Steps towards

eHealth GovernanceKarin Johansson

State Secretary for HealthMinistry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

eHealth – key to healthcare reform!– a model for using eHealth as facilitator in reform process

1) Ensure easy access to care

through a wide variety of private and

public healthcare providers

4) Create models for open and transparent comparisons of healthcare

quality and outcomes

5) Capture and use experiences for systematic and on-going improvements

of the healthcare system

2) Ensure that the healthcare

sector is evidence based

3) Ensure that patients are provided with tools for active participation

Swedish success factors– realising a common vision with joint efforts

Strong team leadership!

Stakeholder involvement!

Continuous follow-up!

Clear division of tasks!

Empowering healthcare by eHealth? – need for a new value-based approach!

• The challenge:• creating awareness among decision-makers of how

technology can improve patient safety, quality and efficiency in healthcare!

• focus on deployment and meaningful use!

• The way forward:• the political leadership and the link to the Council

must be strengthened and a strong political mandatefor eHealth cooperation is needed;

• the specific areas for cooperation must be identified;

Deliverables from the previous

Swedish Presidency

• New knowledge and arguments that describes the value of eHealth in healthcare terms and a model for linking eHealth to political goals:• Presidency Report “eHealth for e Healthier Europe”

presented at the Informal Ministerial Meeting in July.

• Strong political mandate for a closer andmore concrete European cooperation:• Council Conclusions on eHealth adopted

by the EPSCO Council on 1 December 2009.

• Initiate the process to establish a new Member State led mechanism for eHealth Governance:• agreement in Stockholm on 23 October on the

instruments to be used and the topics to focus on.

Providing clear added value for

Member States!

• Bridge the gap between experts and decision makers!

• Coordinate and consolidate ongoing activities at EU level!

• Better align ongoing eHealth activities with health policies!

• Exploit the full potentialof existing knowledge!

• Ensure a cost-effective use of healthcare resources!

• Enable continuity of care across boarders within and between Member States!

Decision Makers- political governance

- health policy setting

- prioritization

Strategy Experts

- eHealth Strategies

- exchange of

experiences

- coordination of actions

- guidelines

Legal and

Technical

Experts

- development

- implementation

- deployment