AER E-HE@LTH NETWORKREPORT 2008

Agneta Granström

President of theAER e-he@lth network

County Council Commissioner,Norrbotten, Sweden

agneta.granstrom@nll.se

ACTIVITIES 2008

Meeting with DG Information Society & Media, Brussels, FebruaryStrategic fields of cooperation and role allocation

AER secretariat, Strasbourg and Brussels, February

AER E-he@lth Network meeting, Vienna (Austria), April

EU Ministerial Conference ” eHealth without frontiers”, Portoroz (Slovenia), MayMrs Granström chaired a session on “Cross Border Health Services” on behalf of DG Information Society & Media and led an AER delegation

ACTIVITIES 2008

AER e-health Network meeting, Luzern (Switzerland), September Theme: ”How does European and national legislation influence the regions’ room for cross-border cooperation?”

Swiss “eHealthCare.ch” Conference, Luzern (Switzerland), September Mrs Granström held a speech on “From policy making to implementation of sustainable solutions” and led an AER delegation. Study visit at St. Gallen’s main hospital

European Health Forum Gastein, Austria, October Mrs Granström chaired a session on “Innovations in Coordinated Care” on behalf of DG Information Society & Media.

ACTIVITIES 2008

Open Days – European Week of Cities and Regions, Brussels, October Mrs Granström chaired the seminar ”e-Health - From Promise To Sustainability” on behalf of DG for Health and Consumers and participated in an expert panel led by Gerard Comyn (director of directorate H, DG InfoSo) on behalf of DG Information Society & Media.

AER press conference on e-health -”Tales from Europe”, Brussels, October

World of Health IT conference, Copenhagen, November Mrs Granström led an AER delegation and participated in several expert panels.