The Czech Health Minister has opened the 7th expert conference entitled "eHealth for Individuals, Society and Economy". The event, which is one of the Ministry's priorities, has brought together 500 participants from 37 countries. 
The NETC@RDS for eEHIC ID, an EU co-funded project, aimed at achieving the initial deployment of an online service for the electronic European Health Insurance Card (eEHIC), has announced that its Mid-Term workshop will take place in Luxembourg on April 2nd, 2009 within the frame of Med-e-Tel 2009, the International eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT Forum. 
26-28 May 2009, Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles - Hall 7.31-3 April 2009, Luxembourg.From 18 to 20 February 2009 the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the European Commission is organizing a ministerial Conference "eHealth for Individuals, Society and Economy". High-level eHealth conferences organized by the presiding countries since 2003 represent important annual milestones in this specific field. The Czech Republic therefore plans to carry on the tradition and host this Conference in Prague as a part of its presidency in the first half of 2009.