ehealth in the implementa,on of the cross border direc,ve: role of the ehealth Network 26th February 2012

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1 ehealth in the implementa,on of the cross border direc,ve: role of the ehealth Network 26th February 2012

2 Agenda EU in health Ehealth in the EU ehealth Network ehealth High- Level Governance Ini,a,ve

3 Goals of EU in health to improve ci7zens' health by making life- saving informa,on available between countries when necessary using ehealth tools to increase healthcare quality and access by making ehealth part of health policy and coordina,ng EU countries' poli,cal, financial and technical strategies to make ehealth tools more effec7ve, user- friendly and widely accepted by involving professionals and pa,ents in strategy, design and implementa,on

4 ehealth refers to tools and services using informa7on and communica7on technologies (ICTs) that can improve preven,on, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management can benefit the en,re community by improving access to care and quality of care and by making the health sector more efficient includes informa,on and data sharing between pa,ents and health service providers, hospitals, health professionals and health informa,on networks; electronic health records; telemedicine services; portable pa,ent- monitoring devices, opera,ng room scheduling somware, robo,zed surgery and blue- sky research on the virtual physiological human

5 ehealth Task Force Report

6 EHealth Ac7on Plan - Vision to improve chronic disease and mul,morbidity (mul,ple concurrent disease) management and to strengthen effec,ve preven,on and health promo,on prac,ces to increase sustainability and efficiency of health systems by unlocking innova,on, enhancing pa,ent/ci,zen- centric care and ci,zen empowerment and encouraging organisa,onal changes to foster cross- border healthcare, health security, solidarity, universality and equity to improve legal and market condi,ons for developing ehealth products and services

7 EHealth Ac7on Plan - Objec7ves achieving wider interoperability of ehealth services European Interoperability Framework (EIF) suppor,ng research, development and innova,on in ehealth and wellbeing to address the lack of availability of user- friendly tools and services facilita,ng uptake and ensuring wider deployment; promo,ng policy dialogue and interna,onal coopera,on on ehealth at global level

8 But What is the Commission s role in ehealth?

9 Direc7ve on cross- border health DIRECTIVE 2011/24/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 March 2011 on the applica7on of pa7ents rights in cross- border healthcare

10 Ar7cle 14: ehealth 1. The Union shall support and facilitate coopera,on among Member States with a voluntary network connec,ng na,onal authori,es responsible for ehealth designated by the Member States. 2. The objec,ves of the ehealth network shall be to: (a) work towards delivering sustainable economic and social benefits of European ehealth (b) draw up guidelines on: (i) a non- exhaus,ve list of data that are to be included in pa,ents summaries (ii) effec,ve methods for enabling the use of medical informa,on for public health and research (c) support Member States in developing common iden,fica,on and authen,ca,on measures to facilitate transferability of data in cross- border healthcare 3. The Commission shall adopt the necessary measures for the establishment, management and transparent func,oning of this network

11 ehealth Network Ar7cle 14 Pre Direc,ve Post Direc,ve HLeHGG* (State Secretaries / DG) Network Art. 14 (EC/DG SANCO + High Level MS) Transforma7on under Ar7cle 14 ehgi (Work Packages) (opera,onal MS, EC, stakeholder; integra,on of epsos and other related ini,a,ves)

12 What is the ehealth network? A Voluntary Network of Member States na,onal authori,es responsible for ehealth Set up by Ar,cle 14 of the Direc,ve on pa,ents rights in cross - border healthcare 2011/24/EU Objec,ve: To enhance ehealth systems interoperability as to ensure safety and con,nuity of access to cross- border healthcare 1st Mee,ng of the ehealth Network on 8th May 2012

13 Mul7annual work programme Adopt common measures on eiden,fica,on and authen,ca,on for ehealth under the cross border direc,ve ar,cle 14 Addressing seman,c and technical barriers to interoperability Addressing legal barriers to interoperability, including data protec,on issues Guidelines on pa,ents summary set of data for cross border electronic exchange, under the cross border direc,ve Guidelines on interoperability of eprescrip,ons (ar,cle 11 of the cross border direc,ve)

14 Ar7cle 11: eprescrip7on Recogni7on of prescrip7ons issued in another Member State 1. If a medicinal product is authorised to be marketed on their territory Member States shall ensure that prescrip,ons issued for such a product in another Member State for a named pa,ent can be dispensed on their territory in compliance with their na,onal legisla,on in force

15 Ar7cle 11: eprescrip7on 2. In order to facilitate implementa,on of paragraph 1, the Commission shall adopt: (a) measures enabling a health professional to verify the authen,city of the prescrip,on (b) guidelines suppor,ng the Member States in developing the interoperability of eprescrip,ons (c) measures to facilitate the correct iden,fica,on of medicinal products or medical devices prescribed in one Member State and dispensed in another

16 Items for ehn mee7ng in Dublin, May 2013 eid for ehealth: adop,on of a posi,on paper on the Commission proposal for a regula,on recogni,on on eid and esignature Interoperability: adop,on of a roadmap on seman,c and technical interoperability Sustainability: adop,on of a Network's recommenda,on on the governance of the Connec,ng Europe Facility First discussion on the set of data on pa,ent's record summary

17 Contribu7on to work on Regula7ons / Direc7ves Data Protec,on Regula,on New proposed rules on eid and esig and other online services European Direc,ve on Re- Use of Public Sector Informa,on (part of the EU Open Data Strategy) European Cloud Strategy European Commission consulta,on on Network and Informa,on Security.

18 Suppor7ng Structure D e cis i o n M ak i n g ehealth Network of MS Art. 14 Direc,ve on Pa,ents Rights (2011) Joint Ac,on + Thema,c Network P r o d u ct ehealth Governance Ini,a,ve i o n Seman,c Network Project ehealth EIF project epsos project (Pa,ent summary / eprescrip,on) STORK project (eiden,fica,on within ehealth domain) CALLIOPE Network Interoperability Roadmap

19 ehgi The ehealth Network will be supported by the ehealth Governance Ini,a,ve s Joint Ac,on & Thema,c Network and will build on the results of series of ini,a,ves, such as: EPSOS, STORK, Calliope, HITCH, etc The ehgi JA&TN work will focus on trust and acceptability, legal issues and data protec,on, interoperability and standards for ehealth Stakeholders are represented in the JA &TN

20 About ehgi The ehgi represents a poli7cal and strategic commitment to address ehealth care goals by: suppor,ng as a planorm for technical & poli,cal coopera,on between European countries on ehealth removing barriers to the deployment of ehealth driving the poli,cal agenda of the deployment of ICT in healthcare

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23 ehgi Areas for Co- opera7on Three priority areas for co- opera,on: First discussion on a non- exhaus,ve list of data for pa,ent s summary that can be shared between health professionals to enable con,nuity of care and pa,ent safety across borders Develop methods to enable the use of medical informa,on for public health and medical research Common iden,fica,on and authen,ca,on measures to ensure transferability of data in cross- border healthcare

24 Goals of EU in health to improve ci7zens' health by making life- saving informa,on available between countries when necessary using ehealth tools to increase healthcare quality and access by making ehealth part of health policy and coordina,ng EU countries' poli,cal, financial and technical strategies to make ehealth tools more effec7ve, user- friendly and widely accepted by involving professionals and pa,ents in strategy, design and implementa,on We all have a part t play in delivering these goals!

25 Thank you for your afen7on!