Health Consumer Powerhouse

Rue Fossé aux Loups boite 2, 1000 Bruxelles, phone +32 2 218 7393
Home Other Publications

Reports

New study: Social media – nothing for Swedish healthcare?

Attention: open in a new window. PrintE-mail

omslag-hcpIn Sweden - with a very high IT-penetration and many users of social media - healthcare is reluctant to open up for such communication with patients. A new HCP study, looking into the totality of Swedish publicly funded healthcare, shows that few healthcare regions apply social media for external use. But there are a few limited efforts, mainly in the big cities, where foremost Stockholm has opened the healthcare guide system for Facebook.

Download the full report ˃˃ (only in Swedish)

Cross Border Care EU - How to choose the best hospital? A study of hospital information portals in five European countries.

Attention: open in a new window. PrintE-mail

best_hospital_web1

Download the full report

Download the report summary

Download the EP seminar presentation from Sebastian Schmidt-Kaehler, Weisse Liste

Download the EP seminar presentation from Johan Hjertqvist, HCP

Download the EP seminar presentation from Helena Cordasev, HCP

 

 

 

The great paradigm shift - A new report on Health Care as a Driver of Growth

Attention: open in a new window. PrintE-mail

The Great Paradigm ShiftThe economy of the European Union members lacks integration. 70 percent of the GDP consist of services but the trade of services still faces a large number of restrictions. When the EU originally was created the internal market for services was a given – at least 1957, in the Treaty of Rome.




   

Impatient for change

Attention: open in a new window. PrintE-mail

Impatient for changeThis publication provides an overview of European health systems and the political context within which they operate and goes on to analyse our pan-European poll findings and the conclusions for policy-makers. The results should be of interest to anyone with a stake in the future of European healthcare.

 

The End of The Beginning

Attention: open in a new window. PrintE-mail

The End of The BeginningThe End of the Beginning - a short international update on the Stockholm healthcare revolution - summarises the healthcare advances made in Stockholm during the 1990s, describing the reforming process and its good results, but also the new difficulties that have cropped up along the way. To prevent the Stockholm model from becoming a sick man itself, radical new approaches are needed to strengthen economic incentives and market mechanism. Are there any politicians with the courage to go further?

Download the publication >>

   

Page 1 of 2