EU Funding for Health and ICT: 2012 Call now open
The European Commission opened its 6th call under the ICT Policy Support Programme, part of the Competitive and Innovation framework Programme (ICT-PSP) on 1 February 2012.
The work outlined under Theme 3, ICT for health, ageing well and inclusion, of the CIP ICT PSP Work Programme 2012 has been drafted to take account of the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing and looks especially interesting to NHS organisations.
Theme 3 covers the following objectives:
- Objective 3.1: Wide deployment of integrated care services;
- Objective 3.2: Towards open and personalised solutions for active and independent living;
- Objective 3.3 : Digital capacity and skills of health, social care and social inclusion actors;
- Objective 3.4: Fall prevention network for older persons;
- Objective 3.5: Large scale deployment of telehealth services for chronic conditions management;
- Objective 3.6: Adoption, taking up and testing of standards and specifications for eHealth interoperability;
- Objective 3.7: Community Building on Active and Healthy Ageing.
The call will close on 15 May 2012.
The NHS European Office has produced a briefing for NHS organisations looking at theme 3 in more detail. If you are interested in finding out more information about the funding call please download this briefing for free here.
Background information
The Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) is a European funding initiative created to support the competitiveness of European industry through innovation activities. The CIP offers potential opportunities to NHS organisations through its commitment to promote the take-up and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), assist the development of the information society and encourage increased use of renewable energies.
The programme runs from 2007 to 2013 with a budget of EUR 3.6 billion and is divided into three strands:
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP)
- Information Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT-PSP)
- Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE)
For more information contact: hazel.baird@nhsconfed.org.