The EUHA Rare Diseases & European Reference Networks (RD & ERNs) Network met in Paris on the 15th and 16th of November. The network discussed the minimum set of requirements to ensure a proper transition from paediatric to adult healthcare for rare disease patients, explored the possibilities for implementing exchanges and emphasised the role of the network to support transversal work on rare diseases in our hospitals, collaboration with ERNs, exploring potential synergies and avoiding parallel work.
Dipl Ing Herwig Wetzlinger, CEO of the University Hospital Vienna and the current president of EUHA, talks about the prospects and challenges facing EUHA and summarises his term as president, which will end at the upcoming Members’ Assembly on November 28th in Vienna. After the Members’ Assembly, the EUHA Presidency will hand over to King’s Health Partners.
The representatives of all EUHA members, nine of Europe’s leading university hospitals, will be hosted by the University Hospital Vienna (AKH Wien) for the upcoming EUHA Members’ Assembly, taking place on November 28th in Vienna. The meeting will explore opportunities to work together on workforce challenges, finalise the mission statement of the Nursing Network, and agree on the strategic work plan of the Innovation Network.
Colleagues from the Learning In Value (LIVE) Working Group and the Digital Health and Data Network (DHDN) met in Vienna to work out important details of their joint project to benchmark breast cancer care.
Dr Peter Gocke, EUHA Digital Health and Data Network coordinator, will showcase the role of university hospitals in the digital transformation of prevention
EUHA’s Steering Committee members and Secretariat met at the Universitätsklinikum AKH Wien on the 30th of September. During the meeting, participants reviewed the implementation of EUHA’s strategic plan and a new communication strategy and discussed how university hospitals are addressing workforce pressures.
EUHA was presented by Emeritus Professor Jan Hazelzet (former LIVE WG coordinator) as an example of how university hospitals from different European countries learn from each other to implement outcomes-based care. In addition, Dr Linetta Koppert, breast cancer surgeon (member of the LIVE WG, Erasmus MC) showcased EUHA’s international role in driving initiatives toward outcome-based care.
Members of the Innovation Network launched in June 2022 by the European University Hospital Alliance (EUHA) met at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona on the 1st and 2nd of September.The innovation experts of all EUHA members shared their innovation processes, needs, challenges and goals, and defined the basis of the network’s action plan.
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is a major policy initiative of the European Commission aims to improve access to healthcare by making healthcare data acessible to citizens, researchers and policy makers across the EU.
On the 2nd and 3rd of June, the European University Hospital Alliance (EUHA) celebrated its 5th anniversary with a symposium at University Hospitals Leuven.