ELGA GmbH

ELGA GmbH was founded on November 20, 2009 by the Austrian federal government, provinces and social insurance funds. The objective of the organization is “the non-profit provision of services in the general interest in the area of public services in the field of e-health for the introduction and implementation of the electronic health record (ELGA)”. 

ELGA is committed to using international, uniform standards for seamless, transparent and structured data exchange. The experienced team of ELGA will adapt central components of its EHR infrastructure to support cross-border eHealth services and integrate the NCPeH, thus mainly contribute in work packages with a technical and semantic focus on European Exchange formats. 

The Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH – GÖG)

The Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH – GÖG) is the institution responsible for researching and planning public healthcare in Austria, and acts as the national competence and funding centre for the promotion of health. Set up by Federal Law in 2006, GÖG is a public non-profit limited liability company fully owned by the Republic of Austria. GÖG is already the informative national contact point for patients regarding cross-border health services, and brings experience from numerous previous EU funded projects, and in leading work packages. GÖG will be leading WP3 for evaluation and contribute with their expertise in WP2 for dissemination.

The Belgian eHealth Platform (EHP)

The Belgian eHealth Platform (EHP) is a federal technical agency competent for the eHealth1) eHealth is the use of ICT in health products, services and processes combined with organisational change in healthcare systems and new skills, in order to improve health of citizens, efficiency and productivity in healthcare delivery, and the economic and social value of health.  2) WHO definition: cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health Read More ecosystem in Belgium. It provides technical support to public and private digital health stakeholders, as well as basic services such as identification and authentication of healthcare actors, encryption, and develops innovative solutions to foster the development of digital health in Belgium. Policy wise, it is the ambition of the Belgian eHealth Platform to fully integrate European health information services and implement the EU4Health Programme’s general objective of strengthening health systems (Article 3, point (d)) through the specific objectives defined in Article 4, point (f), of Regulation (EU) 2021/522. Moreover, eHealth Platform wishes to ensure a sound integration between the European architecture and business rules and its own services (e.g.identification, exchange of medical data). It is also eHealth’s objective to implement and pursue our good practices pertaining to EHR systems and mobiles applications certification.

Vitalink Vlaanderen (VL O)

Vitalink Vlaanderen (VL O) is a project of the Flemish Agency for Care and Health that supports the primary use of health data. Vitalink is an application with, on a day-by-day basis, many tens of thousands of individual users. These include both citizens as well as healthcare providers. Vitalink is a vault for citizens’ health data, therefore aspects such as security, availability, transparency of processes, are extremely important. 

Vitalink is not a stand-alone application but is integrated with other government platforms in the Belgian eHealth context and is simultaneously connected to dozens of software packages of professional healthcare providers such as general practitioners and pharmacists but also hospitals and other care facilities. With Vitalink, in an intensive collaboration with other actors such as HL7-Belgium, we are working on a better and more intensive use of the international standard HL7-FHIR in Belgium. The Vitalink team is clearly one of the pioneers regarding this subject in Belgium. 

The profiles mobilized for the joint actions involves project managers (for the high-level view and the governance aspects), business analysts, functional analysts for the technical aspects, including specialists in standards

The Ministry of Health – MoH-HR (in Croatian: Ministarstvo zdravstva; abbreviation: MIZ)

The Ministry of Health – MoH-HR (in Croatian: Ministarstvo zdravstva; abbreviation: MIZ) is a governmental institution and the national competent authority regarding legislation, supervision and coordination of healthcare activities in Croatia.

The Croatian Institute of Public Health – CIPH

The Croatian Institute of Public Health – CIPH (in Croatian: Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo; abbreviation: HZJZ) is a central public health institute in the Republic of Croatia. CIPH deals with public health, health promotion and education, prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases, prevention of infectious diseases, microbiology, environmental health, school medicine, mental health care, and addiction prevention. CIPH’s main tasks are to plan, promote and implement measures for the enhancement of population health and reduction of health problems. The Department of Health Informatics and Biostatistics at Croatian Institute of Public Health is actively working with public health data in Croatia with data collection, data harmonisation, data analysis as well as data interpretation and public health policy making in Croatia.

Croatia – The Croatian health insurance fund CHIF

The Croatian health insurance fund CHIF (in Croatian: Hrvatski zavod za zdravstveno osiguranje; abbreviation: HZZO) (CA) is the institution under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia that performs compulsory, but also supplemental, and additional (voluntary) health insurance. Compulsory insurance is in its biggest part financed by compulsory health care contributions and it enables the universal use of health services for all categories of population (employed, unemployed, children, and retired people). 

Under the supervision of CHIF, large scale health care projects have been implemented using national and foreign resources. CHIF is the holder of the Central Health Information System of the Republic of Croatia (CEZIH) with the registry of patients, health resources registry including portal of messaging system for communication between health providers and CHIF.

The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics (CING)

The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics (CING) was established in 1990 with the purpose to serve the needs of the patients and the country, directly through specialized services and indirectly through its research and academic programs. It is a private, non-profit organization which belongs to the broader public sector. 

Vision “Shaping the future of science, making an impact on peoples’ lives”.  

Mission “To pursue excellence in clinical and laboratory services, research and education for the benefit of patients and society”.  

The five core Values are the foundation for the CING’s strategy and are the driving force in the CING daily work life guiding every decision we make as an institution and as individuals. These are – Excellence, Contribution, Professionalism, Innovation, Teamwork. 

CING is a medical and biomedical translation center, which uniquely combines postgraduate education, innovative research and specialized service activities in one center, providing major medical benefits to the people, society and the country. With personnel of more than 220 individuals, employed in the 15 Departments, a postgraduate school and the administrative department, and a technologically developed research infrastructure unique to Cyprus, CING can be considered one of the best examples in Europe

University of Cyprus (UCY)

University of Cyprus (UCY) (AE) is participating via the eHealth1) eHealth is the use of ICT in health products, services and processes combined with organisational change in healthcare systems and new skills, in order to improve health of citizens, efficiency and productivity in healthcare delivery, and the economic and social value of health.  2) WHO definition: cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health Read More lab (www.ehealthlab.cs.ucy.ac.cy) of the Department of Computer Science and the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre and has a long-standing collaboration with  NeHA and the Ministry of Health. The eHealth Lab has more than 30 years expertise in eHealth which is aligned with the proposal’s objectives, emanating from significant participation in numerous National, European and International projects, as project leaders such as: (i) “EU Digital Covid Certificate Platform” for the issuance of the corresponding certificates for vaccination, recovery and laboratory testing (eudcc.gov.cy which has been used by more than 1 million users) funded under the EU Emergency Support Instrument Action for Cyprus; (ii) “Deployment of generic cross border eHealth services in Cyprus” funded via Investment 6 (C1.1I6): Deployment of generic cross border e-health services in Cyprus, EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 8.7.2021 COM (2021) 398 final ANNEX to the Proposal for a Council Implementing Decision on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Cyprus; (iii) “Cross Boarder eHealth Services in Cyprus” funded by EU CEF (2017-2021); (iv) “Integrated National eHealth Ecosystem (eHealth4U)”, that targets to develop the national eHealth infrastructure based on strict adherence to interoperability protocols for the offering of advanced big-data eHealth services, funded by the Research & Innovation Foundation. The lab developed the cross-border services of patient summary and eP/eD for Cyprus that are expected to GO-LIVE in June 2023. UCY is co-leading T7.2 and participating in WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5, WP6 and WP7

The National eHealth Authority (NeHA)

The National eHealth Authority (NeHA) is a legal person of public law and has been established under The Electronic Health Law of 2019 (59 (I) / 2019) issued by publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus in accordance with Article 52 of the Constitution, which describes the duties, powers and the authorities. The Authority is managed by and acts through a seven-member board (Executive Chair, Vice Chair, and five members), which manages its assets and resources and carries out its duties, powers, and authorities. The purpose of this Law is to establish a framework for the use of electronic health for the prevention of disease, the promotion of health and the effective and safe provision of health services to citizens, the implementation of the National eHealth1) eHealth is the use of ICT in health products, services and processes combined with organisational change in healthcare systems and new skills, in order to improve health of citizens, efficiency and productivity in healthcare delivery, and the economic and social value of health.  2) WHO definition: cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health Read More Record system for all citizens, the regulation of the storage and use of biomedical information and telemedicine. The National eHealth Authority is also under Article 17 of its legislation the National Contact Point for eHealth (NCPeH) for cross-border healthcare defined by EU. The NeHA by its President is representing Cyprus at the EU eHealth Network, and the as expert in the discussions for the EHDS Regulation in the Council of the European Union.

The Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (MZCR)

The Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (MZCR) is the central authority responsible for healthcare in the country. It is also responsible for the development of key national concepts and international collaboration in healthcare. It coordinates the implementation of the Czech National eHealth1) eHealth is the use of ICT in health products, services and processes combined with organisational change in healthcare systems and new skills, in order to improve health of citizens, efficiency and productivity in healthcare delivery, and the economic and social value of health.  2) WHO definition: cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health Read More Strategy endorsed in 2016, the Strategic Framework “Health 2030” introduced in 2019, the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy with respect to health, and other relevant strategies. It has competences given by national and EU legislation including the Regulation on the European Health Data SpaceThe creation of a European Data Space is one of the priorities of the Commission 2019-2025, including the health sector. In the Communication on “A European strategy for data” it states that the Commission will support the establishment of nine common European data spaces with one of them being the Common European health data space, which is essential for advances Read More (EHDS) and coordinates important projects for the digitalization of healthcare in the Czech Republic, including the introduction of innovations, standardisation, data governance, and interoperability. National eHealth Centre established in 2019 is in charge of ensuring that the Ministry fulfils its specific duties in this area.

Vysočina Region Regional Authority (VR)

Vysočina Region Regional Authority (VR). Vysočina Region is located in central part of the Czech Republic. Vysočina Region IT Department has extensive experience with the implementation of eHealth1) eHealth is the use of ICT in health products, services and processes combined with organisational change in healthcare systems and new skills, in order to improve health of citizens, efficiency and productivity in healthcare delivery, and the economic and social value of health.  2) WHO definition: cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health Read More projects in its established organizations (regional hospitals and EMS). Vysočina Region currently maintains and operates the NCPeH for Czech Republic, deploying MyHealth@EU cross border services – the exchange of patient summaries and ePrescription/eDispensation.

The Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre

The Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre (TEHIK) is an Estonian ICT competence centre in the field of health, social security and labour. We implement the most important IT-projects of the public health and welfare sector, counsel other state authorities about new developments and ICT-management, and are the pioneers of new technological solutions in our field. 

In Xt-EHR project, TEHIK focuses on interoperability issues, especially on data exchange standards and metadata management. 

Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) (CA)

Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) (CA) . In Estonia, the ministry oversees the strategic steering of eHealth1) eHealth is the use of ICT in health products, services and processes combined with organisational change in healthcare systems and new skills, in order to improve health of citizens, efficiency and productivity in healthcare delivery, and the economic and social value of health.  2) WHO definition: cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health Read More initiatives and TEHIK acts as the National Contact Point for eHealth. The experts appointed by the authorities have notable experience in creating national eHealth solutions and many have actively participated in EU level cooperations, i.e. X-eHealth. Both authorities have appointed their representatives to participate in the respective WPs of their expertise

The Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH – GÖG)

The Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH – GÖG) is the institution responsible for researching and planning public healthcare in Austria, and acts as the national competence and funding centre for the promotion of health. Set up by Federal Law in 2006, GÖG is a public non-profit limited liability company fully owned by the Republic of Austria. GÖG is already the informative national contact point for patients regarding cross-border health services, and brings experience from numerous previous EU funded projects, and in leading work packages. GÖG will be leading WP3 for evaluation and contribute with their expertise in WP2 for dissemination.

ELGA GmbH

ELGA GmbH was founded on November 20, 2009 by the Austrian federal government, provinces and social insurance funds. The objective of the organization is “the non-profit provision of services in the general interest in the area of public services in the field of e-health for the introduction and implementation of the electronic health record (ELGA)”. 

ELGA is committed to using international, uniform standards for seamless, transparent and structured data exchange. The experienced team of ELGA will adapt central components of its EHR infrastructure to support cross-border eHealth services and integrate the NCPeH, thus mainly contribute in work packages with a technical and semantic focus on European Exchange formats. 

The Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH – GÖG)

The Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH – GÖG) is the institution responsible for researching and planning public healthcare in Austria, and acts as the national competence and funding centre for the promotion of health. Set up by Federal Law in 2006, GÖG is a public non-profit limited liability company fully owned by the Republic of Austria. GÖG is already the informative national contact point for patients regarding cross-border health services, and brings experience from numerous previous EU funded projects, and in leading work packages. GÖG will be leading WP3 for evaluation and contribute with their expertise in WP2 for dissemination.

ELGA GmbH

ELGA GmbH was founded on November 20, 2009 by the Austrian federal government, provinces and social insurance funds. The objective of the organization is “the non-profit provision of services in the general interest in the area of public services in the field of e-health for the introduction and implementation of the electronic health record (ELGA)”. 

ELGA is committed to using international, uniform standards for seamless, transparent and structured data exchange. The experienced team of ELGA will adapt central components of its EHR infrastructure to support cross-border eHealth services and integrate the NCPeH, thus mainly contribute in work packages with a technical and semantic focus on European Exchange formats.