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Experts Group Meeting on m-Health: Towards Better Care, Cure and
Prevention in Europe |
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 Experts
Group Meeting on "M-Health: Towards Better Care, Cure and Prevention in Europe" is an an integral part of the European
Regional Initiatives on “ICT
applications, including e-health” adopted by the
ITU Resolution 17 (WTDC-10, Hyderabad).
The main aim of this meeting it is to share, amongst European
administrations, the best practices in the
implementation of ICT applications, including e-health, while addressing an
urgent need to focus on challenges (policy, regulatory, technical and
business related) arising from a rapid growth of the mobile health services.
During this meeting, the countries and experts will share their experiences the
following areas :
• Strategies and policies fostering development of the m-health services
• Policy and regulatory frameworks for m-health
• Business models fostering m-health development
• Technical challenges
This meeting shall address the management and engineering staff
of the regulators, telecommunication ministries, state agencies, operators,
research labs etc. All presentations and discussions will pave a way towards
elaboration of a report and repository of best practices. |
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Meeting Information |
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Title:
ITU Experts
Group Meeting on m-Health: Towards Better Care,
Cure and Prevention in Europe
Dates:
25-26 September 2012
Framework:
European Regional Initiative
on ICT Applications, in particular e-Health
Participation: Telecommunication Administrations, Regulatory
Authorities, ITU Sector Members (Private Sectors, Academia)
Remote participation: Adobe Connect
Location:
ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
Organizer:
ITU
Focal Point:
Jaroslaw Ponder, Coordinator for
Europe, ITU and Vladimir Stankovic, EUR, ITU
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Who should attend? |
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Focal points of the telecommunication administrations,
regulatory authorities, regional organizations, sector members focusing on
ICT applications, including e-health, m-health, and special guests from European countries:
Europe:
Albania,
Andorra,
Austria,
Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Czech Rep.,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Vatican,
Hungary,
Iceland,
Ireland,
Israel,
Italy,
Latvia,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Malta,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Monaco,
Montenegro,
Netherlands,
Norway,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Serbia,
Slovak Republic,
San Marino,
Spain,
Slovenia,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Turkey,
United Kingdom
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