eHealth Week 2016

Edith Schippers kicks off eHealth Week 2016

Edith Schippers, Dutch Minister of Health Welfare and Sport opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange in the company of Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner Health and Food Safety, and Stephen Lieber, President and CEO HIMSS, on the occasion of the start of eHealth Week 2016.

eHealth Week 2016 is the leading eHealth event in Europe. It is organised in Amsterdam, following the Dutch Presidency of the European Council. The event is organised by the European Commission, the Dutch Ministry of Health and the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union and HIMSS Europe. During eHealth Week 2016, over 2,000 international experts in IT and healthcare, public institutions, professional and patient organisations will be welcomed. This year’s educational programme highlights three main themes: Empowering People, Trust & Standards and Social Innovation & Transition.

eHealth Week 2016 will focus on the people who are changing the healthcare system. Until now, policies have mainly focused on institutions and IT systems: today, that focus is shifting and is now being placed on eHealth users. The people who are using eHealth are becoming increasingly involved in the discussion and being placed at the heart of eHealth policy-making.

For more information: www.ehealthweek.org

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