Paving the way for eHealth products and services generated by European Research Innovation projects

Pēteris Zilgalvis, J.D.Head of Unit - Health and Wellbeing

DG CONNECT - Directorate-General Communication Networks Content and Technology

9th of October 2014

1. What we do

What is done at our unit level?

eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020Tackle eHealth challenges related to:

1. Personal Health (Chronic Disease Management, prevention and health promotion)

2. Health systems (unlocking innovation, enhancing patient-centric care, encouraging organisational changes)

3. Legal / socio-economic aspects (cross-border healthcare, legal and market conditions)

1. Setting up an eHealth Interoperability Framework

2. Supporting Research, Development and Innovation

3. Ensuring wider deployment

4. Facilitating uptake

5. Promoting international cooperation

Operational objectives

Haivisio – CSA for communication

A Support Action to:1.Enhance visibility and awareness on the results generated from eHealth, Active Ageing and Independent Living projects2.Support community building around these results

3.Engage all relevant projects in a collective and synergetic way

4.Identify best-practices and involve the most active partners and stakeholders

5.Disseminate widely the added value and assets generated from each project

2. Synergies

How do H2020 and ESIF relate to one another?

Multi-country approach vs. geographically-based

Competition for funds vs. geographical pre-allocation

Annually adjusted work programmes vs. 7-year-OPs

Centralised management vs. implementation by MS/regions

R&I excellence & fundamental research vs. socio-economic development

and timelines ...

But synergies can be found to help the take-up of eHealth solutions!

Key differences between the programmes

"Down-stream"

Research & Development Innovation MarketCapacity Building

Horizon Horizon 20202020

ESIFESIF

National/RegionalR&I

systems

"Up-stream"

"Research "Research Excellence"Excellence"

"Stairway to Excellence" "Stairway to Excellence" Hopefully also excellence, but ""InnovationInnovation Excellence" Excellence"

€ € 79.4 79.4 billionbillion

Up to Up to €100 €100 billion for innovation in wide sense billion for innovation in wide sense

Overall concept for complementarity: Emphasis of programmes

Horizon 2020Horizon 2020

Marie CurieKICs

PPPs

ESFRI

Business Advisory services

KETs

prizes

SME instrument

How to achieve financial synergies?

SME

Pilot lines

Financial instruments

ESI FundsESI Funds

R&I Infrastructures and Equipment

Skills

Excellent R&I

DemonstrationPilots

procurement

KETsBusiness Innovation

Procurement

Research & Development Innovation MarketCapacity Building

National/Regional R&I systems

"Stairway to Excellence" "Stairway to Excellence"

"up-stream" "up-stream" "down-stream" "down-stream"

"Innovation Excellence" "Innovation Excellence"

An example of synergy (up-stream)

The Czech National eHealth Center was created and supported within the Operational Program Education for Competitiveness of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Co-financed by European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic

Now participating in European projects: United4Health: UNIversal solutions in Telemedicine

Deployment RenewingHealth: Exploitation and further deployment of

innovative telemedicine services

Paving the way for eHealth services (down-stream)

Through our Work Programme 2015: 2 actions

1.Public Procurement of Innovative eHealth services (PPI) to improve sustainable deployment of new or improved services by healthcare service procurers

2.Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) to maximise the engagement of innovation in healthcare organisations

These actions should be instrumental to the uptake of innovative solutions in the European market!

•Thank you!

•Peteris.Zilgalvis@ec.europa.eu

•@PZilgalvis

•Website: http://bit.ly/EUeHealth

•Newsletter: http://bit.ly/eHealthinFocus

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