Reminder ... Med-e-Tel 2010, Luxembourg 14-16 April ... Featuring MedTech-IQ members Yunkap Kwankam & Brenda Wiederhold

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

A reminder from MedTech-IQ member Frederic Lievens that the seminal annual international Telehealth/eHealth meeting in Europe ... Med-e-Tel ... is rapidly approaching.  Med-e-Tel will take place this year 14-16 April 2010 in Luxembourg, and will feature talks by MedTech-IQ members, Yunkap Kwankam and Brenda Wiederhold ... Med-e-Tel is now an official event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth )ISfTeH), international federation of National Telemedicine/eHealth associations and "NGO in Official Relations with the WHO - World Health Organization."  You can find a link to the MedTech-IQ event posting on Med-e-Tel  by clicking here.

Please see Frederic's update for the upcoming Med-e-Tel below ...

ENJOY!

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Hi CC,

 

  

Thanks for your continuous updates and news sharing.

 

The Med-e-Tel 2010 program is now also available at http://www.medetel.eu/index.php?rub=educational_program&page=program.

 

I hope you will also be able to join us there this year.

 

Below is some more information, with details of the opening session. Can you share this with the MedTech-IQ community?

 

Thanks and best regards,

 

Frederic

 

 

Frederic Lievens
International Coordinator
Med-e-Tel

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Med-e-Tel - The International eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT Forum

April 14-16, 2010 - Luxembourg

www.medetel.eu

 

 

 

 

The 8th edition of the Med-e-Tel conference is set for April 14-16, 2010 in Luxembourg. The annual networking event and meeting place for Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders from 50 countries around Europe and the world is now an official event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), international federation of national Telemedicine/eHealth associations and "NGO in Official Relations with WHO".

 

The Med-e-Tel forum is the ideal opportunity to follow up on the latest developments and initiatives in Telemedicine and eHealth and to exchange ideas and experiences related to ICT applications in healthcare.

 

 

OPENING SESSION

Med-e-Tel 2010 will be opened by Luxembourg Minister of Health Mars Di Bartolomeo, together with Michael Nerlich, President of the ISfTeH, and Yunkap Kwankam, Executive Director of the ISfTeH, and also feature an insider's look at the
Rockefeller Foundation's eHealth and mHealth initiatives by Karl Brown, Associate Director of the Rockefeller Foundation.

 

Gérard Comyn, former Head of the ICT for Health unit at the European Commission and Vice-President of the French national telemedicine association CATEL, will provide an overview of the Commission's most recent activities and developments in telemedicine.

 

 

Peter Waegemann, Vice-President of the mHealth Initiative and Founder of the Medical Records Institute, will describe the current status of over 5,000 new mobile phone applications in healthcare and report on new communications patterns in healthcare as well as progress on communication-based disease management and consumer health developments.

 

 

 

Joseph Dal Molin, expert on open source software, will touch upon the possible benefits of open source solutions in healthcare, based on his experiences as Chairman of the Canadian e-cology and Director of WorldVistA, a non-profit organization established to coordinate the development and dissemination of the open source version of VistA, the US Veterans Administration's integrated Electronic Health Record system.

 

 

 

Tim Ellis of the UK Department of Health will present the lessons and results to date of the government funded implementation of a large scale randomised control trial of telehealth and telecare (the so-called Whole System Demonstrators). The presentation will explore the challenges of generating robust evidence on the effectiveness of telehealth and telecare.

 

Günter Schreier of the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) will share his vision on the need for new models of care, due to an ageing population and the rise of people with chronic conditions. AIT is developing innovations in mobile technology, pervasive computing and ambient intelligence that will make the "Internet of Medical Things" possible and provide solutions to support care provision.

 

 

 

Brenda Wiederhold, Secretary General of the International Association for CyberTherapy, Training and Rehabilitation will provide insights into simulation and virtual reality technology that allows clinicians to treat patients more effectively and efficiently. The therapeutic benefits of using simulations are becoming increasingly well recognized and fully supported with results from controlled clinical trials. Because of technological advances, many simulations are now able to be delivered over the internet, as well as on hand-held portable devices. This allows for wider healthcare dissemination and personalization in the areas of prevention, training, education, therapy, and rehabilitation.

 

 

 

 

 

EXTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

 

The 3-day Med-e-Tel program will dig deeper into some of the above topics (such as mHealth, open source, care for older people, chronic disease management, cybetherapy/mental eHealth), but will also tackle additional topics such as telecardiology, teleconsultation, telenursing, eLearning, eHealth standardization, electronic medical records, clinical telemedicine, eHealth in developing countries and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NETWORKING AND MEETING OPPORTUNITIES

 

 

Meet with ISfTeH officials and national member associations, as well as other technology and solution providers on the Med-e-Tel expon and network with some 500 participants and speakers throughout the conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION

 

 

 

Register before March 15th to take advantage of the early bird rate, providing you with access to all conference sessions, expo, receptions and more!

 

HOTELS

Special hotel rates have been negotiated through the Luxembourg Convention Bureau. Click here for more details and to book a room.