eHealth Ministerial Declaration: European Co-operation on eHealth
Following the adoption by the EPSCO Council of the Conclusions on safe and efficient healthcare through eHealth, we(1) acknowledge that ICT for Health (eHealth) is a tool to improve quality and patient safety, to modernise national healthcare systems, to increase their efficiency and make them better adapted to the individual needs of citizens, patients, health professionals, and the challenges of an ageing society.
The Spanish Presidency has four strategic goals: to introduce a global vision for an e-Health policy totally integrated in the post 2010 European Agenda; to drive a new eHealth Action Plan, facing the new European challenges; to develop and promote ministerial agreements, in particular regarding integration of e-Health in community policy and implementing reinforced governance.