Six European countries collaborate on transnational telemedicine
Institutions from six European countries will collaborate on 10 projects aimed at implementing transnational telemedicine solutions into everyday practice starting September 2011 and continuing through December 2013.
Projects based on the themes of video-consultation, mobile self-management and home-based health services will be implemented in clinical specialties such as speech therapy, renal services, psychiatry, emergency services, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rehabilitation and elderly care.
The $3.3 million “Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions” project will be led by The Centre for Rural Health in Inverness, Scotland, and will carry on the work started by the “Competitive Health Services” project, which was funded by the Northern Periphery Program (NPP). The project includes partners from Scotland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
“The challenges of implementing solutions that are sustainable, transnational and at scale are considerable, but strategic investment at this time has the potential to transform health delivery in the northern periphery of Europe,” said Project Leader David Heaney, association director at the Centre for Rural Health.
Projects based on the themes of video-consultation, mobile self-management and home-based health services will be implemented in clinical specialties such as speech therapy, renal services, psychiatry, emergency services, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rehabilitation and elderly care.
The $3.3 million “Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions” project will be led by The Centre for Rural Health in Inverness, Scotland, and will carry on the work started by the “Competitive Health Services” project, which was funded by the Northern Periphery Program (NPP). The project includes partners from Scotland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
“The challenges of implementing solutions that are sustainable, transnational and at scale are considerable, but strategic investment at this time has the potential to transform health delivery in the northern periphery of Europe,” said Project Leader David Heaney, association director at the Centre for Rural Health.