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Healthtech Charter

2021 has seen a remarkable acceleration in digital health innovation and the uptake of digital tools in health, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, all too often digital health innovators invest time and resources navigating complex regulatory measures across Europe. This, in turn, hinders digital health solutions from reaching their full potential.

Allied for Startups DTx and its partners therefore set out to identify the best practices and measures that empower digital health innovators to scale across European borders. The HealthTech Charter provides an opportunity to shape the EU into a hub for digital health scale-ups and creates benchmarks to inform policy makers what innovators need to succeed.

REPORT 2021

Setting benchmarks to empower digital health innovation in Europe

DISCOVER

REPORT 2021

Setting benchmarks to empower digital health innovation in Europe

DISCOVER

Take a look at the launch of the HealthTech Charter on

Where European policy makers and entrepreneurs came together to present a collection of best practices for health innovation in Europe

Best

01. Reimbursement of Digital Health Applications
- Best Practice 1: The German Digital Health Care Law The DiGA paves a way for digital health applications to be prescribed and reimbursed within the German public health system. Best Practice 2: mHealthBelgium The mHealthBelgium platform aims to integrate mobile health applications into the Belgian healthcare system with the overall goal of fostering affordable and better care and enabling validated health apps to be reimbursed by the Belgian Social Security.
02. Access to Secondary Health Data
- Best Practice 3: The Finnish Act on Secondary Use of Health and Social Data This act provides a GDPR-compliant legal basis for health data processing and access, including for research and innovation in the health sector. This facilitates the secure and effective access to social and health data which streamlines developments in health research.
03. eHealth Services and Interoperability
- Best Practice 4: Estonia’s eHealth Services. Estonia’s eHealth services include a fully interoperable, centrally-stored EHR system, covering all its citizens. Patients have electronic access to their medical records, referrals, and certificates and can easily and securely share them with any healthcare worker or institution.
04. AI in Health
- Best Practice 5: European Digital Innovation Hubs - AI4Health.Cro AI4Health.Cro aims to foster the growth and success of digital companies by providing the necessary space for experimentation, testing, funding, and technical expertise. EDIH empowers digital health entrepreneurs with a sandbox to ‘test before investing,’ and stimulate the European uptake of artificial intelligence, among other areas, in health.
05. Telemedicine
- Best Practice 6: France’s Telemedicine Framework The law provides clear rules for online consultations, including diagnosis, follow-up, telemonitoring, prescriptions and tele-expertise. Moreover, it has introduced reimbursements at par with physical visits.
06. Public-Private Partnerships
- Best Practice 7: Denmark Denmark has a long history of public-private collaboration in healthcare. Private donations are made to innovation centers, research units and hospitals, while life science industries play an active role in developing innovative digital healthcare solutions.
07. Accelerators and Grants
- Best Practice 8: The NHS Innovation Accelerator This accelerator aims to boost the uptake of promising health innovations across the UK. It places a unique focus on both the development of the innovation and growth of the entrepreneur. Best Practice 9: Horizon 2020 - Horizon Europe Horizon Europe replaced H2020 in January 2021, increasing the budget to €95.5 billion - aiming to tackle climate change, achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and boost the EU’s competitiveness and growth. Successfully securing funding from this program can be an incredible boost and push forward for digital health innovation.

Best

01. Reimbursement of Digital Health Applications

Best Practice 1: The German Digital Health Care Law

The DiGA paves a way for digital health applications to be prescribed and reimbursed within the German public health system.

Best Practice 2: mHealthBelgium

The mHealthBelgium platform aims to integrate mobile health applications into the Belgian healthcare system with the overall goal of fostering affordable and better care and enabling validated health apps to be reimbursed by the Belgian Social Security.

02. Access to Secondary Health Data

Best Practice 3: The Finnish Act on Secondary Use of Health and Social Data

This act provides a GDPR-compliant legal basis for health data processing and access, including for research and innovation in the health sector. This facilitates the secure and effective access to social and health data which streamlines developments in health research.

03. eHealth Services and Interoperability

Best Practice 4: Estonia’s eHealth Services

Estonia’s eHealth services include a fully interoperable, centrally-stored EHR system, covering all its citizens. Patients have electronic access to their medical records, referrals, and certificates and can easily and securely share them with any healthcare worker or institution.

04. Artificial Intelligence in Health

Best Practice 5: European Digital Innovation Hubs – AI4Health.Cro

AI4Health.Cro aims to foster the growth and success of digital companies by providing the necessary space for experimentation, testing, funding, and technical expertise. EDIH empowers digital health entrepreneurs with a sandbox to ‘test before investing,’ and stimulate the European uptake of artificial intelligence, among other areas, in health.

05. Telemedicine

Best Practice 6: France’s Telemedicine Framework

The law provides clear rules for online consultations, including diagnosis, follow-up, telemonitoring, prescriptions and tele-expertise. Moreover, it has introduced reimbursements at par with physical visits.

06. Public-Private Partnerships

Best Practice 7: Denmark

Denmark has a long history of public-private collaboration in healthcare. Private donations are made to innovation centers, research units and hospitals, while life science industries play an active role in developing innovative digital healthcare solutions.

07. Accelerators and Grants

Best Practice 8: The NHS Innovation Accelerator

This accelerator aims to boost the uptake of promising health innovations across the UK. It places a unique focus on both the development of the innovation and growth of the entrepreneur.

Best Practice 9: Horizon 2020 – Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe replaced H2020 in January 2021, increasing the budget to €95.5 billion – aiming to tackle climate change, achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and boost the EU’s competitiveness and growth. Successfully securing funding from this program can be an incredible boost and push forward for digital health innovation.