Collaborating for Digital Health and Care in Europe

Digital health literacy: Exploring the opportunities

On 14 September 2022, in her State of the Union address, President Ursula von der Leyen announced the European Commission’s proposal for 2023 to become a European Year of Skills. In listing among several employment sectors, she noted one from among the health and care field; another was in the IT domain: “Europe lacks truck drivers, waiters and airport workers, as well as nurses, engineers and IT technicians.”

CCPP has joined the EHDEN project: Italy explores the European Heath Data Space

CCPP has become part of the EHDEN project – European Health Data & Evidence Network (www.ehden.eu) – a 140-partner European consortium operating throughout the digital health innovation chain. EHDEN’s mission is to provide a new paradigm for health data discovery and analysis in Europe by building a federated data network from partners across Europe. Its focus is primarily on clinical research.

EHTEL joins stakeholders’ consensus response to the proposed European Health Data Space

On 20 October 2022, EHTEL joined a group of 29 stakeholders in welcoming the European Commission’s proposal on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The stakeholders, which include medical professionals' and research organisations, patient representatives, industry associations, and data collaborations, strongly support the aims of the EHDS as proposed by the European Commission.

The Gatekeeper Call for Twinnings is now open!

Are you an organisation working in the delivery of health and care services to the ageing population in Europe? Get involved and don’t miss out on the chance to receive up to 8,000 EUR to scale up the best practices from the Gatekeeper projects in your region!

[Videos] Implementing the EHDS: The focus of the InteropEHRate final conference

On 28 September 2022, InteropEHRate held its final conference in Liége, Belgium, and remotely. The event was organised in two parts. In the morning, participants learned from the project results and implementation pilots. In the afternoon, multiple stakeholders discussed the implications of a citizen-centric health data sharing approach to improve care and research.

[Videos] vCare shared its learnings in its Final Conference

The main event  took place in Brussels on August 29 in the Scotland House. Both physical participation and remote participation were possible.

A workshop with the project Lifebots exchange followed the final event on August 30 in the morning. This event was also open to all interested people following preliminary registration. It explored more specifically the question of interaction between humans and robots, whether digital or physical.