The eHealth community focuses on the use of modern ICT in support of health and health-related fields.
eHealth
Last update: 20/04/2021
GNU Health
GNU Health, the Libre digital health ecosystem
eHealth
Last update: 11/03/2024
FIWARE has taken over the implementation of the NGSI-LD API
ETSI created in Jan 2017 an Industry Specification Group (ISG CIM) for defining a Context Information Management API. The NGSI v2 defined by FIWARE provided the basis for the NGSI-LD specs published by ETSI (October 2019). NGSI-LD is a simple but powerful REST API for getting access to context data in right-time. FIWARE community provides several open source implementations of ETSI NGSI-LD, called Context Broker. One of this implementations, Orion Context Broker-LD, has become the CEF Building Block recommended to public and private sector for publication of right-time context data and useful…
Smart citieseGovernment+10 topics
Last update: 28/12/2023
GNUHealth HMIS 4.4 released
Dear community: I am very happy to announce the release of the 4.4 series from the GNU Health Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) component! What is new in GNUHealth Hospital Management 4.4 seriesThe following is a summary of the main new features included in GH 4.4 . Improve ergonomics on patient health condition modelMenu for dental treatmentsInclude synchronization with Orthanc server using Tryton schedulerAdd age_str field to gnuhealth.patient.diseaseRefactor FHIR serverInclude surgery stock movesNew packages health_surgery_protocols and health_stock_surgeryUpdate documentation…
Demography and populationeHealthOpen Source Software
Last update: 20/12/2023
Secure and efficient use of health data
Facilitating secure and efficient use of health data and ensuring the continuity of care for European citizens across borders continues to be of utmost importance to the EU. With the recent Proposal for a regulation on the European Health Data Space (‘EHDS’), individuals will havefaster and easier access to their electronic health data, regardless of whether they are in their home country or another Member State and greater control over how that data is used in the context of healthcare.The MyHealth@EU infrastructure is already in place to facilitate the cross-border exchange of electronic…
European PolicieseHealth
Last update: 15/01/2024
Sustainability initiatives in the EU food chain
The European Union’s food chain has been moving towards a more sustainable direction, based on the requirements of the European Green Deal. The farm-to-fork (F2F) strategy has made sustainability a policy priority in the EU, with the aim being to promote and adopt a fair, healthier, and more environmentally friendly approach towards the food chain and the food industry, while at the same time maintaining the sector’s economic viability.The JRC has recently published a report that investigates the sustainability initiatives being implemented by private operators in the EU food chain. The…
FoodeHealthHuman resources
Last update: 17/10/2023
The European Cancer Imaging Initiative
The European Cancer Imaging Initiative launched in December 2022 and it is part of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan. Its aims are to approach cancer research, treatment and care with innovative ways and digital technologies, targeting precise and faster clinical decision-making, diagnostics, treatments and predictive medicine for the benefit of cancer patients. In September 2023, the European Cancer Imaging achieved a great milestone: the first prototype of the pan-European digital infrastructure has gone live! It features a public catalogue of cancer imaging datasets from the repositories of EU…
eHealthDigital innovation
Last update: 24/09/2023
GNUHealth HMIS 4.2.3 released
Dear community GNU Health 4.2.3 patchset has been released ! Priority: High Table of Contents About GNU Health Patchsets Updating your system with the GNU Health control Center Installation notes List of other issues related to this patchset About GNU Health Patchsets We provide "patchsets" to stable releases. Patchsets allow applying bug fixes and updates on production systems. Always try to keep your production system up-to-date with the latest patches. Patches and Patchsets maximize uptime for production systems, and keep your system updated, without the need to do a whole…
SocialScience and technology+2 topics
Last update: 17/09/2023
GNU Health HMIS 4.2.2 released
Dear community (original post at GNU Savannah: https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10511) GNU Health 4.2.2 patchset has been released! Priority: High Table of Contents * About GNU Health Patchsets * Updating your system with the GNU Health control Center * Installation notes * List of other issues related to this patchset About GNU Health Patchsets We provide "patchsets" to stable releases. Patchsets allow applying bug fixes and updates on production systems. Always try to keep your production system up-to-date with the latest patches. Patches and Patchsets maximize uptime for production…
SocialScience and technology+2 topics
Last update: 02/08/2023
Digital health and artificial intelligence in healthcare
Health and healthcare services and products are rapidly changing due to new technologies, which can offer relevant solutions for healthcare services and products provided cross-border. A study made in 2022 (Study on health data, digital health and artificial intelligence in healthcare) investigates the cross-border provision of digital health services and goods (eHealth), Artificial Intelligence and the use of health data. In the study, the key barriers at EU and national level, as well as the causes and consequences for stakeholders were explored. Also, a preliminary list of targeted areas…
eHealthArtificial intelligenceDigital innovation
Last update: 04/08/2023
Digital Product Passport (DPP) webinar highlights
The Digital Product Passports (DPP) is a tool for collecting and sharing product data throughout its entire lifecycle used to illustrate a product's sustainability, environmental and recyclability attributes. On 12 June 2023, the European Commission organised a webinar about the preparatory work of the Digital Product Passport (DPP). The complete video recording of this webinar is now available below! If the video does not work, you may also click here. Also, you may access the presentations and the draft standardisation request here. What do you think of this initiative? Leave you answer…
CollaborationSmart citiesFood
Last update: 03/08/2023
Commission and WHO partner in digital health
One of the key elements in the European Union's work against the COVID-19 pandemic has been the 'EU Digital COVID certificate' or ‘EU DCC'). Based on open-source technologies and standards it allowed also for the connection of non-EU countries that issue certificates according to EU DCC specifications, becoming the most widely used solution around the world. Now, the European Commission and WHO have agreed to partner in digital health. Now, to help strengthen global health preparedness in the face of growing health threats, WHO is establishing a global digital health certification network…