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Policy Analysis: ICT, Life Sciences
Published: 19 January 2012
A Manifesto for an e-Healthier Europe

Elena Bonfiglioli

eHealth provides the means to reduce costs and improve the quality of our healthcare systems. It is now time for policy makers to take concrete measures to scale-up and accelerate adoption of technologies for real impact, says Elena Bonfiglioli


Elena Bonfiglioli, Senior Director, Health Industry, Europe Middle East and Africa Public Sector, Microsoft

It was already evident before the financial crisis.  Surely, it has now become more urgent to act. Our healthcare systems as they operate today are unsustainable. They are currently consuming an average of 9 per cent of national GDP. Unless there are changes, this figure is set to increase in line with the increasing dependency of our ageing population and the rising tide of chronic disease.

In the face of the Euro crisis, the tendency is to...

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