The Digital Agenda is one of the seven flagship initiatives of the EU’s 2020 strategy for smart,sustainable and inclusive growth. The objective is to maximize the social and economic potential of ICT, spur innovation and economic growth. It identifies seven priority areas ranging from creating a single digital market to using ICTs to face societal challenges, including eHealth.
The Digital Agenda proposes some 100 actions, of which five are directly relevant for eHealth:
Other actions of relevance for eHealth include the revision of the data protection legal framework, measures on ICT interoperability, ensuring mutual recognition of e-identification and e-authentication across the EU...