Chronic disease management
1 Chronic disease management in Europe
David Scheller-Kreinsen, Miriam Blümel and Reinhard Busse
5 Chronic disease management and prevention in the US:
The missing links in health care reform
Kenneth E Thorpe
8 Adopting integrated mainstream telecare services
Lessons from the UK
James Barlow and Jane Hendy
10 Economic considerations of remote monitoring in chronic conditions
Paul Trueman
13 European Commission perspective: Telemedicine for the benefit of
patients, health care systems and society
Michael Palmer, Christoph Steffen, Ilias Iakovidis and Flora Giorgio
15 A clinical perspective on remote monitoring of chronic disease
Jillian P Riley and Martin R Cowie
Health Policy Developments
18 EU cross-border health care proposals: implications for the NHS
Helena Bowden
20 Promoting a sustainable workforce for health in Europe
Elizabeth Kidd
23 The pharmaceutical sector in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Vanda Markovic Pekovi´c, Ranko Skrbi´c and Nataša Grubiša
Snapshots
26 Improving child and adolescent mental health services in Norway:
Policy and results 1999–2008
Marian Ådnanes and Vidar Halsteinli
28 The introduction of long-term care insurance in South Korea
Soonman Kwon
Evidence-informed Decision Making
30 “Bandolier” Value of vision
32 “Risk in Perspective” An overview of “Science and decisions:
advancing risk assessment”
Monitor
37 Publications
38 Web Watch
39 News from around Europe