A panel debate in the European Parliament

Europe’s healthcare economics are facing severe challenges such as increasing health care expenditures and continuing demographic change. Therefore it is indispensable to re-think health policies. Health services have to be more efficient and more personalised. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is one of the key solutions in this context. It enables elderly and chronically-ill people to grow old at home while maintaining autonomy and quality of life. The patient-oriented, individualised use of ICT and services allows to reduce costs and to improve the quality of healthcare delivery at the same time. Nevertheless, using the potential of AAL to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable healthcare raises some questions:

• How to achieve a better match between therapy and treatment?
• How to avoid medication errors and ensure medicine safety?
• How to ensure patient compliance?
• How to individualise blister packaging?
• And how to develop the necessary e-homecare?

In dialogue with interested stakeholders and in cooperation with The Parliament Magazine, the European alliance for cost efficiency in healthcare (COSTEFF) discussed answers to these questions during a parliamentary lunch on 4 May 2010, hosted by Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP.

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When treatment gets more dangerous than disease
Professor Daniel Grandt
Board Member of the Drug Commission, German Medical Association

Patient compliance and treatment success
Professor Edwin Kohl
Chairman of COSTEFF

Health and Disease Management in the 21st Century
Dr. Josef M. E. Leiter
CEO, Leiter & Cie

Specialty Pharmacy: A New Business Model
Dr. Michael Lonsert
Head of Global Strategic Marketing & Innovation, Celesio

Semantic Product Memories in the Health Care Sector
Professor Wolfgang Wahlster
CEO & Director, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence

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