Activities of Justina VITKAUSKAITE BERNARD related to 2013/2061(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the e-Health Action Plan 2012-2020 – Innovative healthcare for the 21st century
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Calls on the Member States, given that the e-health Action Plan willaims at createing new job opportunities in the research, health, medicine and ICT sectors, to pay particular attention to gender balance in education, training and recruitment in all these sectors;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 and considers that it offers an important set of guidelines for national, regional and local institutions on how to prepare the healthcare systems in the EU for today's challenges, which include the ageing of the population, the spread of chronic diseases, growing demand for quality care and specialised services, the need for more efficient use of ever- scarcer resources, achieving cost reductions of health systems, reducing red tape and corruption, and creating a stable market environment to encourage innovation, sustainability and optimization of healthcare systems;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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2. Considers that eHealth opens up great opportunities for improving the accessibility of healthcare service, flexibility and standards of healthcare delivery, healthcare services and healthcare systems for all EU citizens, irrespective of their location, citizenship, income or social status, or of disability and age; stresses that health literacy of patients, digital skills of patients and medical personnel, broadband access and user- friendly eHealth ICT tools are essential in order to strengthen social and territorial cohesion, eliminate health inequalitieimprove ways of organizing treatment, quality and safety in treatment and care, eliminate health inequalities, satisfy the healthcare needs of patients and provide access to preventative healthcare measures and medical advice in remote, sparsely populated and otherwise disadvantaged regions; considers that in this regard local and regional authorities have an essential role to play in spreading information, digitalisation, educating and organising training according to the needs of local communities, and involving civil society organisations and volunteers;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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3. Urges the Commission and the Member states to promote a gendered approach to healthcare and medicine and, when implementing the e-health Action Plan, to take into consideration the specific needs of women and girls as beneficiaries of healthcare. whereas, due to longer life expectancy and gender sensitivity of certain diseases, women are affected to a greater extent by chronic and disabling diseases
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes that in many Member States health policy is to varying extents entrusted to regional and local authorities, and welcomes their active involvement in eHealth project design and implementation; calls for the role of regional and local authorities in developing mHealth services and eHealth infrastructures to be strengthened; takes the view that a well-functioning multi-level governance approach is a precondition for successfully setting and implementing eHealth and acquisition, improvement of new types of digital skills by healthcare professionals and patients;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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6. Asks the Commission and the Members States to pay particular attention to digital literacy and technical training for women and especially elder population in order to ensure that e-health tools, especially telemedicine, are genuinely effective and accessible for the whole population.;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that the organisation of healthcare systems is a competence of the Member States; urges the Commission, nonetheless, to play a more active role in coordinating Member States' actions and encouraging telemedicine cooperation, clarifying conditions and identifying common barriers to crossborder health provision, as well as assessing the efficiency of existing eHealth applications in terms of fostering the exchange of best practice at EUbetween healthcare providers and patients at EU, regional and national level;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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8. Asks the Member States and the Commission, with the help of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), to collect gender-disaggregated data on initial findings as regards the accessibility and impact of e-health systems and tools and calls to share best practice in e-health implementation.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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5. Deeply regrets, especially given the current crisis of competitiveness in the Union, the proposed cuts to the Connecting Europe facility for broadband and digital services; hopes that financing for this area under Horizon 2020 will be maintained; encourages local and regional authorities to make use of EU funds for financing eHealth. and sharing health literacy knowledge.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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8a. Asks the Commission and the Members States to pay attention to the patients' health literacy to ensure effective implementation of e-health tools.