How tele-health can help in the provision of integrated care

The European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies produces jointly with the Health Evidence Network a series of policy briefs, which synthesizes available research evidence to inform policy options for good practice. The most recent policy brief focusses on the potential of tele-health for enhancing the provision of integrated care. It shows that increasingly solid evidence base is emerging indicating that tele-health can be
used effectively to help support better integrated care, in particular for those
with long-term chronic conditions. The full report is available here.

European Health Policy events in October

The 13th annual meeting of the European Health Forum Gastein will take place in October (6-9). This forum brings together politicians, senior decision-makers, representatives of interest groups, and experts coming from government and administration, business, industry, and academia. Details about the programme can be found here. A few days later, an EU Ministerial Conference will focus on innovative approaches for chronic illnesses (19 and 20 October 2010, further details available here). The conclusions will be presented to the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council in December 2010.

Welcome

This is the Health Policy blog of the new Health Services and Policy Research Group (HSPRG) within the Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford. We will post each week information and commentary on new health policy developments in the UK and abroad, and relevant updated information on HSPRG projects of general interest. Please, do check the side bar for other health policy blogs that you may find of interest.