European Commission's PUBLIC CONSULTATION on HEALTH and CARE in the Digital Single Market

On Thursday 20 July the European Commission has launched the public consultation on digital transformation on health and care. This consultation seeks the input from patients, stakeholders, health care professionals, public authorities and others working on digital health for the new policy Communication that is expected to be adopted by the end of 2017.

UEHP joins the "EU: DO MORE FOR HEALTH!" initiative

UEHP President, Dr Paul Garassus and UEHP Secretary General, Ms Ilaria Giannico, are glad to announce that UEHP joined other 38 European organisations as co-signatory of a letter to the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, asking him to reaffirm health as one of the core responsibilities of the EU in the current debate about the future of Europe.

HORIZON 2020: Interim evaluation results

On 29 May 2017, the Commission published the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, required by Article 32 of the regulation establishing Horizon 2020.

The interim evaluation aims to contribute to improving the implementation of Horizon 2020 in its last Work Programme 2018-2020, to provide the evidence-base for the report of the High Level Group on maximizing the impact of EU Research and Innovation programmes and to inform the design of future Framework Programmes.

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PORTUGAL

APHP Member of the Board of The Confederation of Portuguese Industry

On 10th February 2017, the President of the Portuguese Association of Private Hospitals (APHP), Oscar Gaspar, was today elected Member of the Board of CIP (The Confederation of Portuguese Industry) and Vice-president of the General Council of that Confederation.

Austria

Cybercrime attacks on hospitals

Targeted hacker attacks on critical infrastructure - including medical devices in hospitals - are causing IT experts more and more concern.

FRANCE

FHP action: funding measures for private non-profit health institutions cancelled!

The Council of State has condemned the French State and cancelled orders fixing the funding rates for private non-profit healthcare institutions for the years 2015 and 2016.

GERMANY

How to define quality?

The Ministry of Health has launched in 2015 the Institute for quality assurance and transparency in healthcare (IQTIG), which goal is to develop scientific stable quality indicators to compare the quality of medical treatment between hospitals, physicians and nursing homes. Hospitals have to provide annual data for public reporting.

PORTUGAL

Private hospitals reinforce their position in the Portuguese Health System

Data by the National Statistics Institute (INE) confirm that private hospitals are already in majority

On the occasion of World Health Day - April 7 – the INE presents the annual publication of Health Statistics for the period 2005-2015, which allows us to conclude that, for the first time in the history of the Portuguese Health System, hospitals with private management (115) represent the majority of inpatient health facilities.