EU eHealth in focus - Newsletter update - 03/12/2013

3rd of December 2013

Top News EU takes major step to improve cross-border care On the 19th of November, at the 4th eHealth Network meeting in Brussels, the EU member states adopted guidelines to make it possible to share basic health information across borders. Aim: to improve patient safety. Read more... Slides and video of 'ICT for Health and Ageing Well' at Horizon 2020 health info day These slides of the session 'ICT for Health and Ageing Well' (taking place 9:30-13:00) were presented at the open info day Horizon 2020 'Health, demographic change and wellbeing' which took place on 22/11/2013 in Brussels. You can also watch the video. See also: Retweet this Read more... Special attention to SMEs working in eHealth Nowadays the EU is paying even more attention to small and medium sized enterprizes - a lot of good ideas and much needed innovation originate from SMEs. To help them out, the EU has reserved 20% of its total Horizon 2020 budget. In the eHealth domain two projects are focussing on giving SMEs a helping hand: GET and iLINC. See also: Retweet this Read more... Sustains wins prize best Swedish Health ICT project The EU-funded project Sustains has won the 'Grand Prize' for being the best ICT in healthcare-project in Sweden. The project gives citizens online access to their electronic health records. See also: Retweet this Read more... Calendar One hour webinar on eHealth and clinical decision support (11/12/2013) Free webinar 'Healthcare IT initiatives: Clinical decision support at the point of care to improve patient safety and outcomes'. This online event, organised by Himss, will take place on Wednesday December 11 from 3-4 pm. 2014 'Innovations & Investments in Healthcare' conference (27/03/2014 — 28/03/2014) Interested in networking, innovating and investing in healthcare? Be quick to register for 'Innovations & Investments in Healthcare' in Berlin: The conference will accept no more than 120 participants. A 'Digital Health Award' will show off  innovators that elevate healthcare to the next level. To participate in this competition, send your application to office@aihc.de. eHealth Forum, 12-14 May 2014 (12/05/2014 — 14/05/2014) Greece, the President of the European Council during the first 6 months of 2014, has put the annual EU eHealth event on the agenda: the eHealth Forum. It will take place between 12-14 May 2014. Contact: info@ehealth2014.org Read more... Policy Code of Practice sets benchmark for telehealth services A Code of Practice for telehealth services has been launched. The Code, developed by experts of the EU-funded TeleSCoPE project, aims to provide reassurance for the safety and reliability of telehealth services. See also: Retweet this Read more... Infographic on investing in health in the EU Health: a condition for economic properity and social cohesion. Have a look at this infographic about health systems in the EU, investing in health and how the Commission can help. See also: Retweet this Journal on mHealth available The latest issue of the ePractice Journal features scientific papers on mobile health (mHealth) solutions. How to apply them for the benefit of both healthcare systems and patients? And what about regulatory issues like privacy? See also: Retweet this Read more... Interview with Peteris Zilgalvis about eHealth In "Voices of Oxford" Dr Peteris Zilgalvis, European Union Visiting Fellow at St Antony's College (University of Oxford) talks to Denis Noble about how the EU is very active in the area of eHealth, to help empower the citizen and put the management of health in their hands. He goes on to explain that this will also give a clearer vision of how to take better care of your own health. Read more... Research EU awards 2,6 million euros for patients with chronic cardiorenal disease To help patients manage their chronic heart and kidney disease, the European Union has awarded 2,6 million euros to the CARRE project. A group of interdisciplinary researchers will develop personalised alerting, planning and educational services. This will empower patients, and both professionals and patients will be able to make shared informed decisions on the disease.  See also: Retweet this Documents The full CARRE press release Read more... Conference 'eHealth and the Brain': slides and videos On 5 November 2013 DG Connect, in collaboration with ePractice.eu, organised the conference "eHealth and the Brain - ICT for Neuropsychiatric Health" to share knowledge about mental and neurological health related projects. The slides and the videos made during the day are now available. See also: Retweet this Read more... Clustering event on ambient technologies: the outcomes Last September the Reaction consortium (FP7) brought together 25 European projects on ambient intelligence advanced technologies in support of healthcare and assisted living. The participants of the clustering event saw they had a lot in common and agreed to share their knowledge more often. Read more... 5 cool robots the EU is funding Here are some examples of the best EU-funded Robotics projects. Read more... New network for eHealth experts and procurers A new EU-network will bring together experts and procurers interested in developing and implementing innovative procurements in the eHealth, Active Aging and Independent Living areas. For this, the EU is supporting the network (managed by the INSPIRE project) with 499,000 euros. Documents The INSPIRE press release Read more... Video: Walking again after spinal cord injury Spinal cord injuries affect more than 50,000 people every year around the world. Losing the ability to walk because of severe spinal cord injury can be devastating for anybody. Nevertheless there might be hope as shown by a research project co-funded by the European Union: NEUWalk. See also: Retweet this Read more... Adapting cancer treatment in real time Making cancer treatment faster and cheaper: The EU-funded research project MIRACLE is developing a small, low-cost, fully automated technical device that isolates and analyses circulating tumour cells from peripheral blood. See also: Retweet this Read more... Subscription Information This is the newsletter of the eHealth pages on the Digital Agenda for Europe website. It is hosted by the Communications Networks, Content & Technologies Newsroom. You may unsubscribe or broaden your subscription from this newsletter by going to Your Profile. In this issue Top News EU takes major step to improve cross-border care Slides and video of 'ICT for Health and Ageing Well' at Horizon 2020 health info day Special attention to SMEs working in eHealth Sustains wins prize best Swedish Health ICT project Policy Code of Practice sets benchmark for telehealth services Infographic on investing in health in the EU Journal on mHealth available Interview with Peteris Zilgalvis about eHealth Research EU awards 2,6 million euros for patients with chronic cardiorenal disease Conference 'eHealth and the Brain': slides and videos Clustering event on ambient technologies: the outcomes 5 cool robots the EU is funding New network for eHealth experts and procurers Video: Walking again after spinal cord injury Adapting cancer treatment in real time (11/12/2013)  One hour webinar on eHealth and clinical decision support (27/03/2014 — 28/03/2014)  2014 'Innovations & Investments in Healthcare' conference (12/05/2014 — 14/05/2014)  eHealth Forum, 12-14 May 2014 Your Profile  |  eHealth on Digital Agenda for Europe