 eEurope Awards for
eHealth
David Byrne, European Commissioner and Michael Martin, Irish Minister for
Health and Children, presented the eEurope Awards for
eHealth 2004 at the Conference in Cork, Ireland on 6 May.
Theme 1: eHealth information tools and services for
citizens
Winner
Health On the Net Foundation, Switzerland
http://www.hon.ch
Health On the Net Foundation has developed services to protect citizens
from false or misleading health and ethical information. A code of ethical
conduct (HONcode) for web-site operators is currently in use by 3,600
web-sites. Services for the citizen include an accreditation system for
web-site and a search engine/directory of trustworthy information sources.
Honourable Mention
PQL- Pure Quality Life, Sweden
http://www.pql.se
Pure Quality Life is a web-based life enhancement tool, evaluated in a
world leading prospectively controlled study by researchers from Uppsala
University. It is the only health site with effects that have been assessed
psychophysiologically in a controlled study. Over
20 000 users from different backgrounds have registered.
Theme 2: eHealth administrative support tools and services
for citizens
Winner
www. sundhed.dk — A Public Health Portal, Denmark
www.sundhed.dk
www.sundhed.dk by virtue of the MedCom provided Danish Health Data
Network, is the main access point to the primary Health Portal of the Danish
health authorities, in order to facilitate
communication and services between health professionals and citizens. It is
also possible to book appointments to the GP, conduct email consultation and
renew prescriptions.
Honourable Mention
eHospital - IT experience of Hospital Son Llatzer, Spain
www.hsll.es/itflash
eHospital is a full digital, filmless and wireless hospital. Son
Llatzer has implemented a global integrated and accessible clinical
information system.
Theme 3: eHealth homecare and telemedicine tools and
services for citizens
Winner
Diabcarnet, France
http://www.diabcarnet.com
Diabcarnet is the first large-scale online electronic logbook used for
diabetes monitoring. Any diabetes patient in France can use this eHealth
application to better manage their disease in collaboration with a
physician.
Honourable Mentions
Ait Eile, Ireland
http://www.aiteile.ie
Ait Eile is an online interactive portal for children in hospital that
aims to reduce their sense of isolation by providing communication,
educational and entertainment activities.
VEPSY, Italy
https://vepsy.elsag.it
www.cybertherapy.info
VEPSY — Virtual Environments and Telemedicine for Clinical Psychology
project demonstrates the technical and clinical viability of using
on/offline Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) in clinical psychology and to
disseminate the developed tools to the clinical community.
More information
The eEuope Awards website:
www.e-europeawards.org/
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