by Sascha Marschang | Jul 13, 2020 | Digital Health | Analysis & Opinion
Following the release of the European Commission’s digital package in February 2020, the digital transformation of health and care received an unanticipated yet powerful push as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. For example, whereas previously, many healthcare...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2020 | Digital Health | Analysis & Opinion, Health Workforce
By Louise Lamatsch, Policy Assistant, EPHA Nurses, midwives and healthcare workers in general play a vital role in providing essential health services. As well as providing essential health care, every minute of every day, they play a crucial role in health...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 3, 2020 | Digital Health | Analysis & Opinion
By Louise Lamatsch, Policy Assistant, EPHA Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging digital technologies have the potential to build up public health capacity to deliver equitable solutions by improving screening, diagnosis, and treatments across many medical...
by Sascha Marschang | Dec 2, 2019 | Digital Health | Analysis & Opinion, Health Inequalities
An event organised on 15 October by EPHA members the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) explored the potential of using digital solutions in the fight against social and digital exclusion of homeless people. A number of...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 3, 2019 | Digital Health | Analysis & Opinion, Social Determinants
By Rebecca Moore, European Institute of Women’s Health Digital health can play a pivotal role in reducing gender inequalities in health by empowering patients (women and men) to take control of their own treatments. However, we must ensure that barriers that...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 3, 2019 | Digital Health | Analysis & Opinion
By Julia Wadoux, Policy Coordinator for Health, New Technologies and Accessibility, AGE Platform Europe Obviously, the topic of digital health and care in an ageing context is highly visible today: the only unit within the European Commission explicitly referring to...
