Having celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2007, the European Health Forum Gastein now starts in a new decade of creating a better future for health in Europe. Under the title “Values in health – from visions to reality” common values and their influence on health policy and health care will be discussed. Following the traditional Gastein approach, senior decision makers from policy and administration, business and industry, research and civil society will discuss the future of these values in a globalised world and how they work in daily life.
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Those participating in the event included senior policy and decision-makers representing politics and government at EU, national and regional levels; business and industry; health care funders and service providers; civil society; as well as experts and researchers in health care and public health.
Plenary: Values in Health: From Visions to Reality
‘Health for all’ and ‘Health in all policies’ are prominent examples of inspirational goals and values developed for health. This year's 30th anniversary of Alma Ata's ‘Health for All’ Declaration provides a timely opportunity to reflect on how such visions are translated into policy and practice:
• How are values connected with local realities and delivery?
• Are existing values fit for the future?
• Lessons for health from other sectors?
• Conclusions and recommendations: fostering values in health
• The political response: Transforming visions to reality
Parallel Forums
Innovations in coordinated care Improving health systems performance: the role ICT can play
• Shifting the health care paradigm: from acute care to preventive patient-centred care
• Chronic diseases – individual fate and societal challenge
• Financial and non-financial incentives for organisational change
• Lead market eHealth – telemedicine and ICT: innovative solutions for chronic disease management
• Participation – eHealth to support individual patient responsibility
• Cooperation at EU level
Hosted by the Austrian Ministry of Health, Family and Youth in cooperation with European Commission, DG Information Society and Media
Rare diseases and orphan drugs: a challenge for European health policy
It is crucial to push for a wider public awareness of rare diseases in order to improve affected patients’ situation.
• Meeting the challenge: an opportunity for demonstrating European added value
• Integrating European initiatives with national activities
• The need for patient centred efforts: centres of reference – equal access
• How to enforce the development of Orphan Medicinal Products
• Financing and assessing Orphan Medicinal Products
Hosted by the Land Salzburg
Quality and safety in healthcare: new challenges for Europe
• Quality and safety systems: important differences between member states
• International evidence for improving quality and safety – policies, strategies and best practices
• Greater collaboration, convergence and harmonisation: added value at European level
• What does the future hold? Key challenges, new approaches and emerging initiatives on patient safety and quality of
Hosted by the European Commission – DG Research
Promoting health – preventing disease.Strengthening the role of health professionals in Europe
Health promotion and disease prevention strategies and implementation at EU level and within countries on the basis of the new EU Health Strategy as well as the role health professionals can play in Europe.
• Health and social inequalities
• Best practices and experiences: Health Professional’s role and responsibility
• EU added value and experiences at regional, national and European level
• Planning workforce and services delivery
• Expectations regarding the forthcoming Green paper
Organised by the European Commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection, in collaboration with the Standing Committee of EuropeanDoctors (CPME)
Equity in health - European and global learning on addressing inequity in health: whole systems approaches
Inequities in health exist within and between countries. With the new EU health strategy and the launch of the Commission for the Social Determinants of Health Report it is time to review this key European challenge.
• Developing the evidence for action across sectors
• Whole health systems approaches
• Addressing inequalities in access to care and related health outcomes
• The political climate and its impact on action
• The role of business leaders
Hosted by Fair Health and supported by the Department of Health for England
Health ethics. Balancing economics,policy and justice – experiences in Europe and around the World
Balancing economics and justice is a global challenge for health policy.
• Justice as a challenge for health policy
• Rationing fairly
• Setting health priorities
• Transplantation and organ trafficking
• Individual autonomy – Individual responsibility
Hosted by the Ministry of Health, Taiwan
Workshops
• Are today’s systems fit for tomorrow’s treatment opportunities? Evidence on the funding of medical technologies from six countries
• Promoting global patient safety – a case study
• Tackling cancer in the EU – the role of innovation
• Regional health networking
• Equity of access to new vaccines - Re-thinking the vaccination paradigm
Additional sessions to be announced
