European eHealth Community

Organization, projects, software, and other resources of the European Union (EU) eHealth community.

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eCancerHub

eCancerHub is a new open access approach to providing the cancer community with high quality and trustworthy information. Integrating the best of social media technology into one unique platform, eCancerHub enables patients, health care professionals, researchers, and policy makers to interact, connect, and share information.

eHealthNews.Eu

The first European eHealth News portal. News articles posted on the portal are primarily related to the European eHealth domain. Its core competence and innovative strength are (1) in advancing the European eHealth Industrial and Research sectors, and (2) promoting awareness of the latest trends, achievements and technology in the field.

epSOS Project

epSOS [European Patients Smart Open Services] is the main European eHealth interoperability project co-funded by the European Commission and the partners. Read More »

EU Open Source Observatory & Repository (OSOR)

The Open Source Observatory & Repository (OSOR) for European public administrations supports and encourages the collaborative development and re-use of publicly financed free, libre and open source software (FLOSS) applications developments for use in European public administrations. It is a platform for exchanging information, experiences and FLOSS-based code. Read More »

European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)

The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) is part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Europe’s flagship laboratory for the life sciences. It is a non-profit Intergovernmental organization. EMBL-EBI provides freely available data from life science experiments covering the full spectrum of molecular biology.

European Center for Disease Prevention & Control (ECDC)

The European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) was established in 2005. It is an EU agency with aim to strengthen  Europe's defences against infectious diseases. It is seated in Stockholm, Sweden. their mission is to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health posed by infectious diseases. Read More »

European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL)

The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL), founded in 1999, is a pan European multi-stakeholder forum providing a leadership and networking platform for European corporate, institutional and individual actors dedicated to the betterment of healthcare delivery through eHealth. Read More »

European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)

The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is an international non-profit association registered in Belgium. EPHA is Europe’s leading NGO advocating for better health. It is a dynamic member-led organisation, made up of public health NGOs, patient groups, health professionals, and disease groups working together to improve health and strengthen the voice of public health in Europe. Read More »

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)

As a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) works to create general understanding and support for Free Software and Open Standards in politics, business, law and society at large. FSFE works with the European Commission and European Parliament to create a positive environment for Free Software and Open Standards in Europe.

Health-EU Portal

The Health-EU Portal, the official public health portal of the European Union (EU), provides European citizens with easy access to comprehensive information on Public Health initiatives and programmes at the EU level. The portal is intended to help positively influence behaviour and promote the steady improvement of public health in the 27 EU Member States. Read More »

Open Forum Europe (OFE)

Open Forum Europe (OFE) is a not-for-profit industry organization which was originally launched in 2002 to accelerate and broaden the use of Open Source Software (OSS) among businesses, consumers and governments. Read More »

The European Surveillance System (TESSy)

The European Surveillance System (TESSy) is a highly flexible metadata-driven system for collection, validation, cleaning, analysis and dissemination of data. Its key aim is to provide the basis for high quality data analysis and interpretation to provide evidence for public health action. All EU Member States (27) and EEA countries (3) report data on communicable diseases to the system. Read More »