Most European patients are still experiencing the healthcare of yesterday in which the patient was patient, the doctor knew best and the technology was outdated. But the attitudes and drivers needed to push us into a new healthcare experience are coming fast. The leader of the British Conservative Party, David Cameron, has called this
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With all the high profile initiatives in USA and Europe, it is tempting to think that e-health is a ‘western’ concept. While it is true that the idea of e-health is getting a lot of coverage in the West, it may actually arise earlier in emerging markets.

This is not as far-fetched as it first sounds.
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In an exclusive interview with Talkstandards, Professor David Ingram of openEHR, one of the most innovative players in the eHealth field, outlines some of his expectations for the future of ICT in the health care sector. This transcript has been prepared from notes taken during a telephone interview on February 22nd.

Part III: Openness, implementation and governance
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In an exclusive interview with Talkstandards, Professor David Ingram of openEHR, one of the most innovative players in the eHealth field, outlines some of his expectations for the future of ICT in the health care sector. This transcript has been prepared from notes taken during a telephone interview on February 22nd.

Part II: eHealth in an international perspective
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In an exclusive interview with Talkstandards, Professor David Ingram of openEHR, one of the most innovative players in the eHealth field, outlines some of his expectations for the future of ICT in the health care sector. This transcript has been prepared from notes taken during a telephone interview on February 22nd.

Part I: The Future of eHealth
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eHealth development and implementation are prioritized areas in Europe, both on EU and National level. In March, a ministerial meeting on eHealth will be held in Barcelona in connection to eHealth Week 2010 and World of Health IT Conference where hopefully, some important issues on how to bring eHealth implementation and interoperability forward. In order to reach the goals set up in the i2010 eHealth Action Plan, actions need to be taken quickly.
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The Obama Administration has made eHealth deployment a prioritized issue and through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, approximately $ 19 billion was made available for spending in Healthcare IT infrastrucure.$ 17 billion were earmarked for incentive payments for the use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs); this program is now starting to take shape.
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In December, we have a Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit in London (visit homepage here).  The conference caught my attention for a couple of reasons: Firstly because I have not seen ‘Mobile Healthcare’ to have it’s own conference before and secondly because of the speaker list. The speaker list includes the likes of Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone Group; Neil Jordan, Managing Director World Wide Health, Microsoft Corporation, USA; George MacGinnis, NHS Connecting for Health, and others.

Mobile Healthcare is suddenly on the radar because governments globally are looking to use the recession to deploy innovative technology led programs that can leverage the economy.
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