The kick-off meeting of the 17 European partners from 11 Member States participating in the project "Enabling Patient Access to their Health Data - PATHED" will take place on Tuesday, 3rd January 2023. The project involves the National e-Health Authority in cooperation with corresponding Competent Authorities of other Member States of the European Union.
The Cyprus team, which is coordinated by the National e-Health Authority (NHEA), as the Legal Competent Body for e-Health, includes the Ministry of Health, the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy (YEKPSP), the State Health Services Agency, the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus University of Technology.
The proposal was submitted under the European Commission's Joint Actions - Europe for Health (Joint Actions - EU4Health) and was approved, through a competitive procedure, with a total budget of EUR 2 million for a period of 18 months. The Project Team has expertise through their participation in the MyHealth@EU project and other eHealth projects or collaborative networks with experience in cross-border health data exchange and e-prescribing. The Cypriot team, due to its experience, has taken a very important role in the project concerning the development of the mobile application. The funding rate of the Cypriot participation amounts to 24% of the total project budget.
It is noted that EAHY has already launched, in collaboration with the Health Insurance Agency and the HHCAP, its own MyHealth@CY application for mobile devices as part of the implementation of its roadmap as submitted and approved in August 2022 by the Council of Ministers. The PATHED project will be part of the wider EAHC work and will form an integral part of the local mobile app. Through this project, international and domestic partnerships will potentially be developed with many economic benefits.
The project will develop, test and propose a pan-European mobile app that will allow citizens to access their own health data nationally and across borders. In addition, it will develop appropriate tools and standards for national eHealth infrastructures and explore the value of the extended MyHealth@EU infrastructure.
The ultimate objective is to use the findings from the European Commission to assess the feasibility of extending the application towards a citizen-centred European health ecosystem that enables extensive and seamless access for patients to their health data, which is the fundamental function to serve the vision of the European Health Area. The project thus supports the development of the European Health Data Space and the use of health data for healthcare delivery, thus contributing to the "Digital Compass 2030: The European way to the digital decade" objective, which calls for the possibility of access to electronic medical records for 100% of European Union citizens.
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