Every year at the turn of November and December, health professionals meet at Effective Hospital Conference. InterSystems organises with the same regularity meeting of experts in the field of informatics in health care and it is not otherwise in the year 2019. Let me personally invite you to the 8th annual Effective Luncheon meeting at the Clarion Hotel in Prague. At present, the main topics of health informatics are interoperability, patient data access, telemedicine and artificial / enhanced intelligence. In connection with these trends will also discuss major innovations that directly affect us in the Czech Republic such as the new eHealth Act or the summary of electronic services offered in the future, the Information and Data Interface of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (IDRR). This year, representatives of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and the Slovak National have promised their participation in the Effective Lunch Health Information Center (NCZI). There will also be representatives of international organisations such as HIMSS or the European Connected Health Alliance.   Program of speakers: – Martin Zeman, Jiří Borej / Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (On the topic – New eHealth Act) – John Rayner / HIMSS, UK  – “Using Digital Maturity Measurement to Create a Strategic Plan” – Andy Bleaden / ECHAlliance, UK – “ECHAlliance -The Global Connector – Connecting the Dots in Health and Social Care” – Ján Tomášik / NCZI, Slovak Republic – “EHealth in Slovakia. Year # 2 ‘ – Jan Hulek / IHE Czech – “Do you have interoperable NIS? And can I see him? ” – Milan Cabrnoch / IZSS – “Overlap, boundary or abyss? Telemedicine, health and social services’