EVENT SUMMARY: Virtual meeting of the European Parliament’s Interest Group on Innovation in Health and Social Care– Prevention at the heart of European health systems

EVENT SUMMARY: My City-Lab Talk Series - AI in the Fight Against Cancer

The latest meeting of the My City-Lab Talk Series “AI in the Fight Against Cancer” took place on February 25th, 2020. The event was organised by Health First Europe, as a partner of My City-Lab project, to discuss the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fight against cancer, from screening to treatment.

EVENT SUMMARY: My City-Lab Talk Series - Tackling Heart Failure in Europe: Accessing Innovation & Fostering Integrated Care

The City-Labs Talk Series meeting “Tackling Heart Failure in Europe: Accessing Innovation & Fostering Integrated Care” took place on September 11th, 2019. The aim was to discuss how to improve care to tackle the burden of heart failure, from diagnosis and prevention to reduction of risk of death throughout integrated care models and solutions.

EDITORIAL: Multidisciplinary and integrated heart failure care

The Heart Failure Policy Network (HFPN), a member of Health First Europe, is an independent, multidisciplinary group aiming to drive policy change in heart failure (HF). Read here the editorial wrote by its Managing Director, Ed Harding  

EDITORIAL: Committed to protect our health, starting from patient safety and integrated care

Today, 7 June 2018, I am pleased and honoured to be appointed new Honorary President of Health First Europe, one of the EU’s leading stakeholders aiming at improving access for patients to treatment and innovation.

NEWS: Patient-MedTech Dialogue Workshop on community care

On 25 May 2018, in the context of the Patient-MedTech Dialogue, EPF and MedTech Europe organised a half a day workshop on community care and patient access to medical technologies. Our Executive Director, Melina Raso, contributed to the debate on community care to ensure equal and broad patient access to medical technologies.

NEWS: Leading advocates in health and social care call on Commissioners to do more on community care

Today leading advocates for health and social care policy in Europe called on European Commissioners to develop a dedicated and holistic policy on community care. Eurocarers, European Forum for Primary Care, European Social Network and Health First Europe, together call European Commissioners for health and food safety and employment, social affairs and inclusion, to support Member States in their efforts to make person-centred community care a reality.

EVENT SUMMARY - Innovative Health Systems Reform: the role of the EU in advancing innovation

The second meeting of the European Parliamentary Interest Group on Innovation in Health and Social Care. was opened by Co-Chair Kay Swinburne (ECR, UK) at the European Parliament. The event brought together health stakeholders and Member States' representatives to look at investment, rather than just cost-containment, in health systems.

EDITORIAL: Community Care – With patients, by patients and for patients

Editorial by HFE Vice-President Bert Van Caelenberg As patients, carers of patients, friends of patients and ultimately future patients, many of us have been calling for healthcare policies to support a revolution towards innovative treatments, infrastructures, and communication tools. Enhancing community care, empowering patients and partnering with targeted key stakeholders should be part of this revolution and certainly part of a more holistic solution.

PRESS RELEASE: Health First Europe launches European Parliamentary Interest Group on Innovation in Health and Social Care

Health First Europe today announces the launch of a new Parliamentary Interest Group to facilitate greater focus on improving patient access to innovation in health and social care.

EVENT SUMMARY: European Commission Chronic Diseases Summit

On 3 & 4 April, the European Commission held the first ever Chronic Diseases Summit which aimed to bring together key stakeholders to generate recommendations about priority actions at EU level to tackle chronic diseases in Europe.

PRESS RELEASE: Health First Europe calls for EU leadership on Community Care

Aiming to meet the enormous challenges faced by health systems across Europe, Health First Europe today launched its’ Model for Community Care.

NEWS: Health First Europe attends “Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing: From Plan to Action”

Following the Commission's Communication in February 2012, the conference brought together stakeholders from all areas of health to inspire implementation of the Strategic Implementation Plan adopted by the Commission for taking forward priority action areas in integrated care and healthy ageing throughout the EU.

NEWS: Public hearing of the EESC on "Partnering in Research and Innovation on the example of the pilot partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing"

On 7 February, Health First Europe attended a public hearing on the European Commission Communication’s "Partnering on Research and Innovation" on the current example of the pilot partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

NEWS: Health First Europe attends EP Interest Group on Carers

Health First Europe attended the 2nd meeting of the European Parliament Interest Group on Carers in the Active and Healthy Ageing Partnership, held on 11 October at the Parliament.

NEWS: Health First Europe attends EPC/CHES Policy Dialogue: “Only what can be measured, can be achieved: the case of active, healthy ageing”

On 14 June, the European Policy Centre (EPC) together with the Coalition for Health, Ethics and Society (CHES) organised a conference bringing together various health stakeholders to discuss how to increase healthy living by 2020 as prescribed by the Pilot Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing.

NEWS: Conference Innovation in Healthcare: from Research to Market

The European Commission's Directorate Generals (DGs) for Research and Innovation, Enterprise and Industry and Health and Consumers, jointly organised the second conference on Innovation in Healthcare: from Research to Market, in Brussels on the 30-31 March 2011.

NEWS: HFE attends “Health Care Reforms in an Ageing European Society with a focus on the Netherlands”

Health First Europe attended the launch of “Health Care Reforms in an Ageing European Society” which looked specifically at the burden of cost on European healthcare systems as the population ages.