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Ehds: instead of plans, we need to demonstrate the benefits

European Health Data Space (EHDS) is a chance for Europe to gear up for the digital age. But what must be done to change the...

What’s at the stake in the european health data space?

As long as patient data remains in silos, healthcare continues to be fragmented and inefficient. During the European Health Forum Gastein 2022 (26-29 September, Bad...

Digital health at a glance in 29 European countries

The Ministerial Delegation for Digital Health of the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health presented an overview of Digital Health in Europe, focusing on ethics...

What Exactly Does The EU Commission Do For Healthcare?

A conversation about the latest EU initiatives for health, European Health Data Space and strategies for resilient healthcare in Europe with Andrzej Ryś, Director responsible...

The European Health Data Space Proposal (Ehds) Explained

On the 3rd of May, the European Commission presented the EHDS proposal. What's inside, and why is EHDS such critical legislation for the EU? A...

Is strategically critical healthcare moving toward data protectionism?

The war in Ukraine shows that also innovation is strongly influenced by the geopolitical situation. And that has profound implications for increasingly data-driven healthcare since...

Digital health priorities during the French presidency of the EU council

France, led by Emmanuel Macron, wants Europe to be sovereign, green, digital and healthy. Its plans include strengthening the Health Union and accelerating digitization.

What Does It Take To Inspire Public Trust In Health Data?

“Digital and health literacy are essential to developing societal trust in digital health and data-driven healthcare,” says Bleddyn Rees, Deputy Chair & Digital Health Society....

Travelling During The Pandemic: Europe Plans Digital Certificates

To facilitate safe and free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission (EC) is working on a Digital Green Certificate (DGC)....

Consumer Power Drives Changes In The Healthcare Industry

Interview with Brian O'Connor, a founder and Chair of the ECHAlliance – European Connected Health Alliance, a community of 16,500+ individuals and 700+ member organizations...

Transforming Healthcare By Combining Education, Business And Research

EIT Health, founded mostly under the EU Horizon 2020 framework, has an ambitious vision: to deliver innovative healthcare solutions that can positively transform healthcare outcomes...

Europe Braces For The Game Of Data-Driven Economies

Europe is seeking its path of technological progress, focusing on democratic and ethical values. Will such idealistic visions suffice for the old continent to become...

Covid-19 News: Open Data, Tracking and Wearables

EU launches the European COVID-19 Data Platform for open science, Stanford researchers want to use wearables to identify early signs of COVID-19, Apple and Google...

EU Virtual Hackathon To Tackle Covid-19

The biggest pan-European online hackathon is taking place on 24, 25, and 26 April. Innovators, foundations, startups, universities, civil society, and investors will be together...

Eu Strategy For Artificial Intelligence And Data. What’s Inside?

The European Commission has presented a White PaperOn Artificial Intelligence – A European approach to excellence and trust. The activities proposed in the document are...

Eu E-Health Adoption Study: 96% Of Doctors Use Electronic Health Record

eHealth adoption in primary healthcare in the EU is on a constant rise, although there are significant differences between the countries surveyed. Between 2013 and...

Support To Enabling The Digital Transformation Of Health And Care

The new Horizon 2020 project DigitalHealthEurope will provide comprehensive, integrated and centralised support to the Digital Health and Care Innovation initiative in the context of...

“The risks of basing digital health strategy on industry hype and alluring prototypes”

The World Health Organisation recently hosted a landmark “Symposium on The Future of Digital Health” (Copenhagen, February 6-8th 2019), which was attended by healthcare leaders,...

“For Patients, Wearables Are Fantastic Tools To Manage Health And Well-Being”

On his 8th birthday, Aron Anderson received his first chemotherapy treatment against  cancer located in the lower part of his spine. There was pain, suffering...

Digital Health’s New Mission Is To Ensure Healthcare For All

The digitalization of healthcare must go far beyond the fascination with new technologies and instead become a core strategy for strengthening health systems around the...

Cross-Border ePrescription In The Eu Is There. What Next?

The first EU patients can use digital prescriptions issued by their home doctor when visiting a pharmacy in another EU country. European Commission wants to...

100% ePrescriptions In Finland And 0% In France. The Digital Gaps In Europe

In 2016, the proportion of primary care practices using an EMR was about 80% on average across 15 EU countries. Most countries are transitioning from...

Get Digitalized Or Marginalized

Europe lags far behind digital leaders like the USA and China. It won’t change in the next few years that also doesn’t bode well for...

Next Country Joins The 1 Million Genomes Initiative

Latvia becomes the 19th EU Member State to sign the declaration 'Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the European Union by...

“Health At A Glance 2018” By Oecd Is Out Now

Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 presents comparative analyses of the health status of EU citizens and the performance of the health systems of the...

Women Innovators Prize 2019 Opens For Applications

The European Commission launched the sixth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators. The Prize sheds light on the outstanding work of female entrepreneurs...

Let’s Make Digital Health Great Again!

The promise of digital health in Europe is undeniable. But to make this promise a reality, it is necessary to break down several barriers to...

We Need To Accelerate Adoption Of Digital Health Services In Europe

The challenge is not the development of innovative solutions but the pace at which they enter the market – says Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General of...

Are Big Data And Artificial Intelligence A Game-Changer For Health?

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have risen to become firmly on the radar of political and policy agendas at all levels. There is growing...

“The digital transformation of health and care will improve the lives of all Europeans”

Giving access to personal health data everywhere in Europe. Joining big data for genomic research and for detecting outbreaks of infectious diseases. Funding high-level digital...

Innovative Medicines Initiative (Imi) Applies Blockchain To The Drug Development

The accelerator programme is part of new Calls for proposals launched by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). Of the other topics launched in the Calls,...

European Commission Invites To Ict 2018 Conference

ICT 2018 “Imagine Digital - Connect Europe” will take place in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018. The European ICT community will gather to discuss future...

Who Establishes New Digital health Initiatives

How World Health Organisation wants to strengthen national health systems with digital health? How digital health can tackle challenges in public health? We talk with...

European Silver Economy Reaches €3.7 Trillion

If ranked among sovereign nations, the European Silver Economy (the economy of the population 50+) would currently be the third largest economy in the world,...
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