e-Health [ eHealth | online health | on-line health ]

e-health | on-line health

use mobile health applications | use mobile health technologies | use e-health and mobile health technologies | use mobile and e-health

eHealth Lead Market Initiative | LMI for eHealth [Abbr.]

Interim Guidelines: Construction Health and Safety

health policy [ health | health protection ]

International classification of health problems in primary care | ICHPPC [Abbr.]

public health [ health of the population ]

consultant in health psychology | expert healthcare psychologist | health psychologist | research health psychologist

health care environment inspector | health care facilities inspector | healthcare facilities inspector | healthcare inspector

Promote the voluntary uptake of health innovation and e-Health by increasing the interoperability of patient registries and other e-Health solutions; support cooperation on e-Health in the Union, in particular on registries, and its uptake by health professionals.

1. Welcomes the Commission Communication entitled ‘eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020: Innovative healthcare for the 21st century’, which updates the eHealth Action Plan adopted in 2004 by putting in place further actions, especially as regards improving access to health services, reducing health costs and ensuring greater equality among European citizens; urges the Commission to continue working towards the wholesale adoption of eHealth throughout the EU;

9. Points out that efficient health services are an important tool for regional development and competitiveness; notes that in many Member States health policy is, to varying extents, entrusted to regional and local authorities, and welcomes their active involvement in eHealth project design and implementation; calls for the role of regional and local authorities in developing mHealth services and eHealth infrastructure to be strengthened and urges the development of public-private partnerships to optimise medical services and make the most efficient use thereof; takes the view that a well-functioning multi-level governance approach i ...[+++]s a precondition for the successful introduction and implementation of eHealth and the acquisition and development of new types of digital skill by healthcare professionals and patients;

Welcomes the EU-US cooperation on eHealth, characterised by on-going collaboration such as that developed in the context of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation surrounding health information and communication technologies, and including, notably, the jointly developed EC-HHS roadmap for the development of internationally recognised interoperability standards and interoperability implementation specifications for electronic health information systems;