European Medical Students’ Association 

Association Européenne des Étudiants en Médecine   

www.emsa-europe.eu 

 

External Meeting Report 

6th eHealth Stakeholder Group Meeting 

 

Felix MACHLEID, European Health Policy Director (EHPD) 2017/18 

Lina MOSCH, European Health Policy Director Elect 

Justinas BALCIUNAS, EMSA Permanent Officer  

 

 

Minutes 

Tour de table 

Investigation on the implementation of eHealth in the medical curriculum by EMSA 

DG SANTE specific topics 

Start of new Joint Action eHAction 

Report from the working groups - state of play and discussion 

Citizens and Data (confirmed by Anne Moen EFMI) 

Care continuum (confirmed by Anne Carriazo RSCN) 

Interoperability and standards (confirmed by Christof Gessner HL7) 

New and shifting balances (Kjartan Olafsson, UEMO) 

Reimbursement (confirmed by Michael Strübin, MedtechEurope) 

Discussions on the eHealth stakeholder groups ending 

Short recaps from recent events 

The EESC opinion on Digital transformation of health and care 

First Meeting of Member States for the Implementation of the Declaration of Cooperation                         

Towards Access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the European Union by 2022 

European Commission Recommendation on establishing a European electronic health record                   

exchange format 

DG CONNECT specific topics 

State of play on new call for mandate eHSG (current mandate ends Spring 2019) 

Upcoming H2020 calls 

State of play on the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing 

Presentation by BEUC position paper on eHealth: recommendations and principles 

 

 

 

 

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Background of Meeting 

EMSA is an official member of the eHealth Stakeholder Group (eHSG) of the European Commission (EC)                               

for the period 2016 - 2018. “The eHealth Stakeholder Group is expected to contribute to the                               

development of legislation and policy related to eHealth. Policy areas of specific interest include                           

relevant actions of the Digital Single Market Strategy and the eHealth Action Plan (2012-2020).”   1

The mission of the eHSG is to:  

1. “Give input on the design, implementation and evaluation of eHealth policy activities, in                         

particular on the implementation of the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020;  

2. Discuss and give input on the deliverables of the Joint Action supporting the eHealth Network; 

3. Advise the Commission on eHealth-related activities by preparing reports and opinions and                       

submitting relevant data.”   2

 

The following graphic is a visualisation of EMSAs involvement in the field of eHealth on EU level.  

 

 

Time and Venue 

Time: 12th of October: 09:30 - 17:00 

Venue: Albert Borschette Conference Center, room 1C; Rue Froissart 36, 1049 Brussels 

 

Participants at Meeting 

Most of the stakeholders were represented in the meeting. The full list of members of the eHSG can                                   

be found ​here​.    

1 Compare: ​https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ehealth-stakeholder-group-members 

2 Compare: ​http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2769 

 

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Content of Meeting 

In general the meeting focused on updating the stakeholders on the current state of play of activities                                 

and future means of action of DG SANTE (Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety) and DG                               

CONNECT (Directorate-General Communications Network, Content and Technology) and the different                   

working groups within the eHSG.  

 

Minutes 

Tour de table 

Stakeholders presented themselves and shortly briefed on what they have been working lately and                           

what input they will give in this.  

 

Investigation on the implementation of eHealth in the medical curriculum by EMSA 

EMSA presented the results of the survey on the medical student’s opinion on eHealth and its                               

implementation in the medical curriculum. 

The presentation was well received by the other stakeholders and the commission who gave                           

important input on how to follow-up on our work.  

 

 

 

DG SANTE specific topics 

Start of new Joint Action eHAction 

The 3rd Action to Support the eHealth Network was launched in June 2018 and is in alignment with                                   

the eHealth Action Plan 2020. The main priorities can be grouped in 4 areas: A. Empowering people,                                 

B. Innovative Use of health data, C. Enhancing continuity of care regarding legal challenges and                             

directives / guidelines, D. Overcoming Implementation Challenges like interoperability, eSkills for                     

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professionals, data protection and security, evaluation of eHealth. 21 countries are active in                         

eHAction, 9 countries are collaborative stakeholders. The stakeholders within the eHealth stakeholder                       

group are part of the Working Package 2 on Dissemination, which is led by Portugal. The network                                 

expects to facilitate cross-border healthcare across the EU, to overcome barriers in implementation                         

of eHealth into national policies, sustainability and provide necessary policy support. EMSA is part of                             

WP4 (Empowering people) WP8 (Integration in national policies and sustainability) and WP 5.1                         

(Governance and big data). 

 

Deliverable lifecycle  

1. Creation ​(WPx Leader + WP1)  a. list stakeholders, invite for workshop, co-creation, survey ideation  

2. Discussion/Revision​ (WPx Leading discussion + WP1 + WP2)  a. QM, RM, all WPL/Co L, Public consultation (WP2), web-site (WP2), working document                         

review)  

3. Dissemination   a. eHN approval 

 

There will be 2 information notes:  

● D2.1 dissemination and stakeholders engagement strategy  ● D2.4 Leaflet & Booklet  

 

 

 

Questions from stakeholders and discussion:  

● What is the difference between partners and stakeholders? Will the stakeholder group be                          redundant at one time? 

○ The joint action is going to work and all the stakeholders can express their interest to                                join or can be selected by the Commission. Stakeholders will be able to give input in:                               

Co-creation on the deliverables or in the moment of the revisions 

● Will there be workshops?   ○ Each workpagage should organize different workshops that eHealth stakeholders can be                     

invited to.  

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