Archive for July, 2010

Smart Personal Health, workshop on “Procuring personal health systems”, 17th June 2010 in Belfast

A background paper on how to advance integrated and personal patient care through procurement taking into accout issues such as interoperability. Procurers have to consider requirements of and benefits for a wide range of stakeholders; patients, clinicians, administration, insurance companies and the authorities.  Procurers can play a key role in driving market development towards standards based interoperability and deployment of more innovative eHealth solutions.

Can Pre-Commercial Public Procurement (PCP) address these questions in a more innovative, cost-effective  and end-user friendly way? Please provide input and share your experience  with us on this subject.

SPH_Background Paper_WS_Belfast

Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) for procuring R&D in the US, the UK and the Netherlands

Two interesting documents on SBIR:

1. A NESTA research report (June 2010) looking at issues such as :

- the origins and growth of SBRI in the US and the UK.

- Is SBRI the answear for boosting demand for innovation in the UK ?

- Benefits for the public sector and the small businesses.

Buying_Power_150610

2. Public Innovation Procurement in the Netherlands

- SBIR Dutch programme: a pioneer experience

2010-06-15_SBIR informative note (EN)

European Connected Leadership Summit 2010 in Belfast

PreCo eHealth presentation:

ECH Summit Slides Ikävalko June2010

For more information on European Connecetd Health Campus (ECHC),  including the complete Summit programme, speakers and presentations:

www.echcampus.com