eHealth: the transformation of the healthcare model

Book with participations by 40 authors, who tackle from different approaches the process of transforming information and knowledge into practical decisions with tangible results in terms of health benefits.

European project financed by H2020 which promotes the improvement of the digital literacy of European Union citizens in health-related matters.

Evaluation of the degree to which European citizens use the Internet and online resources to monitor their own health. The report was drafted by the European Union.

Dutch study on digital literacy in health, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

_{Van der Vaart, R. [Rosalie] and Drossaert, C. [Constance]. (2017). Development of the digital health literacy instrument: measuring a broad spectrum of health 1.0 and health 2.0 skills. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(1), e27. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.6709}

Organization which works with patient groups in public health throughout Europe, whose principal aim is to empower patients. The members represent specific groups of chronic diseases at the European level and also national patients' groups.

Focused on patient empowerment and drafted by the Patient Empowerment Campaign organized by the European Patients Forum.

Cancer survivor who is an international speaker on health and who continually receives glowing reviews for his speeches. The most-discussed themes include: patient commitment and patient empowerment.

Organization which empowers cancer sufferers by providing them access to the latest information on the disease via a community. This organization operates in several countries, including Spain.

Study on the use of the Internet by adults which analyses various issues, such as the behaviour of older adults in information searches on the Internet or how they use it to inform themselves about health problems.

Personal digital consultation and relational forum, allowing citizens to access their personal health information and other services online, in order to carry out procedures, make consultations and monitor their health.

Open access journal whose primary aim is to promote the practice of participatory medicine among healthcare professionals and their patients. Each article deals with a multi-disciplinary theme and aims to explore how participation affects the results, resources and relationships in healthcare. It is published by the Society for Participatory Medicine, a non-profit making organization which promotes the concept of participatory medicine.

The principal aim is to maximize participatory research in the sphere of health through the establishment of local, regional and national strategies, in order to satisfy the needs of marginalized communities, and in doing so, tackle the issue of inequality in health. This participatory process includes academic researchers, healthcare and education professionals and members of civil society.

Library of Digital Apps compiled by the NHS. We can find some which have been approved, which means that there is clinical evidence and that they support clinical results, or others which are being tested, which means that they are part of a programme being supervised by the NHS where evidence is being gathered.

Report on digital interventions and initiatives relating to the promotion of health and presented as part of a seminar. It analyses some of the opportunities offered by these initiatives and describes specific cases, for example, mobile apps applied to the monitoring of health problems, among other issues.

Qualitative study which aims to investigate how health professionals use instructional design principles to create health interventions. In this study, a sample of twelve participants was selected and as a general result it was observed that the participants incorporated key elements of instructional design in their interventions, in other words, analysis, design and assessment.

_{Tamim, S. [Suha] and Grant, M. [Michael]. (2016). Exploring how health professionals create eHealth and mHealth education interventions. Educational Technology Research and Development, 64, 1053-1081. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-016-9447-4}

Dedicates a significant part to mobile health, in which important organizations such as the ECHAlliance participate. It has been held in Barcelona since 2006 and is one of the most important congresses in the world for the mobile phone industry.

Analysis of the situation, implications and trends in the evolution of big data in health. Report produced by the Vodafone Spain Foundation and Red.es.

Workshop for researchers which deals with the big data phenomenon in relation to health sciences and biomedicine.

Deals with the importance of the new role of healthcare professionals who specialize in data science.

Community which offers services for the professional electronic government community (eGovernment), digital inclusion (eInclusion) and eHealth which are part of Joinup, a programme created by the European Commission. It is an interactive initiative which allows its users to discuss in open access the way in which public administrations operate with regard to providing services to the community.

Presentation by Chandra-Verstappen, speaker at the eHealth Week 2016 congress, who speaks from her own experience as Director of the Pharos patient participation programme (Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities). In it, she confirms that eHealth is a promising perspective in the fight against inequalities in health.

Explores the benefits and barriers in the use of eHealth by women of low income and women of colour. According to the report, women of low income and women of colour with chronic health conditions use eHealth tools such as electronic medical records and social media to manage their health. However, certain improvements need to be made, such as: limited digital literacy, privacy problems and lack of technology.

Establishes cooperation actions of public health administrations to ensure the successful running of the National Health System.

Known as the LOPD, it guarantees the protection of the basic rights of persons, such as the right to honour and to privacy, limiting and regulating the use of information technology for the processing of personal data.

Decree which approves the implementing legislation of the LOPD in order to protect personal rights in the processing of personal data.

Establishes a regulation on information society services. In other words, it aims to establish an appropriate legal framework for services contracted or provided by electronic means.

Regulates actions in order to guarantee the right to health protection recognized in the Constitution. It also establishes the public provisions and structure of the National Health System. It is a basic piece of legislation applicable throughout Spain.

Regulates patient autonomy and the rights and obligations with regard to clinical information and documentation.

Defines the concept of advertising and regulates it in all its fundamental aspects.

Decree which approves the consolidated text which unifies the previous Law 26/1984, of 19 July, and the community directives for protecting the interests of consumers and users.

Establishes the rules to guarantee cross-border healthcare assistance to patients and promote cooperation between Member States of the European Union in this sphere.

Guarantees patient mobility, establishing certain rules to facilitate access to safe and high-quality healthcare within the European Union.