George Dafoulas on eHealth Services for European Citizens
Tina Miteko chats with George Dafoulas, eHealth Services Coordinator for Municipality of Trikala, proclaimed as the “First Digital City in Greece”, about e-Trikala S.A., a company which is focused on developing innovative technology solutions to improve citizens’ life; the growing need for telehealth services for European citizens; and the company’s participation on European projects such as SmartCare and United4Health.
George Dafoulas
eHealth Services Coordinator for Municipality of Trikala
George is an Internal Medicine resident and the coordinator of the clinical pilot for Central Greece of the large scale Randomized Control Trial EU co-funded project “Renewing Health” www.renewinghealth.eu for the Health Technology Assessment of telehealth in 9 european countries. He is a medical consultant for the telehealth, telecare and EMR, EU co-funded projects for “e-trikala SA” a leading competence center of the Municipality of Trikala, in the e-health sector in Greece. He is also involved in research related with innovative telehealth services, working with the SANA group http://sana.mit.edu/ after an internship in CSAIL-MIT.
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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.