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08:45   Registration opens, refreshments

09:20   Welcome from the Chair
Pennie Taylor, Health Journalist

Session One: The vision of eHealth in Scotland

With the recent publication of the eHealth Strategy 2011-17, this opening session will consider the vision of eHealth in Scotland. It will look first at the opportunities presented through the adoption and embracing of eHealth before discussing the eHealth Strategy which sets out strategic aims and the policy direction for the next six years.

09:30   The opportunities of eHealth in Scotland
Professor Charles Swainson, Independent Consultant and eHealth Clinical Lead, The Scottish Government

09:50 The eHealth Strategy 2011-2017
Paul Rhodes, eHealth Programme Director, The Scottish Government

10:10   Questions and discussion

10:30 Refreshments

Session Two: Improving efficiency and patient care through collaboration and integration

Amongst the strategic priorities for the eHealth Strategy in Scotland are commitments to use eHealth to contribute to care integration and maximise efficient working practices. Join us as we explore examples where embracing eHealth has resulted in positive outcomes relating to efficiency and collaboration.

10:50   Driving efficiencies
Iain Robertson, Head of eHealth Operations and Infrastructure, NHS Lothian

Maximising efficient working practices
Minimising waste
Evidencing measurable savings

11:10 Embracing collaboration
Alan Lawrie, Director, South Lanarkshire Community Health Partnerships, NHS Lanarkshire

Adapting to new business processes
Combining practices, working together
Integrating Patient Management Systems into everyday health care

11:30 The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Local Data Sharing Partnership
Murdoch Carberry, Head of Reform and Change Management, Renfrewshire Council
and Mark Darroch, Health Information and Technology Joint Services Manager, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

The work and remit of the Partnership
Sharing data amongst LA and health professionals
Lessons from early development of a new approach

11:50   Questions and discussion

12:20   Lunch

Session Three: Breakout discussions

In this session, delegates will be afforded the opportunity to discuss in more detail some of the key elements of change in the adoption and embracing of the new eHealth strategy.

13:20 Breakout choice 1
14:00   Transition time
14:10   Breakout choice 2

Delegates will choose two from a selection.

Breakouts confirmed:

Workshop 1
Integrating IT systems and data sharing
Mark Mulholland, Health Care Account Manager (Scotland), emis

Mobilising primary GP data
Supporting a single shared patient record

Workshop 2
Improving productivity and outpatient experiences
Gordon Lorimer, Managing Director, Intouch with Health

Mapping the process - self service patient check in, wayfinding, patient calling, outcomes reporting and advanced PAS/PMS integration
First hand implementation experience - the business case, realised financial and operational benefits

Workshop 3
Holistic health care within dynamic information infrastructures: the Cloud based e-Health platform
Professor Bill Buchanan with Dr Lu Fan, Dr Elias Ekonomou, Professor Christoph Thuemmler, Owen Lo and Sofyane Khedim, Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovations, Edinburgh Napier University

Integration of clinical services, such as the early warning scores, and how these can be used to integrate assisted living and primary / secondary health care
Effective messaging services, integrating healthcare professionals and carers
Use of mobile devices to access clinical services
Web based infrastructures for clinical assessment
Integration of patient-led healthcare for the management of their health

14:50 Refreshments

Session Four: Enhancing the healthcare service in Scotland

A further priority of the eHealth Strategy is the facilitation of engagement with the NHS in Scotland as well as a core change in focus from processes to being far more outcome and benefits led. This final session will hear about the development and implementation of the eHealth Strategy from a patients perspective before hearing a closing keynote about how eHealth fits within the context of the outcomes and aims of the National Health Service in Scotland.

15:10 The eHealth strategy from an integrated person-centred perspective
Ian Welsh, Chief Executive, LTCAS