Traduction de «Carte santé » (Français → Anglais) :

As far as the card is concerned, I should like to clarify that the European Health Insurance Card is not a health card like others we know in certain Member States.

I also hope that today’s vote will help to ensure that this timetable is adhered to and that the health card will become a reality during the coming year.

Europe is also at the forefront of the use of electronic health records in primary care and deployment of health (smart) cards, including the recent introduction of an European Health Card to make it easier to obtain treatment in other EU Member States.

I therefore believe that the advantages, amongst others, are the correct application of Community coordination in the field of health care; creating confidence amongst the European citizens with regard to their healthcare when they move within Community territory; to facilitate the citizens’ exercise of their right to healthcare assistance by means of simplifying the documentation required, concentrating it in a simple card, in a single card to ensure healthcare assistance, with the integrated use of cards and terminals; and finally, the provision of the replacement procedure in exceptional cases, by which I mean the loss or theft of ...[+++]the card.

It is noted that a number of legal, ethical, economic and technical difficulties remain to be addressed before electronic cards could be generally introduced and the Presidency considers that the Commission should continue to support RD and pilot projects on the application of an electronic card, as well as alternative telematic approaches, in the health and social security fields.

emphasised the potential of e-Health developments to contribute to the empowerment of European citizens in relation to their health and wellbeing; endorsed the new possibilities provided by e-Health including the Internet to disseminate, exchange and manage health-related information, to improve administrative processes, and to support healthcare services; highlighted the potential of e-Health for addressing new opportunities and challenges in the context of the programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008) and the achievement of the e-Europe 2005 action plan targets; recognised that e-Health can enhance the expectation of European citizens to seek health services in a Member State other than that in which they ...[+++]reside through for example, the European Health Insurance Card; called for full regard to be taken in relation to data protection, privacy and security in developing, testing and implementing e-Health systems; called for greater research into the potential applications of e-Health, in particular the integration of data and interoperability; and called for the greater sharing of best practice at the European level in the provision of personalised information and advice via telemedicine services and health-related websites, and in quality assurance.