- 07.01.2013 ICT for Health - Final Report published
- 07.01.2013 ICT for Health - eHealth Acceptance matters!
- 28.08.2012 ICT for Health - Dimensions of eHealth: online debate started
- 15.08.2012 ICT for Health - Register now: eHealth Acceptance Conference 2012
- 05.06.2012 ICT for Health - Concept of the Joint European Multidimensional Master's Program in eHealth
- 07.05.2012 ICT for Health - Good practice use of ICT inspiring new ways of treatment
- 07.05.2012 ICT for Health - Concept of the ICT for Health Atlas for Benchmarking
- 02.09.2011 ICT for Health - How to teach eHealth
- 27.07.2011 ICT for Health - Impact of demographic change on the need for eHealth
- 27.07.2011 ICT for Health - Baseline study of eHealth in education published
- 05.11.2012 eHealth Acceptance Conference
- 21.05.2012 PSC meeting in Germany
- 12.03.2012 PSC meeting in Poland
- 07.11.2011 Joint project meeting in Sweden
- 07.03.2011 PSC and WP Meeting in Lithuania
- 08.11.2010 PSC and WP meeting in Norway
- 17.05.2010 PSC and WP meeting in Denmark
- Programme of the eHealth Acceptance Conference 2012
- Fifth newsletter of the ICT for Health project
- Fourth newsletter of the ICT for Health project
- Second newsletter of the ICT for Health project
- Third newsletter of the ICT for Health project
- Project description
- First Newsletter of the ICT for Health project
Project title: ICT for Health - Strengthening social capacities for the utilisation of eHealth technologies in the framework of ageing population
Application call: 2
Priority: 1. Fostering innovations
Project website: www.ictforhealth.net

Lead Partner:
Fachhochschule FlensburgKanzleistraße 91-93
24943 Flensburg
DE
Dr. Heike Bille
E-mail: heike.bille@fh-flensburg.de
Phone: +49 (0)461-805-1222
Fax: +49 (0)461-805-1300
Project Manager:
Fachhochschule FlensburgKanzleistraße 91-93
24943 Flensburg
DE
Prof. Dr. Roland Trill
E-mail: trill@wi.fh-flensburg.de
Phone: +49 (0)461-805-1473
Fax: +49 (0)461-805-1496
Information Manager:
Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių KlinikosSantariskiu 2
08406 Vilnius
LT
Domantas Stundys
E-mail: dstundys@takas.lt
Phone: +37 (068) 68 25 81
Fax:
Summary description of the project:
The social capacity, knowledge and acceptance to utilise eHealth technologies of citizens and medical professionals is a basic condition for the implementation and further generation of innovative technologies for the health sector. However, the absorption of new knowledge and acceptance to use eHealth technologies is varying remarkably among citizens and medical professionals and needs to be strengthened in all partner regions.
eHealth technologies allow a mutually beneficial collaboration and involvement of patients and medical professionals in prevention and treatment. eHealth technologies empower patients to take more responsibility for their own health and quality of life and lead to better cost-efficiency in the health sector.
A consequence of ageing population is more citizens with chronic diseases especially among elderly in all partner regions. Thus prevention and treatment of chronic diseases is an important market and implementation area for innovative eHealth technologies.
Although basic eHealth technology is widely available on the market, the project partners consider a deployment problem in the health care sector. A main barrier is a lack of social capacity and acceptance by citizens and medical professionals to utilise eHealth technology.
Thus the overall aim of the project is that citizens with chronic diseases and medical professionals in the partner regions have the capacity and knowledge as well as the acceptance to use eHealth technologies in prevention and treatment by the year 2012.
The project analyses the impact of the ageing population on the health care systems and identifies and shares strategies in raising the capacity to utilise eHealth in prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. The findings will be widely disseminated in a international conference 'Acceptance matters' with stakeholders from policy, health sector and industry from the BSR.
The project has three pilot implementations with following main outputs:
A comprehensive self-monitoring system for chronic heart failure patients (WP4), Education content for better utilisation of eHealth by medical professionals and citizens (WP5) and a multi-lingual personal health portal enabling citizens with chronic diseases to document electronically their health data supporting their mobility abroad (WP6). All developed standardised solutions will be transferred and offered to health care providers and the general public in the BSR through a network of distributors and multipliers.
The project partnership is composed of professionals from hospitals, universities, regional administrations for health care planning, municipalities as well as telemedicine experts from the BSR. The project benefits from the eHealth for Regions network and its Political Strategic Board set up during an INTERREG IIIB project for awareness building and dissemination. The eHealth for Regions network activities are run and financed independently from this project proposal.
Achievements of the project so far:
In the last project period the partners concentrated on finalising their pilot runs. The pilot “Comprehensive self-monitoring system for chronic heart failure patients” measured the outcome and effectiveness within a clinical trial. The results showed that remote monitoring and the eLearning program were very positively accepted, while the electronic patient record was less popular. Patient motivation declines over time. Patients need regular personal contact. There are now devices on the market which can transmit measurements directly into a patient’s iPad which then sends a weekly summary to the treating centre. This offers a good combination of self-monitoring and remote check-ups. The second pilot run concerned “Multi-lingual personal health portal enabling citizens with chronic diseases to electronically document their health data, thereby supporting their mobility abroad”. A fully functional portal with innovative features was developed.
Portal usage and test scenarios enable pilot usage in the real environment in every partner country, allowing partners to compare experiences and find ways to solve the cross-border problems of health communication in the Baltic Sea Region. Implemented functionalities of the portal substantially increase the safety of patients with health risks while travelling, ensuring access to vital information wherever they are, and thus diminishing the risk of adverse health events occurring. The portal concept is ideal for the promotion of eHealth and the empowerment of patients to take more care of their own health, in changing their lifestyles and becoming more aware of their health status and its long-time implications. Additionally the partners developed the ‘eHealth for citizen portal’ (www.ehealth4citizen.eu). That portal shows in simple words and easy navigation the many different possibilities of using eHealth technologies.
The aim of the project was not only to find out if medical professionals and patients accept eHealth technologies if they are better informed. But also to put the issue on the political agenda. As it is important to convince relevant stakeholders from politics, the health sector, patient associations, universities and industry. Therefore the eHealth Acceptance Conference 2012 was organised in Brussels (www.ehealthacceptance2012.net). Already the broadly disseminated invitation and marketing on several event calendars increased the level of awareness about the subject. The international event itself gave a good insight into the project findings, especially the developed seven dimensions of eHealth Acceptance helped to structure the discussion (eReadiness, credibility, usability, perceived usefulness, data security, integrity of data, cost-effectiveness). All findings were finally summarized in the Final Report – a twelve pages publication which is available in printed and digital form.
Project Duration: | Sep 2009 - Dec 2012 |
Approximate total project budget in EUR: | 3.645.620,00 |
ERDF co-financing: | 2.606.820,00 |
ENPI co-financing: | 0,00 |
Norwegian national contribution: | 158.507,00 |
List of partners
University of Applied Sciences Flensburg | ||||||||
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Flensburg | GERMANY Kanzleistraße 91-93 Region: Schleswig-Holstein |
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Contact person: Dr. Heike Bille Phone: +49 (0)461-805-1222 E-mail: heike.bille@fh-flensburg.de Web: www.fh-flensburg.de |
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European Forum for Telemedicine | ||||||||
23795 Bad Segeberg | GERMANY Am Kurpark1 Region: Schleswig-Holstein |
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Contact person: Werner Smidt Phone: +49 (0)4551 802 948 E-mail: info@eift.eu Web: www.eift.eu |
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Institute for Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Luebeck | ||||||||
23552 Luebeck | GERMANY Beckergrube 43 - 47 Region: Schleswig-Holstein |
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Contact person: Dr. Ron Pritzkuleit Phone: +49 (0)451 799 25 53 E-mail: ron.pritzkuleit@krebsregister-sh.de Web: www.cancer-sh.de |
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Diakonissen-Hospital Flensburg, Department of Internal Medicine | ||||||||
24939 Flensburg | GERMANY Knuthstr. 1 Region: Schleswig-Holstein |
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Contact person: Prof. Dr. med. Abderrahman Machraoui Phone: +49 (0)461 812 1301 E-mail: machraouiab@diako.de Web: www.diako.de |
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County Council of Segeberg | ||||||||
23795 Bad Segeberg | GERMANY Hamburger Str. 30 Region: Schleswig-Holstein |
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Contact person: Dr. Klaus Westphal Phone: + 49 (0)4551951204 E-mail: klaus.westphal@kreis-segeberg.de Web: www.kreis-segeberg.de |
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Association Health Forum Segeberg | ||||||||
D 23795 Bad Segeberg | GERMANY Konrad-Adenauer-Ring 18 Region: Schleswig-Holstein |
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Contact person: Dr. med. Uwe Denker Phone: +49 (0)4551 83677 E-mail: dr.uwe.denker@t-online.de Web: none |
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Cancer Society Schleswig Holstein | ||||||||
24103
Kiel | GERMANY Alter Markt 1-2 Region: Schleswig-Holstein |
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Contact person: Katharina Papke Phone: +49 (0)431 8001080 E-mail: info@krebsgesellschaft-sh.de Web: www.krebsgesellschaft-sh.de |
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Aalborg University | ||||||||
9220 Aalborg OE | DENMARK Frederik Bajers Vej 5 Region: Nordjylland |
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Contact person: Pernille Bertelsen Phone: +45 9940 8431 E-mail: pernille@plan.aau.dk Web: www.aau.dk |
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Region of Southern Denmark | ||||||||
5000 Odense C | DENMARK Rugaardsvej 15, 2 Region: Syddanmark |
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Contact person: Jan Petersen Phone: +45 65432030 E-mail: jap@medcom.dk Web: www.regionsyddanmark.dk |
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North Denmark Region | ||||||||
9220 Aalborg Oest | DENMARK Niels Bohrs Vej 30 Region: Nordjylland |
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Contact person: Kristian Alstrup Baden Phone: +45 96351208 E-mail: kab@rn.dk Web: www.rn.dk |
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Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | ||||||||
44307 Kaunas | LITHUANIA Mickeviciaus 9 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: dr. Giedrius Vanagas Phone: + 370 37327246 E-mail: giedrius.vanagas@med.kmu.lt Web: www.kmu.lt |
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Kaunas university of technology | ||||||||
LT-44029 Kaunas | LITHUANIA Donelaicio 73 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Prof. Arunas Lukosevicius Phone: +370 37 407119 E-mail: arunas.lukosevicius@ktu.lt Web: www.ktu.lt, www.bmii.ktu.lt |
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Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos | ||||||||
8661 Vilnius | LITHUANIA Santariškių str. 2 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Domantas Stundys Phone: +370 5 2365005 E-mail: dstundys@takas.lt Web: dstundys@takas.lt |
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Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences | ||||||||
60101 Seinäjoki | FINLAND P.O. Box 412 (visiting address: Keskuskatu 34) Region: Länsi-Suomi |
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Contact person: Helli Kitinoja Phone: +358-(0)201245000 E-mail: helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi Web: www.seamk.fi |
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South Ostrobothnia Healthcare District | ||||||||
60220 Seinäjoki | FINLAND Huhtalantie 53 Region: Länsi-Suomi |
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Contact person: Sami Perälä Phone: +358 44 332 2270 E-mail: sami.perala@eptek.fi Web: www.epshp.fi |
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Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia | ||||||||
60101 Seinäjoki | FINLAND Kampusranta 9 C Region: Länsi-Suomi |
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Contact person: Jaakko Hallila Phone: +358 40 3565 630 E-mail: jaakko.hallila@etela-pohjanmaa.fi Web: www.epliitto.fi |
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City Hospital Lebork | ||||||||
84-300 Lebork | POLAND Wegrzynowicza 13 Region: Pomorskie |
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Contact person: Andrzej Sapinski, Sylwia Hulewicz Phone: +48 598635271 E-mail: sekretariat@szpital-lebork.com.pl Web: www.szpital-lebork.com.pl |
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Hässleholm Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine | ||||||||
28125 Hässleholm | SWEDEN Esplanadgatan, Box 351 Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Holger Holst Phone: +46-451-296000 E-mail: holger.holst@skane.se Web: http://www.skane.se/templates/Listing.aspx?id=116814 |
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Diakonhjemmet Hospital | ||||||||
NO-0319 Oslo | NORWAY P.O. Box 23, Vinderen Region: Oslo og Akershus |
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Contact person: Dr.PH Morten Skjorshammer Phone: +47 22 45 15 04 E-mail: mortens@diakonsyk.no Web: www.diakonhjemmet |
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