Activities of Antonyia PARVANOVA related to 2013/2061(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 – Innovative healthcare for the 21st century PDF (240 KB) DOC (135 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 - Innovative healthcare for the 21st century
Amendments (20)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas equal access to high-quality healthcare is internationally recognised to be a fundamental right;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes this eHealth Action Plan 2014-2020, which updates the previouseHealth Action Plan, adopted in 2004, by putting in place further actions, especially as regards improving access to health services and ensuring greater equality among European citizens;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, therefore, the European Union’s action in the field of eHealth consists of helping Member States to coordinate their efforts in this areaat national and cross-border levels and supporting their actions in fields where its intervention can provide added value;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that not all citizens and health practitioners have the opportunity to use IT tools or the necessary skills, and that those concerned shouldon the need for suitably adapted assistance and training, to be available throughout the Union in order to fully exploit the benefits of eHealth services while not increasing social or therefore be offered suitably adapted assistance and training, to be available throughout the Union, in order to help them develop their digital skills and thus fully exploit the benefits of eHealth services while not increasingritorial inequalities. Such assistance and training should focus on: 1)training on use of IT tools, upgrading the necessary skills for healthcare professionals; 2) IT literacy and awareness of the eHealth services for patients at national and cross-border levels, with a specific emphasis on social orand territorial inequalities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need to guarantee SMEs appropriate support in order to ensure a level playing field in the eHealth sector and boost SMEs' market access in this domain;, notably by establishing a specific resource and research database, dedicated to SMEs.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recall the need for the future eHealth Action Plan to guarantee the following key principles: - optimising healthcare spending in times of economic crisis; - strengthening and promoting applications and solutions for market development; - ensuring the interoperability of healthcare and hospitals information systems.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of maintaining a human and patient-centred dimension in healthcare, especially in the context of an ageing population and the consequent frequent difficulty in distinguishing the medical from the social;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that citizens' confidence is essential for both domestic and crossborder eHealth services; emphasises the need to comply with the rules on privacy and personal data protection, since this is an essential prerequisite for the protection of citizens, for patients' trust in eHealth services, and for the proper functioning and increased use of electronic communicationssafe, secured and interoperable electronic communications and data storage systems, such as cloud computing, in the healthcare sector;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need for ICT specialists, patients, consumers, healthcare professionals in general – and doctors in particular – and the public health authorities to work together in this field;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Call on the Commission and Member States to further cooperate in order to ensure healthcare professionals liability at national and cross-border levels;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to publish an annual review of progress in the implementation of the eHealth Action Plan in the individual Member States, showing how this tool has been innovatively modified in order to provide citizens with efficient healthcare systems and, accordingly,; set effective indicators at national and EU levels to measure the success and impact of the actions planned, paying particular attention to potential discrimination or access inequalities that could affect consumers and patients.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas healthcare professionals should be provided with on-going training in the use of theorder to upgrade their skills in using ICT applied in healthcare systems;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas importance should be attached to databases, such as cloud computing and to where and how they are kept;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends that the necessary steps be taken to ensure that having access to and use of eHealth services benefits all EU citizens equally, without this becoming a source of social or territorial inequalityies;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to bring forward legislative proposals to fill the legal gaps, particularly, in the field of responsibilities and liability, which currently exist andto ensure effective implementation of the eHealth system across the EU;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to run eHealth awareness and IT literacy training campaigns, aimed at the general public with a specific emphasis on social and territorial inequalities. These campaigns should be tailored to the social groups they target, since public information and active public participation are key to the effective development of new healthcare delivery models;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to share their experiences, knowledge and good practices and to work among themselves and with the Commissionstakeholders to increase the effectiveness of patient- centred eHealth systems;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission and the Member States to work together to pinpoint eHealth tools and models to support the implementation and development of Article 12 of Directive 2011/24/EU, which deals with the development of European reference frameworksnetworks between healthcare providers and centres of expertise;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the need to ensure the technical standardisation and interoperability of European healthcare systems and hospitals information;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recall the need for the future eHealth Action Plan to guarantee the following key principles: - optimising healthcare spending in times of economic crisis; - strengthening and promoting applications and solutions for market development.