A new study on Big Data in Public Health, Telemedicine and Healthcare identifies examples of the use of Big Data in Health, and puts forward recommendations covering 10 relevant fields: awareness raising, education and training, data sources, open data and data sharing, applications and purposes, data analysis, governance of data access and use, standards, funding
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The European Commission’s Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health has just been renewed for three more years, running until May 2019. The aim of the Panel is to provide the Commission with independent advice from a variety of sectors to support modern, responsive and sustainable health systems. The Panel’s new members cover
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Life expectancy now exceeds 80 years in most EU countries according to the new report “Health at a Glance: Europe 2016“, but these are not always healthy life years. Around 50 million people in the EU suffer from several chronic diseases, and more than half a million people of working age die from them every
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Delivering on its Strategy to create a Digital Single Market, the European Commission has developed plans to help European industry, SMEs, researchers and public authorities make the most of new technologies. It has created a set of measures to support and link up national initiatives for the digitisation of industry and related services across all
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Tara Duthie, who lives in Stirling, Scotland tried to quit smoking four times in 5 years. Then, in 2015 aged just 49, she had a heart attack – it was a wake-up call she could not ignore. She started using an app to help her stop smoking which not only gave her information about physiological
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Patient registries, which were designed for patients with shared characteristics, have been an important source of the data needed to assess clinical performance, provide health technology assessment or assess policy implications on a local, regional, national and in some cases international level. As a result, hundreds of registries have been set up, ranging from paper
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The Joint Action to support the eHealth Network (JAseHN) was launched in 2015 and is now in the process of setting up a cross-border network to exchange Patient Summaries and ePrescriptions, by focusing on the following objectives: enable seamless cross-border care and secure access to patient health information between European healthcare systems, particularly with respect
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A new report gives an overview of the developments and benefits of using e-health, with 29 cases from across the European Region. E-health is a broad concept, defined as the use of electronic means to deliver information, resources and services related to health. Many terms are included in e-health, such as: electronic health records; mobile
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The EU-funded Ens4Care project has developed five guidelines for European nurses and social workers on how to use eHealth for: promoting a healthy lifestyle and prevention clinical practice skills development for advanced roles integrated care nurse ePrescribing. The ENS4Care network brought together 24 partners from all over Europe, with a mix of professional associations in
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This report describes the development of e-health in the WHO European Region and the trends that are emerging in 2016. It is based largely on data collected from the 2015 WHO Global eHealth Survey. It includes case studies of successful implementations in various countries and the practical application of e-health in various settings. It provides
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