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European Health Data Space

Adopted on 21/09/2022
Reference: 
INT/990-EESC-2022-02531
Referral: 
COM(2022) 196 final COM(2022) 197 final 2022/0140 CODCOM(2022) 197 final 2022/0140 COD
Rapporteur: 
Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER (Employers - GR I / Portugal)
Plenary session: 
572 -
Sep 21, 2022 Sep 22, 2022

The European strategy for data proposed the establishment of domain-specific common European data spaces. The European Health Data Space (‘EHDS’) is the first proposal of such domain-specific common European data spaces. It will address health-specific challenges to electronic health data access and sharing, is one of the priorities of the European Commission in the area of health and will be an integral part of building a European Health Union. EHDS will create a common space where natural persons can easily control their electronic health data. It will also make it possible for researchers, innovators and policy makers to use this electronic health data in a trusted and secure way that preserves privacy.

EESC opinion: European Health Data Space

Liberal Professions 4.0

Adopted on 27/04/2021
Reference: 
INT/904-EESC-2020-1468
Rapporteur: 
Rudolf KOLBE (Diversity Europe - GR III / Austria)

The liberal professions are already very successful in using digital and artificial intelligence applications for the benefit of their clients, and are at the forefront of their technological development. They must continue to be more closely enlisted in the development and validation process in future in order to ensure applications are usable in practice and effective. The liberal professions need to update the content of training in order to ensure their own IT and digital skills and those of their employees are of the highest possible quality standard. The creation of new professions made possible by digitalisation should be encouraged, on the basis of the criteria and principles set out in the Rome Manifesto.

EESC opinion: Liberal Professions 4.0

Digital health literacy (own initiative opinion)

Adopted on 21/03/2019
Reference: 
INT/874-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Renate HEINISCH (Germany)

The own-initiative opinion presents the EESC’s views on the gaps in the current system and indicates potential measures for a European wide push for digital up-skilling of health and care workers, and also for policies that prevent further digital divides by addressing skill gaps in the population at large. This own-initiative opinion is in part a follow-up to the own-initiative opinion entitled "Towards digital health".

EESC opinion: Digital health literacy (own initiative opinion)

Digital transformation / health and care (communication)

Adopted on 19/09/2018
Reference: 
INT/852-EESC-2018
Referral: 
COM(2018) 233 final
Rapporteur: 
Diego DUTTO (Diversity Europe - GR III / Italy)
Co-rapporteur: 
Thomas KATTNIG (Workers - GR II/Austria)

The EESC agrees with the vision outlined in the communication. It believes that in the course of the changes generated by digital transformation, people must be at the center of care.  The digitalisation processes must help healthcare professionals to spend more time with patients. It must be ensured that healthcare professions are appropriately staffed with qualified personnel and equipped with appropriate digital skills. Digital tools must be a lever to develop new forms of organisation in health and care systems.

EESC opinion: Digital transformation / health and care (communication)

Health technology assessment

Adopted on 23/05/2018
Reference: 
INT/844-EESC-2018-00626-00-01-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 51 final 2018/0018 COD
Rapporteur: 
Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (Employers - GR I / Greece)

The EESC agrees that the aim of sustainable cooperation on health technology assessment (HTA) at EU level is to ensure that all the EU countries can benefit from efficiency gains, thus maximising added value; and believes that the proposal should benefit SMEs, as well as social economy enterprises operating in the sector, by reducing the current administrative burden and compliance costs linked to submissions of multiple dossiers to meet different national HTA requirements.

EESC opinion: Health technology assessment

Digital Single Market Strategy

Adopted on 09/12/2015
Reference: 
TEN/574-EESC-2015-03604-00-01-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM (2015) 192 - final
Rapporteur: 
Mr Raymond Hencks (Workers - GR II / Luxembourg)
Co-rapporteur: 
Mr Thomas McDonogh (Employers - GR I/Ireland)
Plenary session: 
512 -
Dec 09, 2015 Dec 10, 2015

The EESC supports the European Digital Single Market Strategy proposed by the Juncker Commission, which is an extension of existing digital strategies and programmes. Its intention is to end the fragmentation of European digital policy into 28 strategies and national digital markets and merge them within a European approach, so as to guarantee a leading position for the EU in the global digital economy, a privilege that has become the preserve of third countries.

The EESC is convinced that the European Union, which has at its disposal excellent skills and considerable experience in certain aspects of digital technology, can still catch up. With this in mind, the EESC strongly recommends developing multidisciplinary research poles and European synergies in the European Research Area, in spheres such as cloud computing, nano-electronics, the storage and processing of big data, appliances that can be consulted or controlled remotely (connected objects), and smart services.

EESC opinion: Digital Single Market Strategy

EU framework on "mHealth" and "health and wellbeing applications"

Adopted on 10/09/2014
Reference: 
TEN/551-EESC-0000
Rapporteur: 
Ms Isabel Caño Aguilar (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Plenary session: 
501 -
Sep 10, 2014 Sep 11, 2014

The EESC welcomes the Green Paper, because of the contribution that mHealth can make to European healthcare systems, which are facing increasing challenges as a result of demographic change.

The Committee considers that the priority must be to improve healthcare, not to cut costs. The success of mHealth requires the participation of healthcare professionals, dialogue with patient organisations, the promotion of mutual trust between patients and professionals and the provision of incentives and training plans for the latter. Dialogue also needs to be established with industry in this field.

EU framework on "mHealth" and "health and wellbeing applications"

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