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Newsletter N° 172 – October 2019

In this issue:

HOPE activities

EU 2019-2024: Health Champions Wanted

HOPE Study Tour – Digital Health: Virtual Hospital in Helsinki

News from Members

Portugal – ADPH event Debate Dinner “Value-Based healthcare. The future of interventional medicine and patient outcomes”

Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Council Conclusions: Economy of Wellbeing

EU institutions and policies

European Commission hearings

Public Health

European Antibiotic Awareness Day

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) negotiations in a deadlock

Evaluation of the EU legislation on blood, tissues and cells- Report and Conference

European Reference Networks - Frequently Asked Questions and Specific criteria for the ERN call for membership updated

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EU Health Policy Platform thematic networks 2020: poll

European Commission Guidelines on Good Clinical Practice specific to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

Communications Networks, Content and Technology

Health data exchange in Europe - Preparatory discussions between the Commission and Member States

Internal market

Call for expression of interest for expert panels on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices

EU Medical Device Coordination Group Publishes Guidance on the Qualification and Classification of Software under Upcoming Medical Device Regulations

Research and innovation

Members of the Mission Board for Cancer

Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

EU Work-life Balance Directive enters into force

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work will focus on the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)

European programmes and projects

EU Health Programme Conference

Evaluation of ESF support to social inclusion - consultation

Employment and social innovation programme 2014–20 – final evaluation – consultation

Reports and publications

Reports

➢ World Health Organization (WHO)

Primary Healthcare on the Road to Universal Health Coverage

Better Health for Europe: more equitable and sustainable (2019)

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Health diplomacy: spotlight on refugees and migrants (2019)

➢ Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Health for Everyone? Social Inequalities in Health and Health Systems

The economy of well-being: Creating opportunities for people’s well-being and economic growth

The Heavy Burden of Obesity

➢ European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Improving healthcare quality in Europe: Characteristics, effectiveness and implementation of different strategies (2019)

Everything you always wanted to know about European Union health policies but were afraid to ask (2019)

➢ Eurostat

Compare regions and cities easily

Mental health care: psychiatric hospital beds - World Mental Health Day

➢ Other

Creating healthy lives: A whole-government approach to long-term investment in the nation’s health

Articles

➢ Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Understanding and using patient experiences as evidence in healthcare priority setting

➢ Journal of Health Services Research & Policy

Examining the effects of activities of daily living on informal caregiver strain

➢ Health Services Management Research

The 85% bed occupancy fallacy: The use, misuse and insights of queuing theory

➢ Journal of telemedicine and telecare

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The effect of teleh