Traduction de «établissement de soins de santé » (Français → Anglais) :

5. Health sector: health care settings (including hospitals and private clinics) and other entities involved in health care provisions.

29. Underlines that infection prevention and control is a vital cornerstone in the fight against AMR; calls on the Member States to improve infection control, and to raise and promote good standards of hygiene – especially hand hygiene, particularly in sensitive environments, such as healthcare institutions – in order to prevent the spread of infections and reduce the need for antibiotics; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase the exchange of best practices for preventing and reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and to broaden research into the epidemiology of HAIs due to MRSA, C. difficile and other eme ...[+++]rging multidrug-resistant organisms;

3. National contact points in the Member State of treatment shall support patients in protecting their rights by providing them with information, inter alia remotely accessible by electronic means, concerning healthcare providers, including on request information on a specific provider's right to provide services or any restrictions on its practice, information referred to in Article 4(2)(a), and information on the protection of personal data, the level of accessibility to healthcare facilities for people with disabilities, as well as information on patients' rights, complaints procedures and mechanisms for seeking remedies, according to ...[+++] the legislation of that Member State, as well as the options available to settle any dispute, and to identify the appropriate out-of-court settlement scheme for the specific case, including in the event of harm arising from cross-border healthcare.

access to, and use of, healthcare facilities.

Teleradiology can help healthcare facilities to cope with peak workloads, ensure round-the-clock services, reduce waiting lists for specific examinations and, above all, cut costs.

Although telemedicine may be an interesting option for many healthcare facilities, the lack of legal clarity has been repeatedly mentioned in the stakeholders' consultation as an obstacle to its wider use.