Panel Members

Laszlo Balkanyi: ECDC, Stockholm, Sweeden

Martin Szomszor: City eHealth Research Centre, City University, London

Emmanuelle Brun: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Valentina Rizzi: European Food Safety Authority

Remit

European Commission agencies and national and local governments provide a rich and diverse collection of public health related data. However, the majority of this information is presented as static content, with only a small amount available through searchable databases or web services. This situation undermines the potential utility of such data since consumers are often unable to find all the relevant information, and if they do, it is not presented in a format that is conducive to reuse.

The aim of this panel meeting is to discuss and explore the possibility of an agenda that will improve the visibility and usability of information provided by EU public health bodies through interoperability of services and an adoption of shared standards and application of advanced knowledge representation techniques.

Panel Members

Claudio Eccher - Fondazione Bruno Kessler; e-Health Unit

Andrew Miller - Radiation Oncologist- Australia

Frederic Lievens - Med-e-tel

Remit

Question for debate: There are many different ways to involve patients in e-health. These possible solutions don't always take an evidence-based approach - where communication technologies are applied without a full understanding of the potential benefit or possible harm.

Our debate and discussion will focus on whether communication tools such as portals vs blogs vs web 2.0 provide an opportunity to improve health or whether they just clutter the landscape creating confusion. With increasing applications available through the web and utilization and availability of smart phones we need a clear understanding the effect of these tools on health behaviour.