Interim Audit checklist and Report 3

Inventory of Telemedicine Applications in the Regions January 2006 Working Document 6 P.J.M.M. Epping, O.J.P.S.T.M. Smits, J.A. Cosijn, Eindhoven A.C. Wagener, Den Haag The Netherlands p PROJECT PART-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION Table of content 1 Introduction 4 2 The Health Care Systems in the Tele Medicine Project Regions 6 2.1 Italy (Genoa and Bologna) 6 2.1.1 The National Level 7 2.1.2 The Regional level 8 2.1.3 The Local Level 9 2.2 The United Kingdom (Southampton) 11 2.2.1 Primary Care Trusts 12 2.2.2 Strategic Health Authorities 12 2.2.3 Primary Care 13 2.3 The Netherlands (Eindhoven and Den Haag) 13 2.3.1 Primary Health Care 13 2.4 Spain (Catalonia/Viladecans and Illes Balears) 14 2.4.1 Public Health in Catalonia 15 2.4.2 Balearic Islands 15 3 Telemedicine and Chronic Illnesses 18 3.1 Introduction 18 3.1.1 Italy (Genoa and Bologna) 18 3.1.2 United Kingdom (Southampton) 18 3.1.3 The Netherlands (Eindhoven and The Hague) 19 3.1.4 Spain (Catalonia and Balearic Islands) 20 4 Behavioural Change: the Main Factor 25 4.1 Changing Behaviour 25 4.2 Self-management 25 4.3 A New Model for Disease Management 26 5 Focus in the Tele Medicine Project 28 5.1 Telemedicine Applications in ...