Make your voice heard in shaping the future of EHDS implementation!
We invite you to participate in a brief survey aimed at evaluating the issues outlined in the EHDS draft and their relevance to your organisation Since 2019, ScanBalt has been actively engaged in monitoring the development of the EHDS, having formulated two declarations based on stakeholder feedback, submitted to the German and French governments during their recent EU presidencies. With […]
EU Health Data Space: more efficient treatments and life-saving research
Source: European Parliament / European Union MEPs approved the creation of a European Health Data Space, improving citizens’ access to their personal health data and boosting secure sharing in the public interest. On Wednesday, MEPs voted with 445 in favour and 142 against (39 abstentions) to approve the inter-institutional agreement on establishing a European Health Data Space. […]
European Health Data Space: Council agrees its position
Source: European Council/ Council of the European Union EU member state ambassadors have agreed on the Council’s mandate for a new law that will make it easier to exchange and access health data at EU level. The proposed regulation for a European Health Data Space (EHDS) aims to improve individuals’ access to and control over their personal electronic health […]
Launch of the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine
The new European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) was officially launched on 5 October 2023 at a high-level conference on Personalised Medicine in Valencia. Under the banner of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the conference focused on the influence of Personalised Medicine in the evolution of healthcare for improving […]
The European Commission and WHO launch landmark digital health initiative to strengthen global health security
Source: World Health Organisation The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Commission have announced today the launch of a landmark digital health partnership. In June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) system of digital COVID-19 certification to establish a global system that will help facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across […]
With promoting the open data digital health platform in Spain, Better joins Barcelona Health Hub
Source: Better Better is entering the Spanish digital healthcare ecosystem and joining the Barcelona Health Hub (BHH) as well as other Spanish healthcare associations. The decision to focus on Catalonia was driven by Barcelona’s growing importance as a development hub in the global digital health industry, and especially the growing openEHR community. Barcelona is becoming […]
EDAH partners meet at the European Commission
New Data Center for European Innovation Ecosystems Today, some of the EDAH partners had the honour to attend the launch of the new Data Center for European Innovation Ecosystems, an event organised by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel that took place at the European Commission in Brussels. The meeting was attended by more than 150 innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs, investors and representatives of academia. We could present […]
Kick off meeting
This European project has officially kicked off! EDAH is expected to result in considerable contribution to clarifying and reaching a broad-scale consensus on a number of strategic issues related to European Health Data Space, addressed in a high-level dialogue linked with the EU presidency agendas. During the next two years, key topics such as the […]
