McKesson Europe feedback on EC Roadmap
- The data must be highly encrypted to ensure that no third party can process it, even if the data is leaked.
- We endorse continued EU support for investment in digital infrastructure, as provided currently by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Telecom programme. This should cover: unified cloud based setup, security mechanisms, maintenance, future development/ improvements/ enhancements.
- We also recommend EU financial support for physical infrastructure: unified ID medium for patients (whether a card or an app), access point / device for healthcare professionals etc.
- Regarding the data categories within the patient summaries, we endorse the eHealth Network’s Guidelines on Minimum/Non-exhaustive Patient Summary Dataset for Electronic Exchange in Accordance with the Cross-Border Directive 2011/24/EU.
- We endorse the inclusion e-prescription within the framework of this Recommendation, which should include the mandatory dataset elements set out in International Standard DIS 175233.
- Exchanged ePrescription data should be documented in the patient health records.
- A European body should have access to the data so that it can conduct analytics and prevent misuse.