October 2018 ECHAlliance Newsletter

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October 2018 Newsletter

Bringing needs and solutions together for the
future of Health

Four great reasons to be a member of ECHAlliance

Launch of the DHO Website!

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Health Observatory (DHO) Website!
Check the DHO website now!

ECHAlliance and Commonwealth Join Forces

Review the impressive agenda for DHS Workshop @ Connected Health Conference (CHC18)

17-19 October, Boston

International Network of Ecosystems

Ecosystems Gatherings / Dates

Portugal, Coimbra, 11 Oct 18
Spain, Valencia, 16 Oct 18
Netherlands, Friesland, 22 -24 Oct 18
Canada, Ottawa, 22-23 Oct 18
Spain, Galicia, 25 Oct 18
eHealth Ireland, Dublin, 1 Nov 18
Netherlands, Friesland, 22 Nov 18
Wales, Cardiff, 5 Dec 18

ECHAlliance members wishing to attend the Ecosystem meetings should contact heather@echalliance.com for registration details. Learn more about the ECHAlliance Ecosystem Network.

Ecosystems News

Welcome Serbia and Portugal Ecosystems!

FACT-FINDING TRIP TO CATALONIA (South Denmark ecosystem)

Joint Northern Ecosystem "Digital Health In The North" a Great success

Digital Health Technology Catalyst Round 3: Collaborative R&D & Feasibility Studies (Manchester Ecosystem)

Apply for Financing from the Nordic Angel Program by EstBAN!
(Estonian Ecosystem)

Check the latest News of Estonian Ecosystem

Check the latest News of Manchester Ecosystem

Check the latest News of
Oulu Ecosystem

Check the latest News of DigitalHealth.London Ecosystem

Medicines Optimisation Working Group Webinar
"Global Patients Safety Challenge"

When: 17 Oct, at 13:00 EU time (12:00 GMT or 14:00 EET)

Hosted by Dr Mike Scott, Chair of the Medicines Optimisation Working Group at ECHAlliance. Presented by Alpana Mair, for World Health Organisation and Neil Williams, for the MOWG.

Learn more here (only for ECHAlliance members)

ECHAlliance Members News

Latest News

Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future. NHS Topol Report

Eurostars 2 Call between Finland, South Korea and Sweden

Cybersecurity Is Forcing A Rethink Of Strategic Autonomy

Domain: Health, Digital Economy It’s as easy as abcde for virtual reality healthcare education

Croatia signs declaration for delivering cross-border access to genomic information

President of the Portuguese Republic supports Thematic network SHAFE

Greece and Austria are the 15th and 16th EU Member States to sign the Genomics Declaration

Transformation of Health and Care in the Digital Single Market is gaining more support

Complete CIPSEC survey regarding needs/wishes of Critical infrastructures around Security solutions

Smart app may help doctors diagnose Parkinson’s disease

ECHAlliance EU Projects

Tenders Room/ Call of Projects

Details of several new tenders have been added to our global Connector platform in the last month. to view them, simply:

Access here (for members only)

Events Calendar

Digital Health Week 2018, 7-12 Oct, Sri Lanka
European Week of Regions and Cities, 8-12 Oct, Belgium
CW Workshop at WHINN Week 2018, 10 Oct, Denmark
CECOPS “CPD Certified training for TECS Service Provision”, 12 Oct, UK
6th eHealth Stakeholder Group Meeting, 12 Oct, Belgium
27th EURORDIS Round Table of Companies Workshop, 16 Oct, Spain

IoT Solutions World Congress, 16-18 Oct, Spain
Webinar: Global Patients Safety Challenge, 17 Nov, Online
2018 Connected Health Conference, 17-19 Oct, Boston
Canadian European Trade Assembly for Digital Health, 22-23 Oct, Canada
Horizon 2020 - EU Collaboration Partnering Event on Digital Transformation in Health & Care, 30 Oct, Belgium

Digital Health Masterclass, 14 Nov, UK
Smart Cities World congress, 13-15 Nov, Barcelona
11th European Public Health Conference, 28 Nov- 1 Dec, Slovenia
EU Health Summit 2018, 29 Nov, Belgium
ICT 2018: Imagine Digital - Connect Europe, 4-6 Dec, Austria
EU Regions for Health “Changing today for tomorrow”, 6 Dec, Belgium
Digital Health & Wellness Summit @ 4YFN 2019, 26 Feb, Barcelona

Welcome New Members

Brian O'Connor, Chair, ECHAlliance "ECHAlliance are delighted to welcome Tunstall, an Innovative Global Leader, who are Enabling Independent Living utilising their many years of experience."

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