21 Amendments of Tudor CIUHODARU related to 2019/2804(RSP)
Amendment 15 #
Recital A
A. whereas Europe’s health and care systems face serious challenges in the context of an ageing society that are, with an ever- increasing threat from infectious illnesses as a result of growing resistance to antibiotics, creating concerns about the sustainability of future provision of healthcare but, on the other hand, are creating new opportunities due to the emergence of new technologies;
Amendment 20 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas health systems need to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency, equitable access and sustainability of health services and long-term care, deliver seamless care across services and providers, and deliver improvements that matter to patients and their changing care needsand growing health and care needs, well-being and quality of life;
Amendment 21 #
Recital B
B. whereas health systems need to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of health services and long-term care, provide new services in line with the evolution of society, deliver seamless care across services and providers, and deliver improvements that matter to patients and their changing care needs;
Amendment 22 #
Recital C
C. whereas innovative digital solutions for health and care can boost health and quality of life of citizensprevention of diseases and promotion of healthy lifestyles, improve citizens’ quality of life and enable more efficient ways of organiszing and delivering health and care services;
Amendment 26 #
Recital F
F. whereas patients’ expectations are rising, and there is a need for an empowerment of citizens regarding their health through user-centred services and more ways for people to interact with health services and health professionals;
Amendment 40 #
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the actions proposed by the Commission can contribute to strengthening the resilience and sustainability of Europe’s health and care systems but also to stimulating growth and promoting the European industry in the domain, in particular by helping to maximise the potential of the digital single market with a wider deployment of digital products and services in health and care, as well as the deployment of new services, especially for isolated and inaccessible areas with inadequate medical staff and services;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that the digital transformation of health and care needs to be patient-centredsupport citizen-centred services as well as empowering citizens to play a more active role in disease prevention and promotion of health, as well in health and care services, answering the needs of citizen;
Amendment 52 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the future of digital health will need to develop secure and effective anonymization and pseudonymization techniques enabling sensible data to be used in health research;
Amendment 57 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 64 #
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that, at present, many citizens in Europe have limited electronic access to their personal health data, in particular in cross-border -healthcare provisionwhen they need to have recourse to cross-border medical care;
Amendment 68 #
Paragraph 10
10. 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, particularly when patients have recourse to gross-border medical care;
Amendment 82 #
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to facilitatestep up European coordinated action to support pooling andthe secure exchange in practice of genomic and other health data in order to advance the progress of researchers and personalised medicine and thereby identify the best treatments, while ensuring full compliance with data protection legislation and ethical principles;
Amendment 85 #
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States and accredited institutions, to proceed with the testing of specific applications for high-security cross-border health data exchange for research and health policy to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases;
Amendment 90 #
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the development of a shared frameworkstandards to harmonise the collection of health data, storage and use in the EU could improve the quality of research and health services provided to citizens, also facilitation universal access;
Amendment 99 #
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that digital healthcare tools are well positioned tocould address challenges of accessibility to health information and health literacy, both essential for health promotion, 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, as well as the support to decisions in health and patient adherence to treatments.
Amendment 103 #
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of person- centred approaches to organising health and care, including by using digital solutions and tools which have a great potential in improving the quality, equity and sustainability of health services but also people’s health and well- being;
Amendment 109 #
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to work with relevant actors, especially national health systems, to support more cooperation across borders and enlarge the deployment of digitally enabled care models;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that health professionals improve competences and skills by means of regular training programmes that take into account the rapid evolution of the IT sector;
Amendment 114 #
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to work with Member States and the regional and local authorities to develop networks to educate citizens in the use of digital healthcare, enabling universal 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;
Amendment 117 #
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that all measures to improve citizens digital skills and access to and use of their health data take into consideration sensitive groups such as older citizens, info- excluded people and people with disabilities;
Amendment 120 #
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States and the regional authorities in raising awareness about innovative procurement and investment possibilities for digital transformation in public health and care and in leveraging public and private investment for the large-scale deployment of digitally enabled, integrated person- centred care;