wednesday 7 may 2014 - cocir · technology towards seamless care delivery and shared ... wide...
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Wednesday 7 May 2014 Berlin (Germany) from 14:30 to 17:00
Importance of Interoperability: Challenges & Opportunities
Status today and Future trends
Introduction
Nicole Denjoy
COCIR Secretary General
What does COCIR do?
COCIR covers 3 key industry sectors: • Medical Imaging • Electromedical • Health ICT
Our Industry leads in state-of-art advanced technology and provides integrated
solutions covering the complete care cycle
With offices in Brussels and in China, COCIR promotes the use of advanced medical and ICT technology towards seamless care delivery and shared knowledge to build a better world with improved access to affordable, quality and safe healthcare
COCIR is a non-profit trade association, founded in 1959, representing the medical technology industry in Europe
COCIR National Trade Associations Members
Belgium UK Spain
Netherlands Netherlands Finland France
Germany Germany Sweden Turkey
Germany
COCIR at international level
COCIR vision and mission on eHealth
Vision:
Transform Healthcare
towards seamless integrated care
Mission:
Act as a EU Hub
& Support national and regional deployment
Industry views on key topics for 2014
Big Data Vendor Neutral Archiving Personalised Medicine Data Protection Medical Software
EU Context: Foster EU-wide standards, interoperability testing
and certification of eHealth (action 77)
• EC Objective: The action aims at fostering EU-wide standards, interoperability testing and certification of eHealth systems by 2015 through stakeholder dialogue
• What is the problem? Lack of a common EU interoperability, testing and certification framework contributes to market fragmentation
• Why is EU action required? The development of an EU eHealth Interoperability, testing and certification framework is essential to reduce market fragmentation
COCIR efforts on interoperability
Introduction for Decision-makers & guide for project leaders
Industry Key Recommendations
eHealth Stakeholders Report published by the EC
May 2012 April 2014 May 2013
Goals of the session
1. Get an overview of the benefits and barriers of eHealth interoperability
2. Learn about semantic and technical interoperability
3. Understand the state of play today
4. Share insights with policy-makers, users, industry and other stakeholders
5. Discuss future trends
Enjoy the Session!