European Health Telematics Association
Encyclopedia
The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) is a European
non-profit organization, which provides a platform to all European eHealth
stakeholders to exchange information on eHealth. Martin Denz of the Swiss Society for Telemedicine and eHealth is the current President of EHTEL.
• eHealth is a cooperative process intensifying and changing the interactions of all stakeholders in health and social care for the purpose of improving Continuity of Care and Patient Safety.
• eHealth is a tool to ensure information, choice and empowerment, as requested by European consumers and patients
• eHealth must comprise multiple communication channels for ensuring both equal access to services and their ubiquity
Through our growing membership of currently 60 organisations, we enable our members to voice their views throughout the eHealth ecosystem. We also facilitate the sharing of experience with colleagues and representatives across Europe and beyond.
At EHTEL, we take an holistic view of eHealth.
As such we collaborate closely with European associations representing Hospitals (HOPE and EHMA), health insurers (AIM), Physicians (CPME, UEMS), Pharmacists (PGEU, EAHP), Nurses (EFN), patient and citizens (AGE Platform, European Patients’ Forum), as well as professional associations dedicated to quality and certification to care processes and eHealth services (ESQH, EuroRec).
The multitude of backgrounds and interests of these stakeholders enable EHTEL, as a neutral forum, to draw a more complete picture of the benefits and challenges of the deployment of ICT in the fields of health and social care, thereby also identifying topics requiring particular attention and further developments at European level.
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Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
non-profit organization, which provides a platform to all European eHealth
EHealth
eHealth is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, dating back to at least 1999...
stakeholders to exchange information on eHealth. Martin Denz of the Swiss Society for Telemedicine and eHealth is the current President of EHTEL.
Vision
EHTEL’s Vision• eHealth is a cooperative process intensifying and changing the interactions of all stakeholders in health and social care for the purpose of improving Continuity of Care and Patient Safety.
• eHealth is a tool to ensure information, choice and empowerment, as requested by European consumers and patients
• eHealth must comprise multiple communication channels for ensuring both equal access to services and their ubiquity
Mission
EHTEL: The European eHealth Multidisciplinary Stakeholder PlatformThrough our growing membership of currently 60 organisations, we enable our members to voice their views throughout the eHealth ecosystem. We also facilitate the sharing of experience with colleagues and representatives across Europe and beyond.
At EHTEL, we take an holistic view of eHealth.
As such we collaborate closely with European associations representing Hospitals (HOPE and EHMA), health insurers (AIM), Physicians (CPME, UEMS), Pharmacists (PGEU, EAHP), Nurses (EFN), patient and citizens (AGE Platform, European Patients’ Forum), as well as professional associations dedicated to quality and certification to care processes and eHealth services (ESQH, EuroRec).
The multitude of backgrounds and interests of these stakeholders enable EHTEL, as a neutral forum, to draw a more complete picture of the benefits and challenges of the deployment of ICT in the fields of health and social care, thereby also identifying topics requiring particular attention and further developments at European level.
History
EHTEL was founded in 1999 and the organization represents about 100 organisations and individuals from 30 countries in and outside EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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See also
- HL7
- European Health Telematics ObservatoryEuropean Health Telematics ObservatoryThe European Health Telematics Observatory is a non-profit organization which collects, analyses and makes available in a user-friendly form information on developments in the field of health telematics. The organization contributes to the deployment of health telematics applications and standards...
- European Institute for Health RecordsEuropean Institute for Health RecordsThe European Institute for Health Records or EuroRec Institute is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 as part of the ProRec initiative. On 13 May 2003, the institute was established as a non-profit organization under French law. Current President of EuroRec is Prof. Georges De Moor...
- ProRecProRecThe ProRec initiative of 1996 is a network of national non-profit organisations . The initiative was a consequence of the conclusions of the Concerted Action MEDIREC regarding the reasons why Electronic Health Record systems were not used more widely in any of the European Union...
- EUDRANETEUDRANETEUDRANET, the European Telecommunication Network in Pharmaceuticals , is an IT platform to facilitate the exchange of information between regulatory partners and industry during submission and evaluation of applications...
Source
- Dierks C., Legal and social implications of health telematics in the EU, Stud Health Technol Inform. 2003;96:143-8.
- Range P., Video communication visions, Health Estate. 2002 Jan;56(1):30-1
- Richardson R., eHealth for Europe, Stud Health Technol Inform. 2003;96:151-6
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