Characteristics and Enlightenment of European Digital Health Policies
Digital health is a strategic direction for the high-quality development of the digital society.Europe has rich experience in digital health,and studying the content and characteristics of its digital health development policies provides good reference significance for the development of relevant policies in China.Taking the European digital health policies as the research object,this paper focuses on the content of digital health policies formulated by the European Union,France,the United Kingdom,Switzerland,and Denmark.The characteristics are mainly reflected in five aspects,including data construction,technological application,infrastructure,digital literacy,and organizational security.Specifically,Europe attaches great importance to establishing a health data space and sharing model,promoting the sharing and utilization of health data,promoting the application of digital technology,innovating medical solutions,building digital health infrastructure,supporting data utilization,strengthening health and digital literacy,improving digital adaptability,establishing digital health-related institutions and committees,so as to create conditions for the development of digital health.The European experience provides the following insights for the new stage of digital health development in China,including strengthening the construction of data elements in digital health,accelerating the mature technology application of digital health,strengthening the infrastructure support of digital health,improving the digital health literacy of the public,strengthening organizational management and guidance,to promote innovative development of digital health.
digital healthhealth datadata sharinghealth literacytechnology policiespolicy researchEuropean experience