EU Affairs News
The Telemedicine challenge in Europe - EC report
A new report "The Telemedicine challenge in Europe" was published by the European Commission. The aim of this special edition of "The European Files" is to help take stock of the development of telemedicine, in all its diverse forms, and in a range of different environments. It is a collection of accounts and analyses by political and industrial decision-makers, patients and professional healthcare representatives, who seem to be best-placed to communicate messages that are both brief and easily understandable to all audiences.
The Telemedicine challenge in EuropeAugust 6, 2010
Commission addresses key issues in nuclear medicine, radiology and radiotherapy
The Commission adopted today a Communication to the European Parliament and to the Council on medical applications of ionizing radiation1. It proposes a way forward to resolve the urgent issue of shortage of supply of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine. The Communication also identifies key issues to improve radiation protection of patients and medical staff, to avoid a rise in population exposure associated with the technological advances in X-ray computed tomography imaging (CT) and an increase of accidental or unintended exposures in radiotherapy. This Communication was jointly proposed by Günther Oettinger, Commissioner responsible for Energy, and by John Dalli, Commissioner responsible for Health and Consumer Policy.
Read more at http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1034&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
July 22, 2010
Ministerial Conference: Investing in the health professionals of tomorrow in Europe
from 9 September 2010 to 10 September 2010
09:00 - 17:00
The Member States of the European Union are increasingly finding themselves faced with similar challenges regarding the availability of competent health professionals. National measures are often insufficient to deal with the changing and growing demand. This Ministerial Conference wishes to bring together the Member States to discuss an effective policy for the future with regard to innovation and cooperation.
More information available at: http://www.eu2010.be/ministerial-conference-investing-health-professionals-tomorrow-europe
June 22, 2010
Eucomed MedTech Forum 2010
This important forum for European medical technology industry featuring a wealth of events like training sessions, satellite events, policy debates and the MedTech Forum Summit, will take in Brussels from October 12-13, 2010. For more information, please follow the link: http://www.medtechforum.eu/
June 8, 2010
Council agrees on new rules for patients' rights in cross-border healthcare
The Council in charge of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) today agreed on a draft directive concerning the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare, on the basis of a compromise proposal of the Spanish presidency.
Press Release
January 18, 2010
Sign the Alliance for MRI petition
http://petition.myesr.org/
The Alliance for MRI aims to safeguard the future use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Europe through an EU-wide exemption for the medical use of MRI and related research from any exposure limit values set in the Physical Agents 2004/40/EC (EMF) Directive.
This petition will be sent to European institutions, national governments, parliaments and other decision-making bodies to enhance the profile of the Alliance for MRI and demonstrate the significance of this issue.
Please add your voice to the cause, sign up right away, and spread the word!
See www.alliance-for-mri.org
