Paul Timmers on EU Policy on eHealth & mHealth
Tina Miteko interviews Paul Timmers, Director of the Sustainable and Secure Society Directorate in DG Connect, European Commission conversing about the role that the European Commission plays to facilitate information exchange among European countries; the European priorities in eHealth; policy issues on mHealth; steps that are being taken to ensure data security and privacy; the transatlantic collaboration and MoU between EU and US; and his take on how the healthcare industry is going to look like within the next decade.
Paul Timmers
Director of the Sustainable & Secure Society Directorate in DG CONNECT, European Commission
Previously he headed the ICT for Inclusion and the eGovernment units. He was also member of the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society. Before joining the European Commission, he was a manager in product marketing and software development in a large IT company. He also co-founded a software start-up. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands and a MBA from Warwick Business School, UK.
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Tech Talks Central interviewed and broadcasted live from the eHealth Forum 2014 at Megaron Conference Centre in Athens, GREECE, during the 12th – 14th of May, 2014. The eHealth Forum 2014 brought together a High-Level eHealth Experts’ Conference on European Priorities, the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA) – incorporating events and an exhibition, a meeting of the eHealth Network, the 4th EU-US eHealth Marketplace & Cooperation Assembly, and much more. The Forum demonstrated how eHealth can further develop existing partnerships to enhance and safeguard access to care and quality of life. It showcased how ICT and innovation on a large scale in health and care systems can contribute to sustainability, economic growth and job opportunities during challenging times.