Strategic seminar at eHealth High Level Conference and Exhibition 2006:
Hospital Information System Integration
and ICT Impact on Hospitals

Wednesday, 10 May 2006

Malaga, Spain, Trade Fairs and Congress Centre

http://www.ehealthconference2006.org

Background

In the framework of the eHealth High Level Conference and Exhibition 2006 in Malaga, Spain, e-Business W@tch organised a Strategic Seminar on hospital activities. Three issues were discussed:

1) preliminary results of the recent e-Business Survey 2006;

2) the integration of hospital information systems;

3) the impact of ICT on the changing role of hospitals in health care.

e-Business W@tch and the European Commission invited high-level decision makers from eHealth manufacturers and providers, hospital management and public administration to attend this seminar to debate issues with the e-Business W@tch study team.

Programme and conclusions

• Workshop programme, PDF (35 KB)
• Summary and conclusions, PDF (66 KB)

Chair and speakers

Chair:

Georgios Karageorgos, European Commission, General Directorate Enterprise and Industry

Speakers:

Karl A. Stroetmann, Senior Research Associate, empirica Communication and Technology Research, Germany

Miguel Cabrer, Chief Information Officer, Son Llàtzer Hospital, Spain

Ingrid Moldenaers, Senior Manager, Health Information Network Europe - HINE/Deloitte, Belgium

Jeffrey D. Miller, Vice President, Worldwide Health and Life Sciences Industry, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA

The podium at the e-Business W@tch hospital workshop in Malaga, from left to right: Ingrid Moldenaers, Karl Stroetmann, Gergios Karageorgos, Miguel Cabrer, Jeffrey Miller.

Presentations

• Introduction (Georgios Karageorgos, European Commission, General Directorate Enterprise and Industry)
• First findings from the European e-Business W@tch 2006 (Karl A. Stroetmann, Senior Research Associate, empirica Communication and Technology Research)
• Experiences in a complex hospital environment (Miguel Cabrer, Chief Information Officer, Son Llàtzer Hospital). Video for download at http://www.hsll.es/docs/eng.zip (445 KB)
• An ICT industry view (Ingrid Moldenaers, Senior Manager, Health Information Network Europe - HINE/Deloitte)
• Keynote: The future of e-Business in hospitals (Jeffrey D. Miller, Vice President, Worldwide Health and Life Sciences Industry, Hewlett-Packard Company)