Collaborating for Digital Health and Care in Europe
Community Update
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The first months of the year are rich in opportunities to collaborate, learn, and meet with the EHTEL community.
First and foremost, now it's the time to benefit from all of the knowledge shared at the 2024 EHTEL Symposium: access the video recordings, presentations and reports of the first three Symposium sessions.
If you weren't able to join us in person and take advantage of the highly praised networking opportunities, you can still benefit from the high level of expertise shared by the digital health implementers who were present.
Access the knowledge shared at the Symposium: three of the Symposium sessions are now available. Watch the videos, download the presentations and read the reports EHTEL has prepared for you.
Among the topics presented by excellent speakers: EU health policies, lessons learned from successful deployment journeys, and health and care delivery transformation.
Three core actions are underway in the xShare project’s work on data sets. They are: the project’s close liaison with the TeHDAS2 joint action; its plea for better links between different kinds of data; and its examination of why a “only once” approach to data works. Learn how xShare makes primary and secondary data work together.
Social robots have been long under development. What about implementation? The LIFEBOTs Exchange project suggests future actions. COMFORTage will pilot the use of social robots.
AI2MED is a coordination project that aims to support the growth of AI-skilled healthcare workers. Its objective is to contribute to the digital transformation of the European labour market by shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine across several European countries. EHTEL member, Kelyon, is part of this project consortium and wants to share with fellow EHTEL members what the project has to offer.
Are you a small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developing cutting-edge rehabilitation products or services? Boost your innovations with the RehAllianCE Open Call! Get free validation and consulting services worth up to €22,000! Apply by February 14, 2025.
Is the deployment of cross-border telemedicine services a topic on your agenda? Then you might be interested in this upcoming opportunity: the Xt-EHR Joint Action launched an open consultation on the topic of telemedicine services, in preparation for the EHDS.
For Europe to remain relevant and competitive in a turbulent world, it needs to invest in the wellbeing of its citizens. Making health and the life sciences sector a central pillar of the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF), starting in 2028, would send a strong signal. With this in mind, the EU Health Coalition has agreed on several recommendations. EHTEL supports these messages, actions, and recommendations.
The European Parliament has decided to establish a new standing committee on Public Health, which will replace an existing subcommittee. EHTEL sees in this new direction, a way to strengthen the work being done on the secondary use of data for public health & cross-border health threats.
The European Commission has presented a European Union (EU) Action Plan to strengthen the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers. The Plan aims to establish a pan-European Cybersecurity Support Centre to provide more tailored guidance to hospitals and healthcare providers.
