CANCELLED – eHealthWeek Croatia – Launch of the Croatian Digital Health Ecosystem

We have received the following message from the Croatian Ministry of Health;

In the context of the current public health crisis driven by the global spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we are hereby informing you that the eHealth Week Croatia conference (www.ehealthweekcroatia.org) will not take place in Rovinj, Croatia.

The international professional, business and exhibition parts of the eHealth Week Croatia conference with panels and workshops have been cancelled overall in order to avoid unnecessary risks to our international participants, patients, health and care professionals, volunteers, sponsors, exhibitors, organizing staff, as well as the citizens of Croatia and of the countries to which the international attendees would return.

The Croatian Ministry of Health is currently assessing the situation on the invitation-only part of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (HR PRES) program, including one-day High Level Meeting on e-Health as the main event and two-days e-Health Network Meeting as the side event. One of the possible options is moving these meetings to Zagreb on the same dates (April 15-17, 2020), or new dates in May or June. Further details will be announced in due time.

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ECHAlliance is delighted to be a Partner organisation for the eHealth Week Croatia.

These are the sessions that we have planned during the event:

16th April 11:30 – 12:30 – “Strategies to accelerate market adoption of digital solutions in health and care”

EHW 2-Lifelong Health & Care for All: Data Driven & Citizen Centric

Adris Education Room

• Paul Timmers, Keynote Moderator
• Natalia Allegretti, Senior International Project Manager, ECHAlliance
• Karen Boers, President of the Board, CEO, European Start Up Network

16th April 16:00 – 17:00 – “Educating the Workforce of the Future”

EHW 3-Transforming Health & Care: Future Proofing with Innovation

Adris Education Room

• Natalia Allegretti, Senior International Project Manager, ECHAlliance
• Osama Elhassan, Head of eHealth Section, Health Data & information Analysis Department , Dubai Health Authority
• Amr Jamal, Associate Professor and Consultant, Family Physician & Clinical Informatician, King Saud University
• Valerie Watzlaf, Moderator 2019 AHIMA Board President/Chair, PhD, Assoc. Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA
• Karima Bourquard, Director of Interoperability, IHE Europe

17th April 10:00-12:00 – Launch of Croatian Ecosystem. More details coming soon.

17th April 10:00-13:00 – Interprofessional Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics: addressing the pressing need for capacity building in digital health

10:30-11:30 Panel: Reflecting on educational initiatives in the BMHI across Europe: state of play

Natalia Alegretti (ECHALLIANCE) reflects on the ERASMUS+ project and the DG Health Policy thematic network on profiling skills they participate with EHMA, HealthFirstEurope, et al.

About the eHealth Week 2020

In 2020, eHealthWeek will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Rovinj, Croatia, from April 15 to 17. Recognizing this special occasion and Europe’s transition to a mature digital health market, this year’s event focuses less on technology and more on understanding the challenges and opportunities offered by the data collected in the last 10 years.

EHealthWeek consists of high-level meetings, hosted by the Croatian EU Presidency alongside a full conference programme open to all attendees an exhibition and multiple networking opportunities.