21 Amendments of José Inácio FARIA related to 2018/2776(RSP)
Amendment 8 #
Recital B
B. whereas health systems need to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of accessible, resilient and sustainable health services and long-term care, deliver seamless care across services and providers, and deliver improvements that matter to patients and their changing care needs;
Amendment 11 #
Recital C
C. whereas innovative digital solutions for health and care, when co-developed with the final recipients, can boost health and quality of life of citizens and enable more efficient ways of organising and delivering health and care services;
Amendment 19 #
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the access and processing of personal health data can serve public health interests and bring significant benefits to individuals and society; whereas personal health data, being of sensitive nature and subject to ethical standards, require a particularly high level of protection and that technological developments can both enable the privacy protective use of personal health data and also introduce new risks to privacy and data security;
Amendment 21 #
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas science, research and innovation have a vital role to play in Europe’s competitiveness and its ability to respond tochallenges; whereas exponential leaps in data availability and computing fuel research initiatives to understand health processes, guide the development of treatments and analyse data streams to detect health threats, predict disease outbreaks and counsel patients; whereas data management techniques can be used to identify care gaps, risks, trends and patterns in a much shorter period of time;
Amendment 34 #
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on enabling the digital transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market which aims to promote health, prevent and control disease, help address patients’ unmet needs and make it easier for citizens to have equalitable access to high quality care, designed and delivered to meet patients' and informal carers' needs at all levels of care, through the meaningful use of digital innovations;
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that the digital transformation of health and care needs to be patient-centred and to also address the needs identified by patients themselves;
Amendment 45 #
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that there is a need to ensure a key role for public health systems, liaising with civil society actors, in the governance and the policymaking on digital health and care;
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of the involvement of health professionals and patient representatives in the formulation of digital healthcare policies at local, regional and national level;
Amendment 51 #
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that citizens have the right to access and share their personal health data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and can expect this data to be available in a timely and lay- friendly manner;
Amendment 57 #
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that, at present, many citizens in Europe have limited electronic access to their electronic personal health data, in particular in cross-border treatments;
Amendment 59 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recommends that governance of personal health data should provide for engagement and participation, notably through public consultation, of a wide range of stakeholders with a view to ensuring that the processing of personal health data serves the public interest and is consistent with societal values and the reasonable expectations of individuals for both the protection and use of their data for health system management, research, statistics or other health-related purposes that serve the public interest;
Amendment 61 #
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Reminds the Commission that solutions exist to enable patients not only to access but also to take part in their electronic personal health records by adding own comments and observations;
Amendment 62 #
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to continue promoting the cooperation of Member States’ health authorities to connect to the eHealth digital infrastructure in order to extend its use to also cover the interoperability of Member States’ electronic record systems by supporting the development and adoption of a European electronic health record exchange format; calls on the Commission to consider this cooperation to include the interconnectivity of electronic health records with electronic prescribing systems, allowing relevant health professionals to access the necessary patient information to make informed interventions, update the electronic health record, and to to identify and address potential medication and patient safety- related issues;
Amendment 66 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to coordinate the regular monitoring of cross border eHealth solutions through a common reporting policy with processes and indicators;
Amendment 70 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and Member States to share best practices in the sharing of health data, as well as to develop European level standards and mutually recognized certification/accreditation schemes, including data security and security audits;
Amendment 83 #
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the move towards digitalisation is an opportunity to launch an ambitious capacity-building programme forand empowerment programme for patients and citizens;
Amendment 87 #
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines the importance of appropriate informed consent mechanisms and embedding patient involvement in data governance and development of good practice guidelines;
Amendment 90 #
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that digital healthcare tools are well positioned to address challenges of accessibility to health information and health literacy, both essential for better disease prevention and more effective disease management; considers that these tools, when built with the contribution of the appropriate health professionals and civil society users, allow for more accuracy and completeness of information enabling the promotion of healthy habits and prevention activities, the possibility of shared-decision making of patients and healthcare professionals, as well as the support to decisions in health and patient adherence to treatments.
Amendment 97 #
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of person- centred and patient-developed approaches to organising health and care, including by using digital solutions and tools which have a great potential in improving the quality of health services but also people’s health and well- being;
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that health professionals improve competences and skills, including digital and communication skills to support shared- decision making;
Amendment 106 #
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to work with Member States and regions to develop networks to educate citizens in the use of digital healthcare, enabling universal and equitable access; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, there is a need to improve systems’ interoperability and users skills, with the highest possible protection of sensitive data with tools and mechanisms provided by the public health systems;