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HealthGridHealthGridThe European Healthgrid InitiativeThe European Healthgrid Initiative

e-Health and the Grid: Projects and e-Health and the Grid: Projects and Prospects in the European UnionProspects in the European Union

Tony Solomonides on behalf Tony Solomonides on behalf of of

The HealthGrid AssociationThe HealthGrid Association

22 [email protected]@uwe.ac.uk EGEE2006EGEE2006

HEALTHGRID.ORG Principal ThemesPrincipal Themes

IntegrationIntegration

Levels of life & knowledge: Levels of life & knowledge: correspondence & convergencecorrespondence & convergence

Issues of ethics and trustIssues of ethics and trust

Services on grid infrastructureServices on grid infrastructure


HEALTHGRID.ORG Workshop ThemeWorkshop Theme

IntegrationIntegration medical and bioinformaticsmedical and bioinformatics

patient information andmedical patient information andmedical knowledgeknowledge

patient data – images, labs, historypatient data – images, labs, history

models of the human bodymodels of the human body

legal, ethical, security, trust issueslegal, ethical, security, trust issues


HEALTHGRID.ORG Workshop ThemeWorkshop Theme

Levels of lifeLevels of life

Levels of knowledgeLevels of knowledge

Correspondence and Correspondence and convergenceconvergence medicine and genomicsmedicine and genomics ‘‘molecular medicine’molecular medicine’ ‘‘individualized healthcare’individualized healthcare’


HEALTHGRID.ORG Bio-social being & pathologyBio-social being & pathology

Molecular andImage-based

diagnosis

Population

Disease

Patient

Tissue, organ

Molecular, genetic

GenomicEpidemiology

Pharmacogenetics

Bioinformatics

MedicalImaging

MedicalInformatics

Public HealthInformaticsI

NBIOMED

PATHOLOGIESTaken from Fernando Martín-Sánchez


HEALTHGRID.ORG Benefits ExpectedBenefits Expected

At the patient levelAt the patient levelPersonalised healthcare, e.g. through simulation in Personalised healthcare, e.g. through simulation in therapy.therapy.Improvement in the effectiveness of health policies Improvement in the effectiveness of health policies through epidemiological studies.through epidemiological studies.

At the medical professional levelAt the medical professional levelDevelopment of federated databases and collaborative Development of federated databases and collaborative communities.communities.Development of services to support diagnosis and Development of services to support diagnosis and therapy in day-to-day work.therapy in day-to-day work.

At the IT LevelAt the IT LevelA workbench for the development of tools and services A workbench for the development of tools and services towards specific features of healthcare IT.towards specific features of healthcare IT.


HEALTHGRID.ORG More informationMore information

ReferencesReferenceshttp://lyon2003.healthgrid.org/program.phphttp://lyon2003.healthgrid.org/program.php

http://clermont2004.healthgrid.org/program.phphttp://clermont2004.healthgrid.org/program.php

http://oxford2005.healthgrid.org/program.phphttp://oxford2005.healthgrid.org/program.php

http://valencia2006.healthgrid.org/program.phphttp://valencia2006.healthgrid.org/program.php

IOS Press: HG2005, HG2006 IOS Press: HG2005, HG2006 ProceedingsProceedings

SHARE Project – Road MapsSHARE Project – Road Maps

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