The European Health Data Space will be a common health data sharing system across the European Union. It foresees the use of data for purposes that benefit people and society. It will ensure citizens have universal access, without linguistic, administrative, or structural barriers, guaranteeing patients full control over their health information. Over the past two […]

Margarida Tavares spoke at the opening of the conference ” O Digital na promoção contínua da saúde e do bem-estar”, organized by the Associação para a Promoção e Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação (APDSI) and held in Lisbon, on 14 December 2023. The speech by Margarida Tavares, Secretary of State for the Promotion of Health,

The radiology service of ARS Algarve has already performed nearly 29,000 exams using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. In recent years, there has been a significant investment in image digitization and data storage, as well as in AI for reading chest exams, retinography images, and in the “Radiology in the Community” project (a portable X-ray unit

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of digital services in health, but complex rules and increasing cyberattacks make it difficult to share data across Member States; the EHDS, based on several regulations, provides tailor-made rules for the health sector and will leverage technologies such as artificial intelligence, and cloud computing to improve security and interoperability.

The European Commission has amended the Digital Europe Programme work programmes 2023-2024, investing an additional €762.7 million in Europe’s digital transition and cybersecurity. The digital transition is the main work programme with a budget of nearly €549 million. Over half of the amount is intended to continue and evolve previous activities, covering projects with supercomputers,

SPMS participates in the TEF-Health initiative as a partner in a consortium composed of 51 entities from 9 European Union countries. This action is co-financed by the European Commission and has a duration of five years. The initiative involves the development of Testing and Experimentation Facilities for Health AI and Robotics. The consortium aims to

The InHealth Junior Academy — Academia Júnior de Inovação em Saúde is an initiative of the Departamento de Medicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP). This Junior Academy offers free interactive and hands-on sessions to young people, allowing them to develop a health innovation mini-project.

The GDHP is an intergovernmental organization in the digital health sector that facilitates cooperation and collaboration between government representatives and the World Health Organization (WHO). Its purpose is to foster policymaking that promote the digitalization of the health sector on a global scale. It aims to encourage synergies among its members, focusing on the development

The “National Digital Skills Initiative e.2030, Portugal” (INCoDe.2030) is an initiative that aims to improve the Portuguese population’s level of digital skills, placing Portugal at the level of the most advanced European countries in this dimension by 2030. The Roadmap INCoDe.2030 – Digital Training aims to promote digital inclusion involving the several places in Portugal.

Action HealthData@PT is launched in the context of the implementation of the European Health Data Space, and is an initiative approved by the European Commission under the EU4Health 2021-2027 programme. This initiative contributes to the digital transformation of healthcare in the European Union. The initiative consists of creating a national infrastructure for health data, establishing