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Turning Demographic Ageing in Europe into Opportunities
– in the context of EU CoR work on ”Active and Healthy Ageing”
Silas Olsson HealthAccess Sweden
Presentation at Informal CoR meeting Brussels 17 June, 2019
SLIDE 2 About me... Engineer (electro) Univ.degree (economy and medical radiation physics) Post Univ. Diploma (public Health) Research (institut in Sweden) Industry, Sweden, Germany European Commission, Brussels Ambient Assisted Living, Brussels Vinnova, Gov. funding agency, Brussels and Sweden RISE, research institutes Sweden HealthAccess, Sweden
SLIDE 3 The European Union: 500 million people – 28 countries
Member States of the European Union Candidate countries and potential candidates
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2014 2080
SLIDE 5 Number of chronic conditions by age group
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Context: ICT Health & Care Long story – 1980th... First technology driven...80th... Lot of pilots...almost no implementation... Supply and Demand side... no connect...better now... Digitalisation, Society change...2010th...
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Demographic Ageing agenda/policy 2010... Financing long term care – older people... Lack of staff... Impossible to go on like before... Active and Healthy Ageing, EU, WHO, China, Japan, SouthKorea, Australia, Canada, USA... Innovation is needed...policy support... CoR initiative timeley and necessary
SLIDE 8 Demographic development and cost increase in Sweden. Index, year 2010 = 100 Green line in diagram represents demograpy (size and age structure), orange line represents costs in constant prices
Reference: SALAR/SKL, Economy Report, May 2018
https://webbutik.skl.se/bilder/artiklar/pdf/7585-543-1.pdf?issuusl=ignore
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”Health 2028” a Swedish project
One answer to the situation: Less fragmentation in health and care Integrated care solutions Patient/Client is a recourse and should be a central part of the care team Break with the old barriers...
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CoR initiative timeley and necessary and the context... ... of challenges and opportunities
SLIDE 11 EU Treaty – Healthcare, Public Health Article 168 – Lisbon Treaty
Union action shall respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the definition of their health policy and for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care. The responsibilities of the Member States shall include the management of health services and medical care and the allocation of the resources assigned to them. Union action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing physical and mental illness and diseases, and
- bviating sources of danger to physical and mental
health.
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”Council Conclusions” ”Health in the Digital Society” 8 december 2017: Invites the Commission to: ▪ Support Member States, collecting good practice and evidence, awareness ▪ Support to cross-border services – also related to European Reference Network ▪ Support R&I in Digital Health – and support to scientific institutions and innovative companies, especially SMEs ▪ Support MS with interoperable national infrastr. ▪ Continue to support EIP on AHA
SLIDE 13 EU:s latest eHealth ”COMMUNICATION” about enabling the digital transformation
- f health and care (April 25, 2018)
Highlights and EU work initiatives include:
❖ Data is a key enabler for digital transformation ➢ Citizens´ secure access/sharing of health data across EU borders ➢ Better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care ➢ Digital tools for citizen empowerment and person-centred care ➢ Sharing of data - interoperability of EHR systems ➢ A recommendation on the technical specifications for a European electronic health record (EHR) exchange format ➢ Support to start-ups and small and medium-size enterprises ❖ Focus on health promotion, disease prevention and wellbeing ❖ EU Commission will support its Member States to seize the potential of digital technologies in health and care
Reference: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/communication-enabling-digital- transformation-health-and-care-digital-single-market-empowering
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European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) - 6 Action Groups MANDATED UNTIL 2020
SLIDE 15 EU:s next Research and Innovation programme ”Horizon Europe” 2021-2027
- Planning on-going
- Budget, negotiation on-going (...100 Bn euro...)
- Innovation, a higher priority (Innovation Council)
- Programme might include ”Missions” (under
discussions) ...perhaps like...:
- Achieving a plastic litter-free Europe by 2030…
- Producing steel with zero carbon in Europe by 2030…
- Making 3 out of 4 patients survive cancer by 2034…
- Building and operating the first quantum computer in Europe…
- International collabortion
➢ Final decision about Horizon Europe by 2020
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Currenly the EU political context One of Jean-Claude Junckers´ 10 political priorities 2014-2019: (led by Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET
“By creating a connected digital single market, we can generate up to € 250 billion of additional growth in Europe in the course of the mandate of the next Commission, there by creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs, notably for younger job-seekers, and a vibrant knowledge-based society. To achieve this, I intend to take, within the first six months of my mandate, ambitious legislative steps towards a connected digital single market.”
SLIDE 17 The EU institutions
European Parliament
Court of Justice Court of Auditors Economic and Social Committee Committee of the Regions
Council of Ministers (The Council) European Commission
European Investment Bank European Central Bank Agencies
European Council (summit) [Head of States]
In the Context Active and Healthy Ageing: DG Connect --- DG RTD --- DG Santé
SLIDE 18 Three key players
The European Parliament
Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament The European Council and the Council
- voice of the Member States
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council The European Commission
- promoting the common interest
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission
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Possible EU/EC support for the CoR initiativ...: Policy support Horizon Europe Structural funds – other funds Establish EU Competence Centre Market development/support Internationalisation/export Supply-demand connect Create a patient/client/informal carers advisory community AND, A POLITICAL INITIATIVE IS NEEDED IN THE REGIONS ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION OF WORK
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Silas Olsson HealthAccess, Sweden Email: silas.olsson@healthaccess.eu Mobile/Cell: +46-70-5800901 Twitter: @SilasOlsson
