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INCO-HEALTH
services - Antennas services The
INCO-HEALTH Antennas are centres of competence installed in each
region covered by the operation. Their role deal with the aim of
creating a common working environment in the sector of the national and
regional health insurance cards enabling to support public
administrations and political decisions makers to design and manage
effective strategies introducing HIC and EHIC at national and regional
level and to promote health cards systems though the whole community of
healthcare providers, professionals and citizens.
Antennas have the objective to enhance the expertise
of organisations which are entailed, at different level, to develop
programmes and initiatives in the mentioned field domain ensuring a
proper level of complementarities with the e-Health plans introduced for
governing the transformation in the healthcare systems. Moreover they
provide services and tools devoted to increase knowledge, share
experiences and networking competences thus favouring the creation of a
cooperative milieu addressing major items referred to HIC and EHIC.
Antennas services are firstly deployed through the following tools:
- Which is the regional positioning with respect to the health and
insurance card, the electronic health and insurance card and the
EHIC?
- How to learn from the regional experiences in this area?
- Which steps for implementing a health and insurance card
strategy?
These tools enable stakeholders to initially address main issues
referred to the implementation of a health and insurance card & EHIC
strategy. Additional consulting and advisory services in the technical,
legislative and organisational domain can be requested through direct
contact at the following Inco-health Antennas:
Short profile
The Local Healthcare Management Unit of Bassano del Grappa (ULSS
n.3) is the territorial competent authority to provide essential
healthcare services to citizens living on the district area.
According to the Regional regulation, the ULSS n. 3 is in charge to
ensure medical and social assistance also managing hospitals,
emergency care and first aid. On the basis of its competence, the
ULSS of Bassano del Grappa has been identified as pilot area for
testing the regional HIC (Carta dei Servizi). This smart card is the
effective instrument connecting citizens to regional healthcare
services also ensuring their control in terms of provision and
quality.
Short profile
Directorate General for Health of Regione Lombardia is the regional
governing and policy body acting in the domain of healthcare. Its
mission is dealing with the design and implementation of the
socio-sanitarian policies and management of the welfare resources in
terms of budgetary and finance subsidies, human capital and
professionals (GPs and healthcare personnel), technological and
logistic infrastructure, territorial governance systems. In the
light of its governing and organisational role, Regione Lombardia –
DG Health has established relevant linkages with primary regional
and national healthcare providers, local governing bodies, research
centres and academia specialised in life-science and healthcare
domains, industries and entrepreneurial representative entities,
technology centres and medical associations. Due to its central
position in the health and socio-sanitarian regional system the
Regione Lombardia – DG Health is enabling to create and coordinate a
relevant critical mass of stakeholders dealing with the mentioned
field also playing a pivotal role in increasing the potentiality of
different actors through cooperation schemes. In addition the DG
Health, being a policy maker, is in the position to identify major
priorities to be addressed through the definition of governance
guidelines, policy recommendations, and thematic programmes. DG
Health is in charge of all aspects and phases of the CRS-SISS
project – introducing the regional HIC and the EHIC - from initial
planning to the final deployment.
Short profile
The Regional Agency for Health is the competent authority empowered
by the regional government of Friuli Venezia Giulia to manage and
coordinate, under the technical and administrative point of view,
the healthcare services delivered in the regional territory. The
Agency is in charge to implement the regional HIC also providing
related services.
Short profile
The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia is a public institute,
statutory exclusive provider of the compulsory health insurance in
Slovenia. Under the strategy of continual modernisation of
information and Organization systems in the Slovene health care
system, the Institute introduced a national health insurance card
system. Since October 2000, this system serves the entire population
and all health care service providers. In the first phase, the
system covers administrative functions, yet enhancement of
functionality is in progress. The card system was designed and
implemented observing the relevant international standards and
recommendations and is thus open to the extension of its application
across the national borders, in the perspective of the envisaged EU
health insurance card.
Short profile
Hungary’s health care system is under-funded, largely financed by
Hungary’s central government and administered by Hungary’s National
Health Insurance Fund (OEP). OEP is the only “health insurance
company” in Hungary coordinating basically all financial aspects of
healthcare and related services. The OEP fund is intended to be
self-sustaining based on compulsory payroll contributions from both
employers and employees.
These Antennas cooperate for providing the set of
tools developed within the INCO-HEALTH project: questionnaire, best
practices collection, operational framework. In addition Antennas, as
“laboratories of ideas” are in the position to deliver the following
services, mainly to regional and national administrations and
healthcare-insurance bodies and dealing with the launch and management
of HIC and EHIC strategies:
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Consulting support services
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On sites visits
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Training session for dedicated personnel
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Networking activities through working groups
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Links with international and European
organisations
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Organisation of seminars and conferences
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Starting of new projects and initiatives at
regional, national and European level
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Participation to EU co-funded projects
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