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Coinciding with the opening of the 2014 eHealth forum in Athens held under the Greek Presidency, EPHA highlights the necessity that eHealth solutions must meet the needs of all end users including individuals with specific health conditions and their carers, vulnerable groups, and health providers.

The rapid growth of mHealth (1), which includes smartphone apps and other tools, such as sensors and robots enabling remote monitoring, ambient assisted living and real-time communication between and amongst patients and health professionals, is bringing eHealth closer to end users and narrowing the digital divide. However, as the recent report on ‘Health inequalities and eHealth’ by the eHealth Stakeholder Group (2) points out, everybody approaches technology in a different way and there are still many barriers related to the effective use of eHealth beyond the initial hurdles of access and affordability.

Weiterlesen: EU: eHealth must foster inclusion and solidarity

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The EU is betting on rapidly developing e-skills among the workforce in order to adjust it to the digital economy. Every year, approximately 100,000 new vacancies are created in an attempt to fill the gap between the 'e-skilled south' and 'e-demanding north' of Europe.

Yannis Sirros, head of the Federation of Hellenic ICT Enterprises (SEPE) told EurActiv Greece in an interview that Europe will need 900,000 skilled ICT workers by 2020. To address the issue, the SEPE together with Digital Europe on Tuesday (6 May) hosted the conference "E-Skills for Jobs 2014 Grand Event: Mobilising to Support Job Creation and Upskilling of the Workforce" in Athens, Greece.

Weiterlesen: EU attempts to bridge e-skills gap between north and south

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The European Commission is looking for help in determining how mHealth might "enhance the health and well-being of Europeans with the use of mobile devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, patient monitoring devices and other wireless devices."

The Brussels-based organization has put out a call for comments by July 3, after which the commission will publish a summary of the responses by the end of the year. Possible policy actions are expected in 2015.

Weiterlesen: European Commission calls for comments on mHealth

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It has been hailed as the next big thing for many years but, it is fair to say, e-health – the use of technology in healthcare to improve services delivered to patients – has failed to fulfil its potential. Issues around cost, ease of use and privacy have held back its adoption.

Now, however, Telefonica Digital, a division of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, is hoping to kick-start the e-health revolution. The company has acquired a stake in Saluspot, a health community which aims to connect doctors and patients via a question and answer service.

Weiterlesen: Case study: Is e-health a cure for European healthcare?

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The European Commission on Thursday (10 April) launched a public consultation on mobile health or mHealth, asking Europeans to help find ways to improve health with the use of mobile devices. The consultation will run until 2 July 2014.

Mobile health covers medical and public health practice supported by mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets and other wireless devices. These also include lifestyle and wellbeing applications connected to medical devices and sensors.

Weiterlesen: EU: Commission wants better use of mobiles within health

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