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[ LOCAL NEWS] Macedonia |
| Tele-assistance devices for the elderly and citizens of the ‘Assistance at Home’ service of Trikala who live alone |
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| At the end of October 2010, the inter-municipal management company of digital technologies for the 11 Municipalities of central Greece, offered the Municipality of Trikala 10 tele-assistance paging devices. These tele-devices, offered in the context of the 'Assistance at Home' service, are destined to the elderly and the citizens who live alone,for use in case of an emergency. The devices - product of the OTEAlert service -, are connected to the telephone line of the user's house and through a portable remote control the user can page the tele-assistance call center, which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The second expected application is the wireless transmission of patients' medical data (heart measurements, blood pressure, etc.) to the doctor without the physical presence of the patients at his office. |
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| ‘Renewing Health’ project to launch telemedicine trial in nine European regions by February 2011 |
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| Under the 'Renewing Health' (REgioNs of Europe WorkINg toGether for HEALTH) large-scale pilot project, one of the largest ever telemedicine trials, nine European regions (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden) that have teamed up in this trial will go live by 1 February 2011. The aim is to generate data for European healthcare systems so that telemedicine can be adopted as part of regular care for chronically ill patients. Renewing Health is a highly ambitious clinical trial that will involve close to 8 000 patients in the intervention groups with cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or diabetes from the nine participating regions. |
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| SPOCS to be present at the 'Lift-off towards Open Government Conference’ |
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The Simple Procedures Online for Cross-border Services (SPOCS) project will be present at the Conference entitled 'Lift-off towards Open Government', hosted by the Belgian Presidency of the European Union in Brussels, on 15-16 December 2010.
The main theme of the 'Lift-off towards Open Government Conference' concentrates on Open Government and the implementation of cross-border interoperability (demonstrated by Large Scale Pilots). The SPOCS project will have a booth (No. 40), where visitors will be able to share knowledge and exchange good practices. SPOCS will present its key achievements: the completion of the open consultation and common specifications, the initial work on modules, the project's enlargement to 9 new countries (Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom) pending final contractual arrangements, its collaboration with similar large scale pilots and further new projects to be launched. |
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| Public sector’s decisions to be posted on Di@vgeia |
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| Since 1 October 2010, all ministries of the Greek government and the 13 regions of the country are obliged to publish their decisions on the Internet in line with the 'Di@vgeia' (Transparency, in English) programme, which is coordinated by the Ministry of Interior, Decentralisation and eGovernment. Henceforth, such decisions are not enforceable unless they are posted at the website of Di@vgeia. |
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| Free geospatial data available online at geodata.gov.gr |
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| The geodata.gov.gr website constitutes the first governmental attempt to make the geospatial data of the wider public administration sector available online and free-of-charge for all citizens. The website has been piloted since 21 July 2010 and has been regularly updated. Ensuring that the public administration data is open brings many advantages, such as effective citizen control, environment protection, reduction of resource waste in the public administration and finally competitiveness improvement. |
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| The Insurance Organisation for the Self-employed will be the first to issue electronic prescriptions |
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| Since 15 October 2010, the Insurance Organisation for the Self-employed (Οργανισμός Ασφάλισης Ελεύθερων Επαγγελματιών - OAEE, in Greek) has started implementing the new rules for electronic filing and electronic prescriptions. According to the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, Mr. Andreas Loverdos, the measure aims to increase the income of insurance organisations by about €1 billion per year. As reported, the pharmaceutical costs of the insurance organisations reached €5 billion in 2009, which is an amount equivalent to 40 % of the annual state subsidy for them. The level of expenditure depends on several factors, such as, illegal prescribing, the use of virtual prescriptions or their use for other purposes. The share of these costs amounts to 20-25 % of the total sum. |
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