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eHealth - 13 August 2009

eHealth, one of the priorities of the EU's i2010 programme to boost innovation and jobs, aims to provide user-friendly and interoperable information systems for patients and health professionals across Europe.

News

EU countries to discuss cross-border health plans - 05 June 2009

Fundamental divisions on a proposed directive allowing patients to seek treatment in any EU country will dominate a meeting of European health ministers on Monday (8 June), with a small bloc of countries firmly opposed to the basic principle of the plan.

Parliament backs EU cross-border healthcare plans - 24 April 2009

The European Parliament has passed a landmark directive which would allow Europeans seek healthcare abroad more easily and be reimbursed for the cost of doing so. However, EU member states are still working to iron out a range of practical difficulties before the plan can be formally adopted.

Cross-border health plan set to pass despite opposition - 01 April 2009

A controversial directive on cross-border healthcare is expected to pass through the European Parliament at the end of this month, despite continued divisions between political groups and disagreement among member states.

Ministers divided over EU patient rights - 17 December 2008

Despite some progress, EU health ministers meeting yesterday (16 December) in Brussels remained divided over a draft directive regarding the application of patients' rights to treatment in other member states.

Campaign seeks to boost interest in EU health initiatives - 02 October 2008

A new campaign by the European Commission aims to reach out to citizens via a website which showcases the bloc's initiatives to improve health care across Europe.

EU faces 'long row' over cross-border healthcare - 17 July 2008

A recent proposal to ease reimbursement of the health care European citizens receive while visiting other EU countries is just "the beginning of a long row," predicted a top Commission official as German diplomats warned they may challenge the legal basis of the draft directive. 

EU tables weakened cross-border healthcare directive - 03 July 2008

A Commission proposal published yesterday (2 July) to make it easier for citizens to seek care abroad could see its effectiveness limited after new clauses were introduced. These would allow member states to require patients to get prior authorisation for foreign hospital care and pay upfront themselves.

Confusion surrounds EU's health services directive - 28 January 2008

A long-awaited proposal to codify the circumstances under which EU patients can legitimately be covered for treatment received in other member states could be either redrafted, withdrawn or downgraded, EurActiv has learnt.

Commission to open internal market for health care - 02 October 2007

The European Commission is drafting a Directive ensuring the protection of basic rights for patients travelling to other EU member states in receiving medical treatment, in what could prove to be a far-reaching reform. 

Commission consults on cross-border health services - 27 September 2006

The EU executive has launched a public consultation on the future EU framework for health services, to know where greater legal certainty is needed and how to support co-operation between national health systems.

Commission pushes for internal health market - 06 September 2006

As public and private healthcare were excluded from the services directive, the Commission has decided to set up a specific EU health services framework to guarantee cross-border access to health care.

Patients want better access to healthcare info - 30 August 2006

A patient organisation survey highlights the need for more patient-centred healthcare with timely access to best treatment and information on treatment options.

Study: Patient mobility needs to be managed - 30 May 2006

Extensive data on the internal health care market and commonly approved quality and safety standards are the keys to manage and foster trust in the cross-border patient mobility in the EU.

Doctors are opposed to inclusion of health in services directive - 07 February 2006

As the vote on the services directive in the Parliament's plenary approaches, MEPs are facing one last lobbying effort. While medical practitioners are opposed to the draft law, patients' associations would like to have health services included.

Opinion

Conceptualising approaches to trade in health care - 18 September 2008

"Great benefits can be made by opening health sectors to trade and investment integration, but very few countries have undertaken such reforms," write Lucy Davis and Fredrik Erixon in a policy brief for the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE).

Healthcare services in Europe in 2007: what is at stake? - 21 September 2007

The differences between the different European health care systems justify the mobilisation of stakeholders at EU level for obvious political and moral reasons, writes Arnaud Senn for the Robert Schuman Foundation.

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