<p style="font-size:14px; font-family:verdana;"> In addition, eHealth supports the creation of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/ern_en">EuropeanEuropean Reference Networks</a> is also supported. These are Networks (ERNs), virtual networks involving
healthcare providers across Europe. European ReferenceERNs Networks aim to facilitate discussion on complex or rare diseases and conditions
that require highly specialised treatment, and concentrated knowledge and resources.<br/><br/>
The eHealth DSI aims to support Health Professionals. These services pave the way towards delivering sustainable
eHealth systems exchanging health data and services cross-border.<br/><br/>
The Core Service Platform for ePrescriptions and the Patient Summary supportssupport the development and maintenance
of the artefacts necessary to enable cross-border exchange of ePrescription and Patient Summaries by the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure eHDSI
deploying countries. <br/><br/>
Generic Services Projects for ePrescriptions and the Patient Summary supported Member States EU and EEA countries associated to the
programme to set up their National Contact Points for eHealth to start exchanging cross-border ePrescription and
Patient Summary data.
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The Core Service Platform for the European Reference Networks (ERN) includes the Clinical Patient Management
Systems Systems(CPMS) and the European Reference Networks ERN Collaborative Platform (ECP) allowing secure sharing of patient data and secure
communication and information delivery. <br/><br/>
Generic Services Projects for EuropeanERNs Reference Networks served to set up the customized Operational Helpdesk that serve as a first line help for
all EuropeanERN Reference Networks members and facilitates their use of the CPMS.<br/><br/>
The eHealth DSI is in line and supports the provisions on the Clinical Patient Management Systems. < application of patients’ rights in cross-border
healthcare contained in the European Directive 2011/24/EU, which promotes the cooperation and the exchange of
information among EU and EEA countries associated to the programme aiming at delivering sustainable eHealth
systems and services and providing interoperable applications at European level.<br/><br/>
Enhancing the interoperability of electronic health records in line with the Commission Recommendation on a
European Electronic Health Record exchange format (C(2019)800) of 6 February 2019 should further help
expanding the datasets currently being exchanged within the eHDSI to include valuable information concerning
laboratory results, medical imaging and reports, and hospital discharge reports. This would further enhance
continuity of care.
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