Collaborating for Digital Health and Care in Europe

Italy’s National Telemedicine Platform (PNT): An overview

EHTEL member, Engineering, explains its 10-year role going forward in expanding Italy’s telemedicine services.

COMFORTage and LIFEBOTS Exchange: Social robots assisting carers

In December 2024, a LIFEBOTS Exchange’s workshop looked at beneficial interactions with other European projects, including COMFORTage. A focus was on future potential uses of social robots in the field of dementia.

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Next in line, is a webinar on understanding and addressing the emotional, physical, and practical support requirements for patients and caregivers, to be held on 21 March 2025 by the COMFORTage Community Forum. Make sure you register to attend.

The European Patient Data Ecosystem: Growing by the minute

Effective Stakeholder Engagement and Capacity Building in the EHDS: A Call for an Actionable Process

Since 2022 EHTEL has been a member of an informal European Health Data Space (EHDS) stakeholder coalition. The stakeholders include medical professionals' and research organisations, patient representatives, industry associations, and data collaborations. They strongly support the aims of the EHDS as proposed by the European Commission.

Bolstering the cybersecurity of the healthcare sector

The European Commission has presented a European Union (EU) Action Plan to strengthen the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers. 

A new European Parliament subcommittee on public health

The European Parliament has decided to establish a new standing committee on Public Health, which will replace an existing subcommittee.