Unlocking European Regional Development Funds for active and healthy ageing:

the case of the Galician public health system

Javier Quiles del RíoManager of Innova Saúde and Hospital 2050 ERDF Innovation Health Programs

IT Department. Galician Health Service-Galician Regional Ministry of Healthhttp://www.sergas.es/h2050-innovasaude

jquirio@sergas.es

Session “Utilising European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in Active and Healthy Ageing”

12th May, Athens

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Public Health Authority:

REGIONAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH – (Consellería de Sanidade)

Public Healthcare Provider. 95% of 2.7M population:

GALICIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICE - SERGAS

Global Resources: 3400 M€/Year: 40% Total Galician Public Budget

14 Secondary and Tertiary Care Hospitals

493 Primary Care Centres

90 Emergency Centres

… + 165 Elderly Homes

36.000 Healthcare professionals

Galician Health Service: SERGASwww.sergas.es

7 INTEGRATED HEALTH AREAS

We have used ERDF for…

Three types of ERDF Investments on eHealth

and Active and Healthy Ageing during 2007-2014

1. ERDF for ICT Operational Services (22 M€)

2. ERDF for ICT Infrastructure (31 M€)

3. ERDF for Development of Innovative Solutions (72 M€)

100% Public Hospitals

100% Galician Population

100% Public Elderly Homes

100% Pharmacies

99,78% Primary Care Centers

43,3% Private Hospitals withPublic Activity (13/30)

ONE DAY IN

IANUS

More than 15.500 professionals

logged into thesystem

162.000 consultations to electronic health records

94 % primary care withdirect access to digital

imaging

339.966 medicines are dispensed and registered

1.358 pharmacies are connected

97% e-prescription. 100% dispensation is electronically

managed

170.000 documents are introduced in EHR

95% outpatient visits generateone or more annotations on

EHR

179 citizens access directly to their clinical information

(discharge report, advancedirectives, active prescription

and dispensation plan)

ICT DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT: 22 M€ from“GALICIAN CONVERGENCE REGIONAL ERDF FUNDS” OPERATING PROGRAM

2007-2013

Galician electronic health record – IANUS.

ERDF included in own BudgetRole of SERGAS: Performs Public Procedure for Purchase of IT services

Control of Project ExecutionResponse to Audit process

2.000 PCs and 1.000 Printers

200 Diagnostic workstations

150 Surgery Monitors and Screens

100 High Capacity Servers

10 Tb Storage and Backup Systems

Integration Services

ICT INFRASTRUCTURE31 M€ from “KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY” OPERATING PROGRAM

ERDF FUNDS 2007-2013(+2)

The “online Health” Innitiative.

ERDF Purchaese managed from National MinistryRole of SERGAS: Specification definition

Control of execution

HEALTH INNOVATION programmes

72M€ from “RDTi Technology” O.P. ERDF FUNDS 2007-2013 (+2)

INNOVA-SAÚDE: 45 M€. 14 innovative projects exploring new solutions to provide better healthcare

HOSPITAL 2050: 45 M€. 9 innovative projects articulated around the hospital of the future

Promote industry productivity and competitiveness

Internationalization of new models and solutions

PPI - Public procurement of Innovation: 30 M€PCP – Precommercial procurement: 1,1 M€

http://www.sergas.es/H2050-innovasaude

INNOVATION programmes

72M€ from “RDTi Technology” ERDF FUNDS 2007-2014

ROLE OF SERGAS:

- Define the Proposal of Health Innovation Projects

- Receive and manage

ERDF for Public Purchase and HR

- Open Market Consultation procedure

- Performs Public Procurement of Innovation

- Control of Execution, Accounting

and Certification Processes

http://www.sergas.es/H2050-innovasaude

How to identify funding opportunities?

Finding the funding programs that apply to

your organization.

• Operational R&D&i Plan – “Technological” ERDF Fund 2007-2013: Increase competitiveness

of the Spanish economy and leverage innovation in manufacturing and services

• Operational Program “Knowledge based Economy” Fund 2007-2013.

Improving Digital Society and Electronic Public Services

• Operational Program “Galicia” for Convergence Regions ERDR Fund

2007-2013. Improve Galician Infrastructures and Public Services

http://www.dgfc.sepg.minhap.gob.es.

Spanish National Ministry of Finance and Public Administration

Who must speak and who to speak to?

Find the intermediate entities and let

managers know about your capabilities

and projects

• Operational R&D&i Plan – “Technological” ERDF Fund 2007-2013.

NATIONAL MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS

• Operational Program “Knowledge based Economy” Fund 2007-2013.

NATIONAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND NATIONAL MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY

• Operational Program “Galicia” for Convergence Regions ERDR Fund 2007-2013.

GALICIAN REGIONAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Search prescribers.

How to identify key players?

Have a global strategy and align your main

programs in the OP goals.

Express interest.

Show main lines, willingness and compromise to go.

Engage the main board of your organization

Present a preproposal showing global benefit for your Region: Citizens,

Public Services and industry

Demonstrate technical capabilities and team work at:

Proposal building, Public Procurement, Management and Control of

Execution, Evaluation, self-funding of Regional Part of Elegible costs.

How to prepare the proposal?

Having skilled and motivated professionals to adapt the

proposal to the objectives of the operating program

• Team Work Works!

Identify all the ideas of existing initiatives and projects waiting execution within the organization

Align your proposal to the requirements and objectives of ERDF funding

Involve all departments (Finance, Procurement, Technical) of the organization from the preparation of the proposal to the final execution.

FUTURE: STRUCTURAL ESIF FUNDS 2014-2020

Structural funds for large scale deployment of Active and Healthy Ageing developed solutions

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STREGTHEN REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS TO REACH EXCELLENCE

•Future development of existing know-how within the region.

• Combining infrastructure development and soft measures.

•Foster willingness to collaborate and innovation capacity of SMEs and entrepreneurship.

EU

Excellence, R&D projects(Horizon 2020), EIP

National Innovation System (Spain)

Lead R&D projects, Competence Centres, financial support

(Technology Fund- ERDF)

Regional Innovation Funds (Galicia)

Infrastructure, support services for

technology transfer & innovation capacity, financial support (ERDF- 2014-2020)

Smart Specialization of regionsIntegrative approach

ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AGEING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE THREE MAIN CHALLENGESIN GALICIAN RIS3 STRATEGY FOR 2014-2020

ERDF can be successfully used for eHealth and AHA Projects

It takes some more resources than conventional fundingbut it is worth the effort if you aling them into your strategical goals.

ESIF - RIS3 EU FUNDS 2014-2020 provide an excellent opportunity to investand deploy and improve innovation projects on eHealth and Active and Healthy Ageing

CONCLUSIONS

Thank you for your attention