Napovednik predavanja: Socialne igre na spletu kot orodje za boljše zdravje (12. 12. 2011)

Spletne socialne igre so v zadnjih dveh letih doživele razcvet in ustvarile milijardni trg. Razlogi za hitro rast so vedno večja uporaba spletnih socialnih omrežij, dostopanje do njih preko (pametnih) mobilnih naprav ter sama razpoložljivost iger. Poslovni modeli spletnih iger so zelo raznoliki - od zaračunavanja igranja do povezovanja brezplačnih iger v oglaševalske akcije, izobraževanje ali celo nova znanstvena odkritja. Predavanje bo skušalo odgovoriti na vprašanje, ali lahko (in kako) tovrstne igre, ki lahko v celoti  potekajo na spletu ali imajo tudi fizično komponento, uporabimo tudi za ohranjanje in spodbujanje zdravja posameznikov in skupin. S tem namreč korenito spreminjamo koncept dosedanjega javnega zdravja.


Če vas je pritegnilo, ste vabljeni na predavanje, ki ga bom imel  12. 12. ob 11:30 - 12:15 v mali predavalnici Dijaškega doma Koper ter bo služilo kot izvolitveno predavanje za naziv docent za področje eZdravje. Predavanje bo potekalo v slovenščini.

Če vas že srbijo ušesa, si lahko do takrat na temo zunanje motivacije in zdravja ogledate moj nedavni TEDx govor z naslovom We're motivated to stay healthy. Really?

Medicine 2.0 2011 Stanford University

This year's Medicine 2.0 is happening in Silicon Valley in California. The location adds an interesting (entrepreneurial?) touch to the event. Stanford Summit (a satellite event happening the day before Medicine 2.0) was what I'd call 'American Style', full of hype generation and US eHealth celebrities.
Today it was more down to earth:) and back to research. We've heard Gunther Eysenbach speaking on infodemiology, Jennifer Aaker on utilising social media to do good, and a lot of other highly renowned experts in the field (like Peter Murray, Kevin Clauson).
For those interested in following the event, it's simple - just follow the twitter #med2 hashtag or go to www.medicine20congress.com.
I also try to tweet what I find interesting @matic_meglic.
Next year's Medicine 2.0 will be in Boston. I'm already looking forward.

Building momentum for eHealth at MoH - two thumbs up this time.

I have been rather disillusioned with the national eHealth project in Slovenia in my previous post. This was mostly related to a seeming lack of MoH understanding of the eHealth landscape complexity, reflecting itself in an awkward call for eHealth Sector Head.
I notice with pleasure that nurses, medical doctors and pharmacists are now eligible to apply for the newly published call for three further posts at MoH's newly set up Sector for eHealth. Thumbs up to MoH for listening to the voices from the crowd.
All in all a build-up of a proper team is finally taking place at MoH and intense efforts are being put into producing the new law on health care data, likely reflecting the urgent need to set up the National Centre for Health care Informatics. Inability to set up the Centre was a major MoH issue in the past and now they seem to have found the momentum to overcome this. Another 'thumbs up' for that as well.

MoH logo property of MoH Slovenia.

eHealth Discrimination in Slovenia?

Slovene eHealth is in turmoil. After recent disagreements between our health minister and the (recently appointed) national eHealth project leader Dr de Leonni Stanonik the project has been left with no project leader. The ministry decided to change the approach and created a special task force (led by the minister Marušič himself) to break the project's spell.
In the beginning of July the ministry opened a new Secretary position in the (new) eHealth sector that is likely (given the published job description) to be responsible for running the eHealth project operatively.
The application deadline was last week. Today I couldn't hold back my curiosity any longer and went to check the published description of the position's responsibilities and formal requirements.
What struck me was the fact that medical doctors, nurses, pharmacologists (and say lawyers) are not able to apply for the eHealth position while mathematicians and mechanical engineers can.
In times when importance of end-user engagement and dialogue in development of new e-services has long been proven crucial, medical and nursing professional background would in my opinion be of key benefit. And taking into account the demanding past experience in engaging Slovene medical professionals in the eHealth project (they are always busy - and that I can understand), it would certainly be of benefit to have as a secretary someone who can deal with them efficiently.
So let's look at who is eligible to apply: besides the obvious (IT background) you could apply if you were a mathematician or mechanical engineer (relation to eHealth remains unclear). I can also understand that an economist (eligible) likely has an understanding of managing cash flows of complex projects, but why would an electrical engineer do this better than a medical doctor or a nurse (not eligible)? Or why a mathematician has superior eHealth knowledge to an MD.
This leaves me further disillusioned about the future of national eHealth in Slovenia. But I hope I'm mistaken.
What's your opinion on this?

Invitation to TEDxCBS speech in Ljubljana

I am inviting you to attend the first TEDx event organized by Cotrugli Business School in Ljubljana on March 26th 2011. Besides the many interesting speakers from the region I will also be sharing some of my experience in eHealth and public health. In the speech titled 'We're motivated to stay healthy. Really?' I will be talking about how to make people motivated to stay healthy and how to make health care providers motivated to keep people healthy. Though it may seem obvious, this is often not the case. If interested, click to register.

II. SEE Regional eHealth conference

It was all about Bridging the gap, building the future:) No, seriously - a nice mix of attendees and presenters from the region proved useful for exchanging best practices and ideas in the eHealth field. We were also able to discuss the emergence of EU best practices like epSOS and joint actions like eHealth Governance Initiative in which I am actively engaged as well as the successfully finished Calliope Thematic Network.
I was hosting a roundtable on 'Will eHealth strategies deliver?' The main topic of the roundtable was national eHealth strategies – do they deliver what they promise, is their execution within time and budget, are they flexible enough to reflect the changes in business environment, technological advances and health care needs. The roundtable participants - Nand Shani, Expert on Economic and Social Development, Regional Cooperation Council; Blagoy Mirov, Head of Electronic Healthcare Directorate, MoH Bulgarija; Igor Kosmina, advisor to minister, Slovene Ministry of Health; Rudiger Dorn, Director of Applied Innovation, Microsoft; and David McCormack, Director, Healthcare EMEA, Intel Corp. – agreed on the need to increase regional cooperation in eHealth field – share experience, agree on interoperability principles, etc.; the fact that national eHealth administrations often lack necessary expert eHealth knowledge; and that the eHealth strategies should be revised more often.

More in the official CeGD newsletter and on CeGD website.

eHealth

European Commission has just published a progress report on European nations' efforts to implement national e-health infrastructures. It gives an overview of the adoption and use of various key elements of national eHealth infrastructure/services (like patient summaries and electronic health records, e-prescribing, telehealth, electronic identifiers, e-cards) including e-health standards. Excellent work by colleagues from empirica (Karl and Veli Stroetmann, Dianne Whitehouse and others).