29 Amendments of Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES related to 2019/2804(RSP)
Amendment 1 #
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 30 April 2004 - e- Health - making healthcare better for European citizens: an action plan for a European e-Health Area (COM(2004)356 final);
Amendment 7 #
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission staff working document of 21 December 2007 - Action plan of the lead market initiative in the area of eHealth - Annex I to the communication - A lead market initiative for Europe {COM(2007) 860 final SEC(2007) 1730};
Amendment 8 #
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 2 July 2008 on cross- border interoperability of electronic health record systems (notified under document number C (2008) 3282)1a; _________________ 1a OJ L 190, 18.7.2008, p. 37–43
Amendment 9 #
Citation 6 c (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 4 November 2008 on telemedicine for the benefit of patients, healthcare systems and society (COM(2008)689 final);
Amendment 10 #
Citation 6 d (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 6 December 2012 - eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 - Innovative healthcare for the 21st century (COM(2012)0736 final);
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 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 35 #
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 pacitizents’ unmet needs, represent an opportunity to improve the sustainability of health systems and make it easier for citizens to have equal access to high quality care through the meaningful use of digital innovations;
Amendment 42 #
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the actions proposed by the Commission can contribute to strengthening the resilience and sustainabilityefficiency, equitable access, sustainability and resilience 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;
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 51 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that public health systems are the best-placed authorities to manage and/or supervise the collection, anonymization and pseudonymization, custody and exploitation of health data while protecting patients’ privacy as well as the efficiency, equitable access and sustainability of health and care sector;
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 59 #
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that citizens have the right to access and share their personal health data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation for better health care; points out that the recent regulation on data protection of the EU improves the right of patients to access information on aspects of their health and protect their privacy; regrets, however, that this regulation does not go further on data property or other new rights for patients; remarks that the aim of a patient-based system is to improve citizens` health, and that the national health systems must guarantee it for the sake of common interest;
Amendment 61 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that it is indispensable that secure and effective anonymization and pseudonymization techniques are developed, which enable sensitive data to be used in health research without compromising the privacy of patients; draws attention to the importance of pseudonymization techniques allowing the re-identification of the data donors in cases where their health is at risk;
Amendment 62 #
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers that due to the sensitive nature of health data, the right to protection of privacy must be specially regulated, which requires special measures to avoid not only cyberattacks but also an inadequate use of such data by utilities;
Amendment 63 #
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Acknowledges that there are significant economic interests in the exploitation of data from the health and care sectors; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to clearly define responsibilities in data governance, putting in place a new public-private paradigm;
Amendment 70 #
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, taking into account the Union’s multilingualism as well as user with disabilities;
Amendment 71 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to continue promoting the cooperation of Member States’ health authorities to connect to thea public 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;
Amendment 84 #
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission together with the Member States to proceed with the testing of specific applications for cross-border health data exchange for research and health policy to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in order to help health systems to meet current and future challenges;
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 100 #
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of person- centred approaches to organisingkeeping the national/regional role in the organization of health and care systems, 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 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 113 #
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that health professionals improve the necessary competences and skills to collect, analyse and protect health data;
Amendment 115 #
Paragraph 27
27. 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;
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 119 #
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States and regions 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;