A healthy prognosis for eHealth!
by Clemens Martin Auer, Director General of the Austrian Ministry of Health and Coordinator of the Joint Action supporting the eHealth Network
2016 has proven to be a good year for cross-border cooperation on eHealth: 20 Member States took part in the first wave of the Connecting Europe Facility to apply for funding to help establish eHealth National Contact Points. These contact points provide the infrastructure that guarantees a secure exchange of health information across borders. A long period of preparation, with the pilot project epSOS paving the way, has borne fruit and turned a dream into reality: patient summaries and electronic prescriptions for European citizens can easily be transferred from one country to another, in strict accordance with
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Also in this focus
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ACT - Advancing Care Coordination and TeleHealth Deployment Programme
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ECHRODIS - The role of citizens' organisations in the empowerment of patients with chronic diseases
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European Expert Paediatric Oncology Reference Network for Diagnostics and Treatment
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European Patients' Forum
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JA-EHGov - Joint Action eHealth Governance Initiative
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PARENT - Cross-Border Patient Registries Initiative
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The Commission adopted a report for the European Parliament and the Council on “the potential risks to public health associated with the use of refillable electronic cigarettes”.
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The European Medicines Agency recommends granting marketing authorisations in the EU for two new combination therapies against chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, Epclusa (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir) and Zepatier (grazoprevir/elbasvir).
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Legislation allows Member States that do not have representation from a member within an approved European Reference Network to participate through healthcare providers that are designated as “associated” and or “collaborative” national centres.
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The Health4LGBTI project seeks greater understanding of how to reduce health inequalities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual people.
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The public consultations, including those on "Risk proportionate approaches in clinical trials" and "Summary of Clinical Trial Results for Laypersons" are open until 31 August.
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The event from 25 to 31 May was coordinated by the Association of European Cancer Leagues, with co-funding from the Commission, to encourage actions and events to raise awareness about all cancers and to give visibility to the European Code Against Cancer.
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Pre-departure training for healthcare workers deploying to Sierra Leone
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EU Press Releases
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Commissioner Andriukaitis said he is confident that the anti-tobacco momentum in the EU – as evidenced by falling smoking rates and the introduction of plain packaging – will continue to grow.
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The European Medicines Agency, in cooperation with the Commission and the Member States, has started a review of the guidelines that describe first-in-human clinical trials and the data needed to enable their appropriate design and allow initiation.
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Forthcoming events
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The 2016 theme is 'Blood Connects Us All'. Check out the quizzes, videos and more!
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Reporting from across Europe
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Sporting the European stars on blue t-shirts, runners from the Commission, the Parliament, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank took part in this annual marathon as a united team to fight social exclusion and to advocate physical activity.
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The strategy for coping with dementia is the first of its kind in this field in Slovenia and reflects the essential elements of EU and WHO policies and best practices from other countries.
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Special Edition: Scientific Committees
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