11:00 h – 17:00 h
Digital health landscape in Europe
Hosted by ZTG Centre for eHealth and Telemedicine, German Society for Telemedicine (DG Telemed) and the Ministry for Work, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
11:00 h – 11:15 h
Opening of the MEDICA HEALTH-IT FORUM session on digital health landscape in Europe
Position of North Rhine-Westphalia in the digital landscape for health
Welcome Address by Dr. Helmut Watzlawik, Head of Section, Ministry for Labour, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia
Welcome by the organisers
Prof. Dr. Gernot Marx, MD FRCA, University Hospital, WTH Aachen; DGTelemed
11:20 h – 12:40 h
Mapping the landscape: The impact of health for the digital single market
Chair: Dr. Stephan H. Schug, MD MPH, ext. Advisor eHealth International, MAGS NRW
eHAction collaboration between member states for better eHealth care
Diogo Francisco Gomes, eHealth Action Support Project for the eHealth Network and Director Communication, Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
Digital health in Germany
Niklas Kramer, Policy Officer, Department Digitalisation and Innovation, Federal Health Ministry of Germany, Berlin
Personal health environment: Patients managing their health & health data
Ineke Hazelzet, Patient Expert, IKONE Foundation; Speaker on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), The Netherlands
Enabling secondary use of health data – Building ecosystems in Finland
Dr. Hannu Hämäläinen, Senior Adviser Capacity for Renewal, The Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA, Helsinki, Finland
13:20 h – 14:30 h
Health-Apps: Improving patients’ quality of life while maintaining privacy
Chair: Dr. Stephan H. Schug, MD MPH, ext. Advisor eHealth International, MAGS NRW
Digital transformation of health and care: Empowering citizens and building a healthier society
Birgit Morlion, European Commission, DG CONNECT, Unit H3, Luxembourg
Be he@lthy, be mobile: Building a European knowledge hub for mHealth in preventing and managing chronic diseases
Malte von Tottleben, empirica, Bonn
Enabling digital health services via mobile platforms in Portugal
Dr Micaela Seemann Monteiro, Director of the National Center of TeleHealth and of SNS 24 at Shared Services Ministry of Health (SPMS), Lisbon, Portugal
Health-apps as a perspective for better patient care and self-management
Prof. Dr. Gernot Marx, MD FRCA, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen; DGTelemed
14:40 h – 15:50 h
Round table: New telemedicine landscape for patients in Germany
Chair: Dr. Stephan H. Schug, MD MPH, ext. Advisor eHealth International, MAGS NRW
Day-by-day medical online consultations: Lessons from Switzerland
Andreas Bogusch, Head of International Business Development, Medgate, Basel
Lessons learned and future perspectives for medical online consultations
David Meinertz, CEO, Dr. Ed, Health Bridge Limited, London, United Kingdom
Practical approach for improving care: DocDirekt in Baden-Württemberg
Steffen Witte, DocDirekt, Assoc. of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Stuttgart
Revolution or evolution: Options for German doctors in teleservices
Norbert Butz, Department eHealth & Telemedicine, German Medical Association, Berlin
16:00 h – 16:50 h
How do artificial intelligence and machine learning change our landscape?
Chair: Dr. Stephan H. Schug, MD MPH, ext. Advisor eHealth International, MAGS NRWAdaptive intelligence: Bridging clinical excellence and the power of AI
Dr. Georgy Shakirin, Senior Scientist, Clinical Application Research, Philips GmbH Innovative Technologies, Research Laboratories, Aachen
Artificial intelligence in image fusioning to improve the quality of cardivascular interventions Dr. Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, MD, Department General and Interventional Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre, Mainz
Interoperability as a basis for artificial intelligence and telemedicinePD Dr. Dr. Michael Czaplik, ORNET & Medical Technology, RWTH Aachen University
16:50 h – 17:00 h
Wrap up – Lessons learned on digital health in Europe Prof. Dr. Gernot Marx, MD FRCA, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen; DGTelemed
17:10 h – 18:00 h
Operating Theater 4.0 – The ORNET approach to safe and dynamic device networking Introduction to ORNET e.V.Dr. Frank Portheine
Prof. Dr. Thomas Neumuth
Clinical benefitsPD Dr. Dr. Michael Czaplik
Benefits for industryStanesby Beger
StandardisationBjörn Andersen
Dr. Stefan Schlichting
Approval sttategiesDr. Armin Janß
[Version: 13 November 2018, subject to changes]