What the future holds

Welsh Assembly Government

Adrian Savill

www.wales.nhs.uk/telemedicine

Centre of Excellence

Telemedicine & Telecare

Telehealth

e-health

Definitions

Where have we come from?

TEAM

Keeping Care Local

Transforming Local Care

Health Minister announces £900K for Telemedicine

Telemedicine Team appointed

Health Minister announces start of Demonstrators

Demonstrators completed

Monographs published

Funded approved for Telehealth Wales Programme

1993

1997

1999

2000

2001

Jul 2001

Jul 2003

Dec 2003

Jan 2004

Health Solutions

Wales

Community Hospitals

Core Links(6)

GP Links(600)

Mobile Staff

Trusts(15)

Staff at home

Other Sites

Local Health Groups

(22)

IP-VPN

All Wales infrastructure to deliver e-health

IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network)

Delivering Data Videoconferencing Voice Potential to deliver entertainment

to the bed

NETWORK

THE NETWORK

Demonstrator projectsNorth Wales (NoW)Pembs to Powys, Patients & Practitioners ( P4)Burns/PICU

Welsh Health Video ServiceManaged services provided centrally and formalised in WHC(2003) 84

TM & TC Strategy9 monographs

+ Value adds

TM & TC

VIDEO

TM & TC

What are we doing now?

Telehealth Wales Programme Funded Approved

Programme Board

42 Initiatives under consideration

Awareness Programme

Communication COM (2004)356e-Health - making healthcare better for European citizens:

An action plan for the European e-Health Area

“e-Health systems and services combined with

organisational changes and the development of new skills are key enabling tools. They can deliver significant improvements in access to care, quality of care, and the efficiency and productivity of the health sector”

PROGRAMME BOARD

AWARENESS PROGRAMME

INDUSTRY INTERFACE

TELEHEALTH

FUTURES

PILL CAMERA

TELEHEALTH

TM & TC

BLUETOOTH

TELEHEALTH

Diolch yn fawr/Thank you