One of the most important initiatives at EU level in the field of digital health currently, is the discussion on how best to attain a common European Health Data Space (EHDS). Furthermore, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of cooperation in medical research has become even more prominent and, with it, the demand for a supporting e-Infrastructure and services.
There are multiple aspects that are relevant to the community of GÉANT users about the development of eHealth services, but the two main ones we want to focus on are the following:
News report on GÉANT Connect site and the same report on EaPConnect site.
Several GÉANT NRENs have been supporting eHealth projects or offer eHealth-related services to their customers. EOSC-Life, a multi-million Euro project funded by the EC, tackles several aspects of general relevance related to eHealth and e-Infrastructures.
From a preliminary skimming of areas relevant to eHealth there is:
While Open Science and Open Publishing are well supported by GÉANT, the main advocates for these topics are RDA and EUDAT. Networks, CyberSecurity and T&I, on the other hand, are core areas in GÉANT offerings. We ultimately aim to hear from you if these GÉANT areas need to address gaps to fulfil your NREN effort in the field of eHealth.
Objective of this Baselining Meeting is to do an inventory:
Based on the results of the inventory and the interest of the attendees, we will discuss which next steps might be applicable.
This could be the formation of a Task Force or SIG on eHealth in the framework of GÉANT or, on a wider scope, the start of a closer collaboration with other EC-funded projects already working in the area.
The meeting will serve as an indicator if there is a need for further activity from GÉANT in the scope of eHealth & Telemedicine.
https://www.inthefieldstories.net/category/health-and-medicine/
https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/digital-health
NREN eHealth specialists, NREN Management Level + T&I experts
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Organiser: The workshop is jointly organised by GÉANT’s GN4-3 project and the EU-funded EaPConnect project.
Duration of the workshop: 1 Day (10:00 – 15:00 CET)
Venue: ZOOM
Date: 27th January 2021
Moderators: Mario Reale (GÉANT), Marina de Giorgi (GÉANT), Léonie Schäfer (DFN)
Working Language: English
Invited NREN speakers: DeiC (Denmark), GARR (Italy), PSNC (Poland), RNP (Brazil), AARnet (Australia), Jisc (UK), RENAM (Moldova) and BASNET (Belarus)
Special Guests:
Prof. Shimizu, Kyushu University, Japan
Jonathan Tedds, EOSC-Life
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For more information, please contact:
Mario Reale, mario.reale@geant.org
Marina de Giorgi, marina.degiorgi@geant.org
Leonie Schäfer, schaefer@dfn.de
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