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From strategies to SERVICES – eHealth as the enabler for cross-

border healthcare

epSOS / making healthcare better

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21.04.23 Page 3Graphene & the WPL

Konstantin Novoselov, 36, first worked with Andre Geim, 51, as a PhD-student Playfulness is one of their hallmarks, one always learns something in the process.

A thin flake of ordinary carbon, just one atom thick. The unit hexagonal cell of graphene. As a material

it is completely new – not only the thinnest ever but also the strongest.

As a conductor of heat it outperforms all other known materials.

It is almost completely transparent, yet so dense that not even helium, the smallest gas atom, can pass through it.

A hypothetical hammock from graphene would thus weigh like whisker. In our 1 m2 hammock tied between two trees you could place a weight of approximately 4 kg before it would break. It should thus be possible to make an almost invisible hammock out of graphene that could hold a cat without breaking.

Carbon, the basis of all known life on earth, has surprised us once again.

21.04.23 Page 4epSOS as Graphene

NEPC

Simon Robinso

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The Next Steps in epSOS at last review

• Preparation of Pilot Sites In Progress• Testing In Progress• NCP implementation In progress• Full Translation/Transcoding In Progress• Signing of FWA In progress

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Key Actions from 1:st review

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Project Management Changes“The individual reports gave the impression that the project was not fully coordinated, which was acknowledged by the WPs leaders during the review.”

•The Quality assurance process has been modified to enter at an earlier stage•The Technical Project Management Lead (TPML) has engaged more people•The TPML has been given the tools to increase the rate of progress

Project Management Changes“The individual reports gave the impression that the project was not fully coordinated, which was acknowledged by the WPs leaders during the review.”

•The Quality assurance process has been modified to enter at an earlier stage•The Technical Project Management Lead (TPML) has engaged more people•The TPML has been given the tools to increase the rate of progress

Key Actions from 1:st review

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Reuse of existing material and Standards•The project have made sure to reuse existing Semantic standards •This also goes for all the technical specifications

Involvement of Local Users •National epSOS Pilot Coordinators (NEPCs) has been introduced to ensure proper communication and coordination with the National Contact Points (NCPs). •The Project now engages 700+ contributors and many more in its pilot sites

Reuse of existing material and Standards•The project have made sure to reuse existing Semantic standards •This also goes for all the technical specifications

Involvement of Local Users •National epSOS Pilot Coordinators (NEPCs) has been introduced to ensure proper communication and coordination with the National Contact Points (NCPs). •The Project now engages 700+ contributors and many more in its pilot sites

INFRASTRUCTURES INVOLVED PS/eP

HCPO 3.445

Hospitals 183

Farmacies 2.149

PoC 1.113

HUMAN RESOURCES INVOLVED

Health Professionals 30.157

Scale UP21.04.23 Page 8

epSOS Pilot Site Candidates in 10 (7 Pilots) Countries

Sustainability

epSOS participating nations

Switzerland contributes as extraordinary member

Patient Summary availability

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2011 2013

Level of Coded elements, patient Summary, average all countries

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2011 2013

The Current status in epSOS

• Preparation of Pilot Sites 100% Done• Testing 90% Done• NCP implementation 89% Done• Full Translation/Transcoding 100% Done• Signing of FWA 70% Done

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Key Achievements21.04.23 Page 13

Thanks to the Semantic Experts21.04.23 Page 14

Pilots approved to go live 2011• Austria• Czech Republic • Denmark• France• Greece• Lombardy• Spain

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Country A Country B Denmark ItalyDenmark xGreece x x

epSOS e-prescription

Country B Austria Czech France Italy Spain DenmarkAustria x x x x xCzech x x x x xFrance x x x x xItaly x x x x xSpain x x x x x

Country A

Pilot sites – some examples

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epSOS Point of Care Database

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1. Consolidate and scale up piloted epSOS services2. Extend and refine functionalities of the two core

services3. Assess the use of the epSOS patient summary

service in the context of the European emergency (112) service

4. Comparatively assess the interoperability approaches of epSOS services with those in other regions of the world,

epSOS extension objectives21.04.23 Page 20

21.04.23 Page 21Crystals of Golden Proportions

“There can be no such creature” noted Dan Shechtman including ???

The atoms in the crystal in front of him yielded a

forbidden symmetry. It questioned the most

fundamental truth of their science: that all crystals consist of repeating, periodic patterns.

It was wrong According to the Textbook Furthermore, such

a crystal was not represented in the International Tables for Crystallography – the main crystallographic reference guide. The pattern does not repeat itself, which was proof enough to scientists that it was not possible to obtain fivefold symmetries in crystals.

When Shechtman told scientists about his discovery, he

was faced with complete opposition, and some colleagues even resorted to ridicule. Many claimed that what he had observed was in fact a twin crystal. The head of the laboratory gave him a textbook of crystallography and suggested he should read it.

Fighting Established Knowledge. Shechtman, of course,

already knew what it said but trusted his experiments more than the textbook. All the commotion finally led his boss to ask him to leave the research group, as Schechtman himself recalled later. The situation had become too embarrassing.

21.04.23 Page 22Crystals of Golden Proportions

base from Mikael Erlandsson

Oh so you are also

implementing eHealth?

Cooperation is Key21.04.23 Page 23

DK, CZ, FR, ES, GR, AT, IT

SE, DE, SL

24epSOS – Smart Open Services for European Patients

Thank you for your attention!

info@epSOS.se