9 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2013/2061(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Perceives the increasing possibilities for personalised healthcare as one of the most important opportunities of the eHealth; where the medical records of the patient can be automatically stored in electronic form, are non-dependant on the location of the patient and accessible only by the patient himself with a personalised ID;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission's intentions to propose an eHealth Interoperability Framework by 2015 and sees it as a very important step towards patient empowerment in eHealth; sees important to include in that Framework the creation of standardised reporting in medical records as well as the support towards the development of medical devices with the feature of automatic electronic storage of medical records;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the need to endorse the wide concept of eHealth, including all stakeholders such as doctors, specialists, patients, pharmacies, nurses and other health care professionals;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Sees the need to widely involve patients and patient organisations in developing eHealth at EU level in the future, keeping in mind that the patients should have the possibility to view, use and consult the information on their health;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the Commission also to take a significant role in getting different stakeholders together to share best practices; calls for the Commission to have special focus on its central role in supporting the share of best practices on rare diseases;
Amendment 10 #
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 should 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 increasing social or territorial inequalities; Stresses also the need to develop systems accessible to all, keeping in mind the target for intuitive interphase; underlines the necessity to maintain the equal possibility to use traditional health care services;
Amendment 15 #
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; underlines the fact that innovations in the field of eHealth create business opportunities and contribute to future growth;
Amendment 20 #
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 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 communications in the health sector; enhances that the data protection measures should be developed towards strong individual protection, however in a way that do not hinder the future health research;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to publish an annualevery other year a 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 to measure the success and impact of the actions planned.