29 - 30 October 2013, Edinburgh, UK.The first European Telemedicine Conference will provide an opportunity to showcase Europe's global leadership role in telemedicine and Scotland's contribution to one of the fastest growing areas of innovation in healthcare. The Medical Director of NHS 24, Prof. George Crooks, OBE, will open the conference with a welcome address followed by presentations from leading experts in telemedicine from around the world.
The European Telemedicine Conference event will focus on practical telemedicine, telecare and mobile health implementations, best practices, research, development and innovation.
Conference themes include:
- Supporting Children and Young People Through Technology
- State of Telemedicine Across Europe - the Momentum Project
- Telemedicine and End of Life Care: Are We Improving Quality of Life in the Most Critical and Expensive Chapter of Health Care?
- Promoting Wellness and Health in Mid-Life
- Evidence, Documentation and Evaluation via the Renewing Health Project
- Telepsychiatry
- Active and Healthy Ageing: Effective Chronic Disease Management
- Transforming Research into Telemedicine Practice
- Care Coordination and Chronic Disease Management: After Decades of Pilot Studies and Evidence, How Do We Make Chronic Disease Management with Technology the New Norm?
- Mobile Solutions for Health
- Paving the Way for Telemedicine: Transforming Systems/Cultures Through Its People
- Telemedicine in Inpatient Settings: What Is the Role for Telemedicine?
Based on the successful "Dragon's Den" BBC programme, the Innovation Hothouse will feature pitches by developers of their latest innovations to a panel of industry experts. The audience will decide upon the winning pitches and the winners will receive a special sponsorship "package" to assist in product development. There will be three sessions with pitches from:
- Health and care public sector
- Universities and R&D centers
- Small to medium enterprise
The panel will be led by Mike Stevenson from Thinktastic. Now one of the nation's most sought after speakers, Mike is the ideal person to generate, lead and help to promote big ideas in the telemedicine market.
For further information, please visit:
http://telemedicineconference.eu
About HIMSS Europe
HIMSS Europe is dedicated to bringing together all the major players in the Health ICT community to transcend borders and languages and engender a truly regional dialogue. As members of HIMSS Europe, individual professionals (managers, administrators, clinicians, technology experts and users), vendor companies and IT providers meet, interact and learn from one another.
With the opening of its Europe office in Brussels, HIMSS is now positioned to provide activities, programmes and education specifically designed for the Europe Health ICT community. Guided by a Governing Council of members from within the Europe region, the HIMSS Europe staff will focus on the needs of individual and corporate members across Europe to ensure dedicated services and membership value.