16th eHealth Network Meeting

The 16^th eHealth Network meeting was held at the Albert Borschette Conference Centre in Brussels, on 28^th and 29^th November. Starting with the topic “Priorities in digital health”, the Commission presented its new priorities, followed by an overview of the eHealth Network’s current plan and the discussion of the next multi-annual work plan as of 2021.

The Open eHealth Network session involved participants from WHO digital strategy, ‘1+ Million Genomes’ initiative, MyHealthMyData, BigMedilytics, Smart4Health, Trillium II and Joining the Dots Conference to present and discuss their topics. Stakeholders such as the European University Hospital Alliance, BEUC, COCIR, Digital Europe, EFPIA, EPF, EURORDIS, Medtech Europe and UEMS shared their views as well.

The 2^nd day’s agenda started with the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure status, addressing topics such as the future of eHDSI and eHealth financing mechanisms, and Member State progress in eHDSI implementation and live operation.

According to the following agenda, this eHealth Network meeting was very successful for the eHealth Action, having achieved the approval of the following deliverables:

• Common Semantic Strategy –  adopted;
• D7.2 Best practices report on data protection at national level – for information;
• D5.2 Report on identified cross-border use cases: sharing and learning from best practices on European level – for information;
• D5.1 Report on policy actions on innovative use of big data in health level for discussion;
• D4.1 Policy framework on people empowerment – adopted;
• D4.2 Policy proposal on people empowerment (information note) – for information;
• D6.3 Report on e-skills for professionals – for information;
• D4.2 Policy proposal on people empowerment (information note) – for information;
• D6.3 Report on e-skills for professionals – for information;
• D6.1 Roadmap on future eHDSI use cases and features – adopted;
• D6.2 eHDSI legal report – for information;
• D7.3 Common security framework for eHealth – adopted;
• D8.1 Integration in national policies and sustainability – National eHealth strategies – for information;
• D8.2 Policy document about technology report –for information.