Approach or solution 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program; Final Rule Organisation or initiative Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), United States URL or... ...
Interoperability with healthcare providers
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One of the main goals for the coming years is to better enable patients to care for themselves, by providing optimal support from experts and the health care systems. Chronic diseases are for example important fields of application. Seamless data integration between mHealth apps and for healthcare provider solutions is the main prerequisite. |
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Existing IT-infrastructure and concepts might be “re”-used (e.g. authentication methodologies, developed terminologies for coding, logging concepts). |
| How does it contribute to major EU policy priorities? (e.g. EHDS, COVID-19, DTHC etc.) |
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These implementations and initiatives listed above provide proven building blocks that can support EHDS and DTHC
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Examples
European Reference Networks
Approach or solution European Reference Networks (ERN) with Clinical Patient Management System (CPMS) as dedicated IT infrastructure Organisation or initiative EU Member States with support from several EU funding programmes, including the Health Programme, the Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon 2020. URL or... ...
eHealth DSI
Approach or solution eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (DSI) Operations Home Organisation or initiative EU Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program URL or reference https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/EHOPERATIONS/eHealth+DSI+Operations+Home Summary of the innovation “The eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI or eHealth DSI) is the initial deployment and operation... ...
ELGA – Austria
Approach or solution Elektronische Gesundheitsakte ELGA (Austrian electronic health record system – ELGA) Organisation or initiative ELGA GmbH URL or reference https://www.elga.gv.at/ Summary of the innovation The Austrian electronic health record system enables the health professionals to exchange medical records over institutional... ...
Telemonitoring Framework – Austria
Approach or solution Rahmenrichtlinie für die IT-Infrastruktur bei der Anwendung von Telemonitoring: Messdatenerfassung (Framework guideline for the IT infrastructure for the application of telemonitoring: Measurement data acquisition) Organisation or initiative Federal Ministry Republic of Austria: Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection URL... ...
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These implementations and initiatives listed above must over time evolve into an integrated environment as outlined by the DTHC and EHDS. This environment must also encompass mHealth.
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| Telemedicine, generic IT services, cross-border health care, IT infrastructures |