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European Conference "Beyond Silos - The Why and How of ICT in Integrated Care Service Provision" on 23rd November 2011
The International Symposium for INTERREG this September in Athens

The International Symposium "ICT for Regional Development- Knowledge transfer and best practice exchange in INTERREG projects" will take place in Athens, 23-24 SEPTEMBER 2011.

This is a unique opportunity to promote and disseminate your INTERREG project goals and results and establish contacts for exchange of experience and best practice between the various INTERREG projects. The registration is free of charge to facilitate a wide dissemination of all INTERREG projects that will be represented.

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2η Physical meeting of the european project "Renewing Health"

Δελτίο Τύπου 12/05
2nd work meeting of the European Program “Renewing Health”
With success was completed the 2nd work meeting of European Program “Renewing Health ” of 9 National Health Systems consortium of EU for the determination of the European model organization of telemedicine services of chronic diseases, that was realized in Berlin at the 4 until 6 May 2010, with concretization institutions of national area for Greece: the 5th Sanitary Region of Thessaly and Central Greece, in collaboration with the Digital Community of 11 Municipalities of Central Greece and the Municipality of Trikala .

In the program “Renewing Health” will participate 21 partners from Europe, where there are representatives from the National Health Systems of Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Germany, Austria and Greece. Partners from Greece are the Municipality of Trikala, the 5th Sanitary Region of Thessaly and Central Greece, the “e-Trikala S.A.” and the “Cities NET S.A.”. The program will last 32 months and the height of European co-financing oscillates in the 7.000.000€ for the 21 collaborating institutions in European level globally.
The program aims in the unification and the determination of the recognisable and acceptable standards in the benefit of telemedicine services for chronic diseases (Diabetes of type 2, Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart Failure). In this frame will be intended the export of clinical conclusions in practical level of application of services in European scale, accordingly that means immediately exploitable of benefits for services of daily clinical action from our country.
In the meeting, Greece was represented by the Vice President of the 5th Sanitary Region of Thessaly and Central Greece Mr Athanassio Tsatso, Professor of Medical Department in Larissa Mrs Theodorou and scientific representative of Institute of Biomedicine Research and Technology in Larissa, Professor of University of Macedonia Mr V. Aletra, Mr P. Stafyla Cardiologist, the technical manager for Cities Net Mr. G. Balla, Mrs El. Bellidi Electronic & Computer Engineer and the doctor - manager of e-health applications for e-Trikala S.A. Mr G. Dafoula.
The 3rd work meeting will be realized in Trikala between 9 and 10 September.
Renewing Health Kick off meeting in Venice

The kick-off meeting of the 'RENEWING HEALTH' project on the large-scale testing of innovative telemedicine services, took place in Venice, Italy, on 8-9 February 2010.
Beginning of the European program “Renewing Health” in Venice 8-9/2/2010 of consortium of 9 national health system of EU for the determination of the organization of the chronic diseases telemedicine services by the European model with institutions of concretisation of Greece : the 5th Sanitary Region of Thessaly and Central Greece, in collaboration with the Digital Community of 11 Municipalities of Central Greece and the Municipality of Trikala after the approval of Health Ministry and Social Solidarity.

The objective of 'RENEWING HEALTH' (REgioNs of Europe WorkINg toGether for HEALTH) is to implement large-scale real-life test beds for the validation and subsequent evaluation of innovative telemedicine services using a patient-centred approach and a common rigorous assessment methodology.
The official beginning of program became in Palazzo Franchetti of Venice, by representative of Secretary of Sanitary Region of Veneto Mr. Giancarlo Ruscit, in attendance of all partners and representatives from all Europe. The project - with a total budget of €14 million - is supported by the Information Communication Technology Policy Support Program (ICT PSP) and is co-funded under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program by the European Union with €7 000 000. It has a 32 month-duration.
The project is of high importance since healthcare and welfare systems face major challenges worldwide. Moreover, there is a growing demand for health and social services due to the increasing aging population and the prevalence of chronic diseases within the EU and in Greece.
In collaboration with other European centers of e-health applications by countries of EU the Digital Community of 11 Municipalities of Central Greece and the Municipality of Trikala, in calloraboration with the 5th Sanitary Region of Thessaly and Central Greece, after the approval of the Health Ministry and Social Solidarity, process the submission of proposal for organisation Pilot Type A, Theme 1 : ICT for health, ageing and inclusion , Objective 1.1: ICT for patient-centred health service, at the invitation by EU ICT - PSP. Through the concretization of the above action will be achieved the establishment of a european organization model of telemedicine chronic disease services.
The project is implemented by a consortium of health authorities from nine EU Member States or Associated Countries (Austria, Denmark, Greece, Germany, Finland, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden). The bodies involved in the implementation of the project from the Greek side are the 5th Health District of the Thessaly and Central Greece regions, in cooperation with the Digital Community of eleven municipalities in the Central Greece and the municipality of Trikala, with the approval of the Greek Ministry of Health and Welfare.
The eHealth service solutions for the telemonitoring and treatment of patients who suffer from chronic diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) have been already operated at a local level in the nine participating regions. In the frame of the project, these services will be scaled up, integrated with mainstream Health Information Systems, grouped into a limited number of clusters bringing together services showing similar features, trialed and assessed with a rigorous and common assessment methodology, and using a common set of primary indicators for pilots belonging to a same cluster.
Although the integration of the service solutions at regional level is the highest priority for the project partners, the use of international standards and the progressive convergence towards common interoperable architectures will be equally sought to prepare and facilitate their subsequent scaling up at national and European levels.
Using the experience and the knowledge already acquired on telecare services for the treatment of chronic diseases, the Municipality of Trikala in cooperation with 10 surrounding municipalities of Central Greece, through the Operational Program 'Digital Convergence' of the European Territorial Cooperation Programs - will run until the end of 2010 a network of innovative telecare services. This network is expected to improve significantly the procedures for providing health and social welfare to patients with chronic diseases in the municipalities of Larissa, Ioannina, Volos, Lamia, Kozani, Katerini, Veria, Nea Ionia, Karditsa and Grevena.
This telecare network will use the 'RENEWING HEALTH' project in collaboration with the hospitals of the 5th Health District in Greece. Hundreds of patients from Central Greece will participate in the project and will be monitored for free at home with the use of the telemedicine services.
Touristic services

Trikala-tourism www.trikala-tourism.gr is a touristic portal, developed to provide useful information, suggestions, clues, weather forecast module, as well as city maps to every traveler staying or passing through Trikala city. The cultural and historical information along with excursions’ and activities’ suggestions within or out of the city territories stimulates curiosity to explore and experience the whole prefecture. The tool for on line hotel reservations through the booking application form will provide easy access to all city hotels, as soon as all hotels conclude with the information uploading procedures, which is already running. Another step forward aiming at the portals integration is the promotion of the shopping areas and stores and the initiation of the e-marketplace tool.