Europe is strongly looking to support innovation, in digital, green and more and more focused in societal challenges like health and care. An overview of different innovation instruments and ecosystems that exist in the European Union, funding, programs, and Joint Undertakings (the Public-Private Partnership models) with a particular focus in Health will give audience an introductory note.
The European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) is evolving from a recommendation to a legally established entity under the new Regulation for a European Health Data Space. What the format is, also looking at it as the basis for a new Digital Health Innovation ecosystem will be covered. The new XpanDH project will be presented and how it seeks to develop a panEuropean innovation ecosystem based on easy and plug-and-play interoperability assets around the EEHRxF demonstrates the concept of innovation ecosystems.
Finally, WHO Europe, particularly its Quality-of-Care and Patient Safety office, is also embarking on new innovative efforts, through the Open Quality initiative. This seeks to open the formal quality in health establishment to innovators that can bring solutions to long-standing quality of care challenges, many of which are similar between hospitals and healthcare facilities in Europe and in Hong Kong or other places in the world.
