The winners are good examples of public services online which may offer some good practice which can be useful for UK NHS and indeed oter areas of the UK public sector. The winners were:
Theme 1: eHealth information tools and services for citizens
- Winner
Health On the Net Foundation, Switzerland, http://www.hon.ch
Health On the Net Foundation has developed services to protect citizens from false or misleading health and ethical information. A code of ethical conduct (HONcode) for web-site operators is currently in use by 3,600 web-sites. Services for the citizen include an accrediation system for web-site and a search engine/directory of trustworthy information sources.
- Honourable Mention
PQL- Pure Quality Life, Spain, http://www.pql.se
Pure Quality Life is a web-based life enhancement tool, evaluated in a world leading prospectively controlled study by researchers from Uppsala University. It is the only health site with effects that have been assesed psychophysiologically in a controlled study. Over 20.000 users from different backgrounds have registered.
Theme 2: eHealth administrative support tools and services for citizens
- Winner
www. sundhed.dk - A Public Health Portal, Denmark, http://www.sundhed.dk
www. sundhed.dk is the main acces point to the primary Health Portal of the Danish health authorities in order to facilitate communication and services between health professionals and citizens. It is also possible to book appointments to the GP, conduct e-mail consultation and renew prescriptions.
- Honourable Mention
eHospital - IT experience of Hospital Son Llatzer, Spain, http://hsll.es/itflash
eHospital is a full digital, filmless and wireless hospital. Son Llatzer has implemented a global integrated and accessible clinical information system.
Theme 3: eHealth homecare and telemedicine tools and services for citizens
- Winner
Diabcarnet, France, http://www.diabcarnet.com
Diabcarnet is the first large-scale online electronic logbook used for diabetes monitoring. Any diabetes patient in France can use this eHealth application to better manage their disease in collaboration with a physician.
- Honourable Mentions
Ait Eile, Ireland, http://www.aiteile.ie
Ait Eile is an online interactive portal for childrren in hospital that aims to reduce their sense of isolation by providing communication, educational and entertainment activities.
VEPSY, Italy, https://vepsy.elsag.it
VEPSY - Virtual Environments and Telemedicine for Clinical Psychology project demonstratesa the technical and clinical viability of using on/offline Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) in clinical psychology and to disseminate the developed tools to the clinical community.
Shame there was no real UK presence there on the podium. Try harder next year…
Quelle:PublicTechnology, 10.05.2004
