Collaborating for Digital Health and Care in Europe
Community Update
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Summer is now officially here and the EHTEL Community is now reaping the fruits of the seeds planted in the previous months.
Opportunities to network at a distance, share knowledge, and build capacity have been blooming. Thanks to direct input of EHTEL Members, the key themes and topics of the first EHTEL events of 2021 reflect the variety and richness of the community’s stakeholders: researchers, practictioners, hospitals, doctors, businesses, specialists in data spaces and hybrid care, and more.
Have you ever asked yourself what being part of a dynamiccommunityof digital health and care professionals could bring to you or your organisation?
If you want to have front seat access to the latest digital health researchandopportunities, connect to innovators in the field, and have your say on the future of European health and care, we invite you to read more about the uniquebenefits of being part of EHTEL.
To know more in detail, get in touch with EHTEL's Secretary General,Marc Lange (marc.lange@ehtel.eu)
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Read on to discover EHTEL's latest news and get inspired by the work of the vibrant network of EHTEL Members and Friends on a variety of digital healthcare topics.
In case you missed the EHTEL webinars in either 2020 or 2021 or want to revisit their informative and interesting presentations and discussions, in the newsletter below you will find everything you need to know.
We are happy to answer your questions about membership benefits and to anticipate welcoming you into our community along our 300+ Members.
Meanwhile, enjoy the summer and keep an eye on our next updates.
The wait is over: the first calls of the new Framework Programme Horizon Europe are finally here! Discover the many hot topics throughout the programme, with submission dates starting on 21 September 2021, and register for the Info Day!
TheInteropEHRateproject is serving the objectives of EC's newest consultation onEuropean Health Data Space (EHDS), by aiming to integrate the healthcare centred approach with a new one that is decentralised on citizens.
In May 2021 the new EU Medical Devices Regulation was enforced. Interested to understand what are the six major enhancements that relate to pre-market and post-market activities? EHTEL has extracted the key points for you!
The results of the European Commision's consultation on demographics and ageing in Europe are now online. Find out how the future policy directions might be influenced by the interesting findings.
Norway made an excellent use of connected health during the pandemic. What worked best? Get the insights directly from EHTEL Member, the Norwegian Centre for E-health Research.
What does it take to create and design data spaces? Can lessons be learned from a variety of domains? Design-wise for data spaces and platforms, what is common to the health and other sectors? The first position paper of the OPENDEI project offers some valuable insights on these topics!
The ImpleMentAll project, led by long-standing EHTEL member the Region of Southern Denmark, developed and validated an online toolkit for eHealth implementation. The results of the toolkit effectiveness trial are positive. The best part? The toolkit is freely available.
With the support of EHTEL member, the Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, Norway is making dramatic steps forward in the field of quality of patient data and the speed with which it can be retrieved.
Nano-techonologies, such as ingestible sensors, are at the forefront of the digital health revolution. Find out how two EHTEL members, the Digital Health and Care Institute (Scotland) and the Odense University Hospital (Denmark) have joined forces to lead research in the field.
EHTEL member, TicSalutSocial, is has started working on a new initiative, INCISIVE,that aims at exploring the potential of novel Artificial Intelligence tools for enhancing current imaging solutions for cancer cases.
Where we are today in terms of digital skills of healthcare professionals? And what should the profile of future doctors look like?The CPME Policy on Digital Competencies for Doctors goes into details on how augmented intelligence is revolutionising healthcare.
On 29 April 2021, EHTEL launched the first virtual workshop, part of the Imagining 2029 work programme. You can now (re)watch the recording of the webinar and download the interesting presentations.
On 17 June 2021, EHTEL organised a virtual workshop focused on how data-intensive healthcare organisations are developing information systems strategies to capture and exploit data massively. Have a look at the summary and presentations!
DigitalHealthEurope has developed a series of ten key documents – summary papers, consultation documents, and White Papers - focused on Health data spaces and their development. Interested to know what the future holds?
