and national health information networks that connect hospitals with primary care centre, physician offices, pharmacies, labs and homes of people. The computerization of primary care sector is the highest by far in the world. Many of these achievements have direct link to the Research and Development (R&D) programs of the European Commission, which was one of the first funding agencies in the world focusing on R&D in health informatics. The promises The current deployment plans of the Member states indicate that the large scale deployment in all aspects of healthcare and social care is just around the corner. The emerging studies show that eHealth solutions can improve not only access and quality of healthcare, but also productivity and efficiency. In other words it has been shown that eHealth, in combination with a proper organization and skills can save lives and money. The eHealth market is the fastest growing market of both ICT and health sectors. It is currently some 2% of total healthcare expenditure in Europe, but has the potential to more than double in size, reaching the volume of the market for medical devices or half the size of the pharmaceuticals market. The convergence of medical and consumer electronic technologies offer new possibilities for preventative medicine such as early detection, management of chronic disease and in helping patients to receive care in their own homes through personal, adaptive home health systems that deliver the right assistance at the right time. Moreover, the convergence of ICT and Bio-Sciences is bringing new advances in predictive medicine by providing more and more sophisticated models of human physiology and tools for simulating diseases. The pitfalls We are in exciting times and human nature is that of blowing out the expectations creating “bubbles” around the potential of eHealth with serious consequences for the eHealth market and acceptance by health professionals. Examples of such ‘irrational exuberance” will be given. People have great difficulty in learning from the mistakes of others and there are many failed attempts in deploying eHealth systems that are unable to reach those that currently manage deployments projects. The eHealth market has still some way before it can be considered as transparent and regulated market. The industry and authorities still have not found efficient ways to regulate this market as they did the pharmaceutical and medical devices market. Among the biggest dangers for the successful deployment of eHealth solutions are - lack of trust among the stakeholders (healthcare professionals, industry, authorities, payers, patients) - unclear legal framework, in particular regarding confidentiality and liability - politicizing of eHealth deployment with the consequence on priority settings, lack of proper organizational set up for the eHealth tools and that too much is expected in short time ( before elections) European Commission’s strategy is twofold. On one hand it is strengthening the R&D effort (FP 7) doubling its budget and focusing on personal health systems, patient safety and modeling and simulation (virtual physiological human). On the other hand it is working closely with Member states on an eHealth Action Plan in order to accelerate the beneficial deployment of eHealth solutions. It is also launching specialized program for innovation and support to deployment of eHealth ( CIP Competitiveness and Innovation Program)

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