Search Tag: EU healthcare
2025 25 Aug
Despite widespread digital advances in healthcare, medication management in European hospitals remains a largely manual and fragmented process. This inefficiency heightens the risk of medication errors, reduces operational resilience and undermines patient safety. With up to 80 million serious medication errors annually across Europe, the digitalisation...Read more
2025 14 Jun
Robot-assisted surgery represents a milestone in medical progress, enabling greater precision, minimally invasive interventions and the prospect of remote procedures performed across borders. Yet in Europe, this high-potential technology remains constrained. Despite technical maturity and proven clinical advantages, robot-assisted systems face...Read more
2025 31 May
Digital Medical Devices (DMDs) are playing an increasingly important role in healthcare across the European Union, offering new ways to prevent, diagnose and manage conditions. However, their integration into national health systems remains inconsistent. Varying national frameworks, classification schemes and evidence standards have created a...Read more
2025 31 May
Digital Medical Devices (DMDs) are playing an increasingly important role in healthcare across the European Union, offering new ways to prevent, diagnose and manage conditions. However, their integration into national health systems remains inconsistent. Varying national frameworks, classification schemes and evidence standards have created a...Read more
2024 13 Nov
COCIR, the European trade association for the radiological, electromedical, and healthcare IT industry, proudly marked its 65th anniversary yesterday. The event brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and healthcare professionals to reflect on the association’s significant achievements and discuss the future of healthcare in Europe....Read more
2024 11 Nov
As the European Union prepares to roll out the European Health Data Space (EHDS), the need for organised, secure, and accessible healthcare data is more urgent than ever. BC Platforms, a leading player in real-world data and healthcare analytics, has introduced a platform specifically designed to support healthcare institutions in meeting EHDS...Read more
2024 25 Sep
On Tuesday 24 September, Alexander Natz, Secretary General of the European Confederation of Pharmaceuticals Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE), sent a letter to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, and President of the European Council Charles Michel, outlining our vision for...Read more
2024 07 Sep
In the European Union (EU), there are significant disparities in life expectancy between established member states (EMS) and new member states (NMS), with a particular gap in health outcomes related to avoidable mortality. Despite two decades of EU expansion, many NMS lag behind EMS in terms of healthcare access, quality, and preventive measures....Read more
2024 02 Mar
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is a health-specific ecosystem comprising rules, common standards and practices, infrastructures and a governance framework aiming at empowering individuals through health data access and researchers through a trustworthy set-up for health data research. This session chaired by Luis Marti-Bonmati (Spain) will...Read more
2023 16 Nov
“Empowering Patients, Inspiring Innovation” MedTech Europe, the European trade association for the medical technology industry, unveils its manifesto for the next EU 2024-2029 political cycle. Titled “Empowering Patients, Inspiring Innovation,” the manifesto suggests actionable policies that build on the achievements of the past mandate...Read more