NEST Telemdicine and eHealth Summit 26th Nov. 2012
After years of successful research telemedicine and eHealth Systems get increasing attention, not only in Germany.A variety of devices, interfaces, software, and hardware, tested in different research programs (e.g. SmartSenior) and daily routine proves the market readiness of telemedicine and eHealth Systems. Mainly small and medium companies offer telemedicine solutions, but they are often focused on single solutions with a technical perspective, the overall service is mostly missing. Service-oriented companies might close these gaps but they often have an
incomplete view of the necessary technology to satisfy these new and complex market demands. So, many questions are still unanswered.
The NEST Telemedicine and eHealth Summit wants to address all important questions regarding the global use of telemedicine:
• How expensive is telemedicine for the patient and for the society?
• How can we bundle single solutions to a valuable service?
• Which company(ies) can act as a single source supplier for telemedicine services?
• How can other countries benefit from our experience?
• What are the necessary steps between product research and market launch?
The NEST Telemedicine and eHealth Summit, on November 26th 2012, held in the historic Rudolf-Virchow Lecture Hall (“Ruine”) will give answers to all those questions. 10 hours (from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.) of interesting presentations, international guests, practical examples, and intensive talks may give you a deep impression of telemedicine products, interfaces and
services.
Expand your network or just get in contact with companies that already have the appropriate telemedicine product to your current needs.
Enjoy the upcoming event (agenda) and do not hesitate to register today (mailto: summit@nest-telemedizin.de).
We are looking forward to see You in Berlin!
Health Made in Germany - The Export Initiative of the German Health Care Industry
The "Export Initiative for the German Health Care Industry" is similar to the existing export initiatives for "Renewable Energies" and "Energy Efficiency." These are aimed specifically at supporting particular economic sectors' efforts to increase exports. Germany Trade and Invest and Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) are implementing the program, which has a total budget of EUR 2.1 million and an initial duration of two years. One of the initiative's main emphases is to create a network linking existing measures to promote health care industry foreign trade. With this aim in mind, a website was created to present existing publications, trade missions and background information. The website was designed to make it easy for companies to find the information they need. In addition, the initiative carries out supplementary marketing. In this context, "The Export Initiative of the German Health Care Industry" takes the diversity of the health care industry into particular account by consulting different working groups as it operates. (At the moment, these groups are limited to the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical technology, medical biotechnology and telemedicine/health care-related services.) Together with GTAI, these groups discuss and assess marketing strategies. If the assessments are positive, efforts are made to implement them promptly.NEST e.V. is committed to the working group "telemedicine and health-related services."
[Translate to English:] Health Made in Germany - Die Exportinitiative der deutschen Gesundheitswirtschaft
[Translate to English:] Die "Exportinitiative Gesundheitswirtschaft" ist, ähnlich wie die bereits bestehenden Exportinitiativen, auf eine zielgerichtete Unterstützung der Exportanstrengungen des Wirtschaftssegmentes gerichtet. Sie wird von Germany Trade and Invest für das BMWi umgesetzt und hat zunächst eine Laufzeit von zwei Jahren. Einer der Schwerpunkte der Initiative liegt darin, bereits bestehende Maßnahmen der Außenwirtschaftsförderung der Gesundheitswirtschaft zu vernetzen.In diesem Zusammenhang trägt die „Exportinitiative Gesundheitswirtschaft" der Heterogenität der Gesundheitswirtschaft besonders Rechnung, indem einzelne Arbeitsgruppen (zunächst beschränkt auf die Bereiche Arzneimittel, Medizintechnik, medizinische Biotechnologie und Telemedizin/ gesundheitsbezogenen Dienstleistung) Marketingmaßnahmen eruieren, und bei positiver Bewertung zeitnah umzusetzen versuchen.
NEST Annual General Meeting
On the invitation of the Chairman Prof. Hufnagl the annual general meeting of the association was held on 28 March 2011 . The agenda includes the acceptance for the annual report and financial statements and the approval of the budget plan for 2011. But also the strategic direction of the association's activities were discussed in detail.The promotion of the members and their products and services should be better exploited. Thus, for example the active cooperation of the NEST eV with the Export Initiative of the German Health Care Industry was decided.
The next Kaminabend (Fireside Chat) will be held on 20th June 2011 at 17:30 clock in the premises of the club. Topic: "3D indoor navigation as eHealth Service" Speaker: Dr. Bjorn Clausen of berlin 3d vr solutions!
5 Years of NEST - 5 years of e-health projects and telemedicine from Berlin and Brandenburg
On 13th December 2010 the annual meeting , themed"5 years NEST - 5 years of eHealth and Telemedicine from Berlin and Brandenburg" took place at “Tenne”,situated in the Hospital “Vivantes Friedrichshain”. After a warm welcome by Prof. Kuhlmann and Prof. Hufnagl both being board members, Mr. Israel reviewed the last 5 years of NEST and gave an outlook on future activities. This was followed by further interesting presentations and practical examples on current projects of NEST members and guests on the agenda (see Flyer). The presentation, held by Dr. Pramatarov and Dr. Tzekov of the partner organization “eHealth Bulgaria Foundation” was the highlight of this evening, being an example of successful international cooperation. Next year the partnership will be further intensified and expanded.Following the presentations guests had the opportunity to plenty of networking. At the dinner buffet guests were exchanging new ideas and projects, making it a pleasant finish to the day.
NEST on North America Tour, again
NEST e.V. was heading again to North America to present the network with its members. The focus was again on presentations and individual meetings with potential customers and partners.This time we had the opportunity to present our product and service spectrum, the network members and the innovative region Berlin-Brandenburg in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. The event was generously supported by Germany Trade and Invest and realized by OCRI. The event took place on November 8th 2010 from 08.30 to 14.30 o'clock at the Lord Elgin Hotel.
After this we were heading to the Texas Life Science Conference 2010 (November 10th to 12th, 2010) in Houston, TX, where again many interesting discussions, lectures and trips to MD Anderson, Houston Medical Center and Texas Medical Center were planned. Highligt was the tour to College Station with its Biotech and Medtech campus. At TLC NEST already attended the second time.
NEST was represented by Prof. Dr. Peter Hufnagel (Charité and GHC), Marc Schlösser (Tembit Software GmbH) and Ywes Israel (TimeKontor AG). We are looking forward to the TLC 2011 - Howdy!
NEST made presentations in Canda
Under the title "Discovering Business Opportunities and Creating Connections in Europe's Leading Medical Industry" NEST organized in cooperation with Germany Trade & Investment and the Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce a breakfast briefing on the German healthcare market on September 21st 2010 at the Hilton Toronto and on September 23rd 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Montreal.The event addressed the life sciences in Germany and in particular with the areas of eHealth and telemedicine.
NEST was represented by their members prisma edv, TimeKontor and Tembit. The focus of the presentations were secure and compliant data exchange between health professionals, standardized vital data transmission, Serious Games on the example of Squin!, The online support tool for smoking cessation, and a new technical approach for the diagnosis support for AD(H)S.
A excellent discription of the event was written by Andy Shaw for the Canadian Healthcare Technology.
NEST will held Partnering Day in Bulgaria
NEST invites to the Partnering Day to Bulgaria as part of the campaign "Research in Germany - Land of Ideas one". On 3rd and 4th of June 2010 to the members of NEST e.V. is given the opportunity to tap into the Bulgarian health care market for themselves and present their skills, services and projects to the Bulgarian healt industry. The event will be a platform to establish contacts with telemedicine facilities in Bulgaria and to present ideas for potential bilateral projects, and jointly to discuss strategies for implementation.
The special occasions are supported by the International Bureau of BMBF and carried out in cooperation with the eHealth Foundation Bulgaria. The "E-Health Bulgaria" Foundation is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization. It was established with the purpose to boost the development of the e-health on a national level as a part of the electronic government of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The special occasions are supported by the International Bureau of BMBF and carried out in cooperation with the eHealth Foundation Bulgaria. The "E-Health Bulgaria" Foundation is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization. It was established with the purpose to boost the development of the e-health on a national level as a part of the electronic government of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Successful cooperation talks in Romania
The "Network for integrated systems in the telemedicine" (NEST) invited Romanian and German representatives from health sector to multilateral cooperation talks in Romania. Two partnering days combining lectures and dialogues between experts from NEST and from several institutions in Romania was organised by NEST. Main topics included telemedical service concepts for patients with neurological disorders, patient monitoring, homecare and emergency care.
In line with its past cooperation events in Russia NEST - Network for integrated systems in telemedicine invited for the first time Romanian and German experts for telemedicine and eHealth applications to workshops in Timisoara and Bucharest. Main objective was to provide a platform for knowledge sharing, initiate discussions on current and future projects as well as to encourage scientific exchange in the field of telemedicine between Romania and Germany.
Due to substantial interest from Partners in Timisoara NEST organised the well attended first partnering day in Timisoara, on May 7th in cooperation with Dr. Mircea Focsa, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Timisoara chamber of commerce. Of notably interest were the Romanian projects: Teleasis, Telemon and Simimed. From the presentations a profound conversation developed on the subject of transforming pilot scheme to regular routine work. Special highlight of the event was the visit of the Timisoara Emergency County Hospital.
The second Partnering Day took place at Romanians important medical care fair: Rommedica on May 8th. German experts presented own ideas, service concepts, challenges and solutions and discussed ideas for joint collaboration projects, be it product development or scientific exchange between hospitals in Romania and Germany. The Bucharest event was supported by ATASS and PROREC, both large telemedicine associations in Romania and the German Embassy Bucharest. NEST partners visualised their innovative projects for emergency care „StrokeNet“ and “TCS” as well as for home care „ALSmanager“ and the standardisation project “TM7”. All projects are joint developments of SME and hospitals. Using NEST technology enables patients and non-experts to apply experts knowledge on treatment, hereby improve own treatment standards.
Both partnering days were finished with the broad agreement to repeat and to intensify talks as well as to keep in touch for joint future projects.
The network was represented by AIS GmbH, Charité- University medicine Berlin, TMCC-Telemedicinecenter Charité, GHC- Global Health Care GmbH, OP 2000, Tembit Software GmbH, TSB and TimeKontor AG. Both Partnering Days were supported by the German Federal Ministry for education and research within its initiative "Promotion of research marketing activities in the region of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe” as part of the campaign: Research in Germany- Land of Ideas. The events were supported by our Media Partner TARUS.
In line with its past cooperation events in Russia NEST - Network for integrated systems in telemedicine invited for the first time Romanian and German experts for telemedicine and eHealth applications to workshops in Timisoara and Bucharest. Main objective was to provide a platform for knowledge sharing, initiate discussions on current and future projects as well as to encourage scientific exchange in the field of telemedicine between Romania and Germany.
Due to substantial interest from Partners in Timisoara NEST organised the well attended first partnering day in Timisoara, on May 7th in cooperation with Dr. Mircea Focsa, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Timisoara chamber of commerce. Of notably interest were the Romanian projects: Teleasis, Telemon and Simimed. From the presentations a profound conversation developed on the subject of transforming pilot scheme to regular routine work. Special highlight of the event was the visit of the Timisoara Emergency County Hospital.
The second Partnering Day took place at Romanians important medical care fair: Rommedica on May 8th. German experts presented own ideas, service concepts, challenges and solutions and discussed ideas for joint collaboration projects, be it product development or scientific exchange between hospitals in Romania and Germany. The Bucharest event was supported by ATASS and PROREC, both large telemedicine associations in Romania and the German Embassy Bucharest. NEST partners visualised their innovative projects for emergency care „StrokeNet“ and “TCS” as well as for home care „ALSmanager“ and the standardisation project “TM7”. All projects are joint developments of SME and hospitals. Using NEST technology enables patients and non-experts to apply experts knowledge on treatment, hereby improve own treatment standards.
Both partnering days were finished with the broad agreement to repeat and to intensify talks as well as to keep in touch for joint future projects.
The network was represented by AIS GmbH, Charité- University medicine Berlin, TMCC-Telemedicinecenter Charité, GHC- Global Health Care GmbH, OP 2000, Tembit Software GmbH, TSB and TimeKontor AG. Both Partnering Days were supported by the German Federal Ministry for education and research within its initiative "Promotion of research marketing activities in the region of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe” as part of the campaign: Research in Germany- Land of Ideas. The events were supported by our Media Partner TARUS.
NEST in Romania
| NEST organises a telemedicine workshop in Timisoara and Bucharest during ROMMEDICA 08. |
