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The chapter outlines some of the main policy developments in the area of eHealth at European level, namely the European co-funded large-scale pilot on interoperability of patient summaries and ePrescriptions, epSOS, and the eHealth Governance Initiative. It also refers to the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, the Digital Agenda for Europe and the forthcoming European eHealth Action Plan. Considerable attention is paid to the lessons learned through the operation of epSOS, and its implication for policy and political governance, showing how these two levels of activity needs to interact. The chapter focuses in particular on the European eHealth Governance Initiative, a newly-established mechanism for cooperation between the European Union Member States and stakeholders, which aims to support Member States in deploying eHealth and enabling its interoperability.
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Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, e-Health—making healthcare better for European citizens: An action plan for a European e-Health Area COM (2004) 356 final http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/doc/qualif/health/COM_2004_0356_F_EN_ACTE.pdf.
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eHealth Task Force Report (2007) European Lead Market Initiative for Europe http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/lead-market-initiative/ehealth/index_en.htm.
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Council Conclusions on Safe and efficient healthcare through eHealth http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/lsa/111613.pdf.
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The subgroup was active between 2005 and 2010,and gathered national experts form ministries of health and/or innovation responsible for eHealth deployment.
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Commission Recommendation on cross-border interoperability of electronic health record systems, COM(2008)3282 final, page 9 http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=4224.
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The term “procurement” refers to the commissioning of systems, services and products.
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Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (eCommerce Directive) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0031:EN:NOT.
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Directive 2011/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on Patients’ rights for cross border healthcare http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/pe00/pe00006.en11.pdf.
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Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), articles 26 and 168.
http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:115:0047:0199:EN:PDF.
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European Commission, 2007 “eHealth Priority and strategies in European countries”,
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
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European countries on their journey towards national eHealth infrastructures - evidence on progress and recommendations for cooperative actions http://ehealth-strategies.eu/index.htm.
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Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Digital Agenda for Europe COM(2010)245 final http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/documents/digital-agenda-communication-en.pdf.
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Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions—Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union COM(2010) 546 final http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/pdf/innovation-unioncommunication_en.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none.
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Europe 2020 A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, 2010 http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm.
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Giorgio, F. (2013). European eHealth Governance Initiative: A New Way Forward. In: George, C., Whitehouse, D., Duquenoy, P. (eds) eHealth: Legal, Ethical and Governance Challenges. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22474-4_16
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