About the initiators

DigitalHealthEurope will provide comprehensive support to the Digital Health and Care Innovation initiative in the context of the Digital Single Market Strategy. The project’s approach involves a number of actions that will boost innovation and advance the Digital Single Market priorities for the digital transformation of health and care (DTHC), as outlined in the European Commission’s 2018 Communication on the topic. The priorities concern:

• citizens’ secure access to and sharing of health data across borders
• better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care
• digital tools for citizen empowerment and person-centred care

To achieve these three priorities, the project work plan offers two forms of support.

Together, they will form a common vision of EU coordination and support for DTHC beyond 2020.

empirica Communication and Technology Research has been a private, internationally active research and consulting company in Bonn since 1988. Our focus is on digital change, the development and implementation of innovative concepts for the sustainable improvement of living and working conditions, and the enhancement of the innovative ability and competitiveness of economies and societies. Our main areas of research and consulting are Energy, Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, eSkills & Work. Over the last 30 years, empirica has developed into a leading provider of research and consulting services at the European level in these fields, especially for the European Commission and international organizations.

The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) is a European, not-for-profit organisation facilitating the optimal uses of health data.

i~HD strives for a world in which multiple stakeholders collaborate in the trustworthy use of high-quality health data to continuously improve care and accelerate research.

i~HD has translated its focus on health data into six areas of work: quality of health data, information governance, trustworthy health ICT systems, the promotion of interoperability standards, quality labels and scaling up the health ecosystem.

It promotes, develops and shares good practices and tools, and also performs quality assessments.

i~HD brings in 30 years of learning and experience, contributing to (inter)national R&D projects and collaborative initiatives, constantly staying connected with the state-of-the-art innovations in health care and clinical research.