Newsletter no 4, June 2007, Tromsø, Norway
New technology supports elder care
At the Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2007 you will have the opportunity to hear about new and non-traditional possibilities for improving the efficiency of the public health service and reducing the burden it will face when the grey wave starts in earnest within a few years.
Researchers believe that new technology such as telemedicine, nanotechnology and sensor technology is essential in order to avoid a vast shortage of health staff. Forecasts indicate that in Norway we will need more than 100,000 new health workers during the next decade. In the same period, only 20,000 will complete an education in the health professions, and only a few of these will end up in the care sector.
The conference presents a wide range of technological possibilities to meet the needs of the growing proportion of elderly people who need health assistance and care.
- We will discuss how technology can link health staff and users, as well as how it can improve collaboration between the levels in the health sector. Use of technology in the public health service must be seen as a way of working more intelligently and more efficiently. It supports the public health service; it will not take over the doctor's rule in any way, comments Gunn-Hilde Rotvold, the Conference Chair.Visit Kroken Nursing Home:
The Learning Workplace
The NST will during the Conference arrange visits to two Nursing Homes in Tromsø. These are the first nursing homes in Norway which were given the opportunity to receive electronic laboratory reports and discharge notes from the hospital.
They can also exchange secure e-mails with GPs and take digital photos of patiens wounds. The photos are sent by secure e-mail to a virtual wound policlinic at the hospital for consultation and access to specialists updated procedures.
Keynote George Demiris:Smart Homes: a new model of care in an ageing society?
We are pleased to announce that Mr. George Demiris will attend the Conference as keynote speaker. Mr. George Demiris is an Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems at the School of Nursing, and Biomedical and Health Informatics at the School of Medicine, at the University of Washington. He is the Chair of the Knowledge in Motion Working Group of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the Chair of the Working Group on Smart Homes and Ambient Assisted Living of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).
Mr. Demiris presentation at the Conference will among other items focus on ethical aspects of smart home design, including privacy, over-reliance on automation, the impact on social relationships and interactions, and the degree to which smart homes lessen the sense of personal responsibility on the part of users or their caregivers.
Other Keynote speakers:
- Elderly Who Cares? - Hans Olav Tungesvik, National Council for Senior Citizens, Norway
- Do elderly and eHealth fit together perfectly? - Elvira Goebel, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate, European Commision
- What matters when you try to replace the warm hands with technology? - Steinar Pedersen, Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, Norway
There is still time to register for the TTeC 2007 on the website;
www.telemed.no/ttec2007
Welcome to Tromsø, Norway 11 -13 June 2007.
Best regards,
Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine
Gunn-Hilde Rotvold
Conference Chair
Associate Professor Aksel Tjora
Chair of the Scientific Committee
Siri Bjørvig
Chair of the Programme Committee
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If you have any queries, please contact us:
General info, practical details, registration:
Vibeke Hemmingsen
vibekeh@telemed.no.
Sponsorship, trade exhibition, accommodation:
Tromsø Event AS, c/o Torill Berg
post@tromsoevent.com
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