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Case Studies
An important part of the eHealth Impact Study is the evaluation
of specific cases and their economic impact.
In this section the project will present:
100 studies - an overview of good practice in Europe
The project developed an online database containing 100 good practice case studies from all EU Member States, Accession, and Candidate Countries and across all important application fields. Click here to search the database.
If you are aware of an ongoing, well-established eHealth application, which may qualify for inclusion in the case study collection, please fill in the case study template
10 in depth site studies
The project team economically evaluated ten selected sites using the context adaptive method also developed in the project.
AOK Rheinland, Germany – GesundheitsCard Europa (GCE), cross border access to healthcare
People insured by AOK Rheinland can be treated in 14 hospitals
along the Dutch and Belgium coast by presenting their German health
insurance card, called GCE. Bureaucratic procedures involving paper
forms are avoided. Insurance cover verification follows via a web
application.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full Report
Apoteket, Sweden – ePrescribing
The delivery of ePrescriptions is a joint effort between each
county council in Sweden and Apoteket, Sweden’s national
pharmacy. Currently 42% of all prescriptions in Sweden are transferred
from the doctor to the pharmacy electronically via a health extranet,
Sjunet, or by using web based prescribing.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
City of Bucharest Ambulance Service, Romania – DISPEC teletriage and dispatch system
With help of the system, operators can identify the nature of
the emergency, give first advice, and allocate an ambulance equipped
with the appropriate facilities and staff. Time savings occur
from a location reporting system, allowing operators to identify
free ambulances nearest to the location of the emergency.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
Institut Curie, Paris, France – Elios and Promethee
Institut Curie is a combined research and treatment hospital,
specialising in oncology. Elios is the comprehensive internal
EHR system. Promethee is a tool allowing simultaneous enquiries
in different databases, including Elios, enabling fast data collection
for research purposes. Both applications serve the goal of a
paperless hospital.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
IZIP, Czech Republic – web based electronic health record
The eHealth application is a national EHR, used by all relevant
stakeholders in healthcare, including the patients themselves.
It is supported by the largest health insurer in the Czech Republic,
serving two thirds of the Czech population.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
Kind en Gezin, Flanders, Belgium – Flemish vaccination database (FVD) and Vaccinet
The application provides an electronic vaccination record for
each child, an effective means of vaccination stock control and
supply, a rapid, reliable channel of communication to doctors
and nurses about changes to vaccination policies and practices
and a source of data for performance monitoring, and policy and
strategy development.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
Medcom, Denmark - Danish health data network (DHCDN)
The network allows fast information flow, in form of consistent data.
It connects healthcare providers (GPs, hospitals, pharmacies…)
as well as relevant stakeholders of the social care system.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
MedicalOrder®Center Ahlen – supply chain optimisation
MOC offers a storage and supply system. About 90% of articles used
at a hospital ward, including many drugs, can be barcoded and stored
according to a standardised system. Routine supplies can thus be
managed by non-medical staff and take less time.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
NHS Direct, UK – NHS Direct Online (NHSDO) information service
NHSDO is a web portal providing the public with healthcare information
and advice run by the UK National Health Services. It is in addition
to the NHS Direct call centre service.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
Sjunet, Sweden – radiology consultations between Sweden and Spain
Reacting to a shortage of radiologists in Sweden, the application
allows regular teleconsultations for Swedish patients given by
specialists in Spain.
Executive Summary (2 pages)
Full report
Sites using the eHealth Impact methodology
This case was undertaken by the eHealth Impact team on behalf of
The Association
of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), London.
The Health Telematic Network and the Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri
gradually extended the initial telecardiology
service, set up in 1998 for the Boario Home Care Project, to more
locations in Lombardy. The
philosophy behind this expansion was to convert evidence from clinical
trials and research into benefits for everyday practice. The Lombardy
Region authorities have commissioned an expansion of the service
from 2006 on to cover the whole region.
Three different types of services are now available. One is a service
to provide a rapid second opinion for
general practitioners. The second type of services is home telenursing
for chronic patients. The third service
is a call centre service for hospitals. The service centre provides
technological and organisational
support, while the hospitals' cardiologists and nurses manage healthcare
activity.