- eHealth Week: technology for a better life
- The Dutch Ministry of Health together with the European Commission and HIMSS Europe organised from the 8th-10th of June the eHealth Week 2016 and EFA’s Giuseppe De Carlo took part. The event gathered ...
- More investment for prevention – Conclusions of European Health Parliament
- On the 29th June, we participated in the European Health Parliament (EHP) closing session to bring the perspective of allergy, asthma and COPD patients. The European Health Parliament is a platform, ...
- How are asthma patients involved in science? Dominique’s testimony
- “Our dream is to have a system that better supports us." Dominique Hamerlijnck, an asthma patient from the Netherlands, volunteer at EFA Member Longfonds, has been interviewed by MedTechEurope to expl ...
- European mHealth guidelines (almost) ready
- The working group established this year by the European Commission is rapidly developing the guidelines for assessing the validity and reliability of mobile health applications. Following last face to ...
- Our asthma in young patients news
- In May, we had the opportunity to promote the results of our Health Literacy, Young Patients with Asthma and Adherence to Treatment report, among healthcare professionals, as we were invited by the In ...
- MyAirCoach, the parents’ perspective
- EFA’s latest report HEY YA! identifies mHealth solutions as key tools for supporting young people with asthma in adhering to their treatment. This view is also shared by the members of the Advisory Pa ...
- Register now for myAirCoach workshop
- The myAirCoach project is organizing on the 6th of September the Workshop on Mobile Healthcare for the Self-Management of Chronic Diseases and the Empowerment of Patients in Conjunction with MobileHCI ...
- PRESS RELEASE: Young patients with asthma need more investment in technology and health literacy
- Young patients with asthma need more investment in technology and health literacy Brussels, 28 April, 2016 – BEFORE WORLD ASTHMA DAY. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. Today, 3 ...
- Patients will have more input in myAirCoach project
- Since February several representatives from myAirCoach Advisory Patient Forum will be more intensively involved in the different myAirCoach Workpackages that deal with the conception of an asthma mana ...
- New eHealth guidelines for nurses and social workers
- The EU-funded Ens4Care project has developed five guidelines for European nurses and social workers on how to use eHealth for promoting a healthy lifestyle and prevention, clinical practice, skills de ...
- EFA joins European Commission Working Group on mHealth assessment guidelines
- Mobile Health is an emerging and rapidly developing field: with around 100,000 mHealth apps currently available across multiple platforms on the global market. It has the potential to play a part in t ...
- Promoting MyAirCoach at DDL Conference
- From Thursday the 8th until Friday the 9th of December 2015, EFA project officer Joke De Vocht had the pleasure to represent EFA and the myAirCoach project at the Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) Con ...
- Patient Engagement Websites and Online Tools for Chronic Conditions
- For many patients and their families finding the correct information on their condition is key to helping them manage it effectively. Increasingly we look for health information on line but it’s impor ...
- MyAirCoach Partner Meeting Update
- The 3rd myAirCoach partner meeting took place at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London on 17th and 18th November. During these two days the project partners, together with members of the Pat ...
- United4Health
- On the 5th of November, EFA Senior EU Policy Advisor Roberta Savli took part in the last Policy Advisory Group meeting of the United4Health project. The project is partially funded under the ICT Pol ...
- MyAirCoach brochure launch at ERS
- Self-management of respiratory diseases through the use of mobile technologies is one of the topics of the moment. Therefore the ERS 2015 Congress in Asmterdam represented a perfect opportunity ...
- Innovation, air quality and food labelling, the priorities to follow after the summer
- It is been one year the Comission and Parliament started their mandates and until the end of 2015 this time will be translated into new policy developments important for patients. We will follow close ...
- RRI-ICT: enhancing responsibility in technological research
- DG CONNECT and RRI-ICT Forum (Responsible Research and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology) organized the first RRI-ICT event on July 8-9, 2015 to discuss about how to enact a respo ...
- Lessons from pilot projects on COPD: United4Health
- The United4Health User Policy Advisory Board (UPAB) met on the 6th of July to discuss the health condition of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), one of the three core chronic ...
- FFAAIR Celebrates Annual Congress
- EFA Member FFAAIR (Fédération Française des Associations et Amicales de malades, Insuffisants ou handicapés Respiratoires) met on 5-7 June in Grenoble to celebrate its 27th Annual General Meeting. Mor ...