These meetings aim to collect information on health system, competent authorities, health professionals’ registration and identification processes, as well as possible production of health professional cards in the countries represented in these meetings.

List of people attending HPRO Card meetings

Presentation of the HPRO Card project, of the role and activities of the competent authorities (for physicians, dentists, and nurses) and drawing of the workflows.

 

Presentation of the HPRO Card project, of the role and activities of the competent authorities (for physicians, dentists, midwives, nurses, and pharmacists) and drawing of the workflows.

Presentation of HPRO Card
Validation of the schema for pharmacists

Oslo (Norway) – September 17, 2009

Presents : 22 participants, 2 countries

Main topics :

Presentation of the Norway Health system
Presentation of the Norwegian e-Health projects
Presentation of the French certification authority and HPRO Card
HPRO Card questionnaire.

 

Calafell (Spain) – July 31, 2009

Presents : 8 participants, 2 countries

Main topics :

Work on the spanish demonstrator

Brainstorm on the HPRO Card follow-up

Presentation of the results of the questionnaires on existing health professionals cards.

 

Presentation of STORK (Secure idenTity acrOss BoRder linKed) a European project that develops large scale pilots that will enable businesses, citizens and government employees to use their national electronic identities in any Member State for e-government applications.

Presentation of the HPRO Card project, of the role and activities of the competent authorities (for physicians, dentists, midwives, nurses, and pharmacists) and drawing of the workflows.

Presentation of the HPRO Card project, of the role and activities of the competent authorities (for physicians, dentists, midwives, nurses, and pharmacists) and drawing of the workflows.

Tarragona (Spain) – April 3, 2009

Presents : 8 participants, 2 countries

Main topics :

Exchanges on the HPRO Card questionnaire : proposal of new questions regarding Public Key Infrastrutures' interoperability (PKI)

Work on the spanish demonstrator

Work on the interoperabily issues.

Presentation of the HPRO Card project, of the role and activities of the competent authorities (for physicians, midwives and nurses, and pharmacists) and drawing of the workflows.

London (United Kingdom), January 16, 2009

Presents: 20 persons, 3 countries

Main Topics:

Presentation of HPRO Card project

 

 

Presentation of the HPRO Card project, of the role and activities of the competent authorities (for physicians, dentists and pharmacists) and drawing of the workflows.

 

Presentation also of the national database for the health professionals (CoGeaps).

 

Mr. Zappala’s speech about the HPRO Card project and its results.  

Bucharest (Romania)  - December 12, 2008

Presents :  about fifty participants, 2 countries

Presentation of the role and activities of the competent authorities for all professions concerned by the HPRO Card project in Romania and drawing of the workflows.

Presentation of the HPRO Card project and next steps.

Berlin (Germany) – December 8, 2008

Presents : x participants, 3 countries

Main topics :

Stockholm (Sweden) - November 13, 2008

Krakow (Poland) - September 26, 2008

Presents : x participants, 3 countries

Main topics :

Budapest (Hungary) – June 16, 2008

Presents : 12 participants, 2 countries

Main topics :

Presentation of a demonstrator : the University of Applied Sciences of Berlin (Technische Fachhochschule Berlin) has developed an application that allows testing the authentication and electronic signature of documents (loading and downloading to a server) using the German, French and Dutch health professionals’ cards.

Presentation of the working group of the European Committee for Standardization - CEN TC 251 WG III - which is gathering information on health professionals' smart cards through Europe

Presentation of the HPRO Card project and exchanges on the possible link with the project Smart Open Services (SOS) : The SOS project has the objective to test through « large scale pilots » the interoperability issues in the exchange for a medical summary and an electronic prescription between 12 member states.

Presentation of the smart cards systems in Germany and France : to make a status update of the situation in these two countries.

Madrid (Spain) – April 9, 2008

Present : 17 participants, 7 countries

Main topics :

Testimonials : Different countries (Poland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Belgium) have presented their own system of registration of health professionals.

Presentation of the HPRO Card workpackages and deliverables : The project funded by the European Commission has been exposed to present the members, to explain the management structure, the work to be done (workpackages) and the calendar of meetings.

 

Ljubljana (Slovenia) – February 7, 2008

Present : 13 participants, 6 countries

Main topics :

Testimonials : Different countries (Slovenia, Norway, Spain) have presented their own system of registration of health professionals.

Objectives of the working group (interoperability items) : Based on a presentation of scenarii for the production and use of the European health professional card (reminder of the Bratislava presentation) as well as a presentation of interoperability items, a discussion ensued on how the group should operate.

 

Present: 16 participants, 6 countries

Main topics :

Debriefing of the event at the European parliament : The group has shared his satisfaction about the success of this event founder for the project.

Presentation of the response to the call for proposals of the European Commission (VP/2007/014, DG Empl) : Some elements on the EU context were first explained : i.e. the three institutions – European Parliament, Council and Commission – their respective roles and their management regarding health and new technologies projects. Then, the HPRO Card project was presented in its main aspects (objectives, partners, expected results, links with EU objectives).

 

Wien (Austria) – May 16, 2007

Present : 20 participants, 10 countries

Main topics :

Discussion on the physical aspects of the card : Members expressed their ideas and constraints in terms of information to be included on the card.

Discussion on the financing questions of the project : Different needs and funding possibilities were discussed.

Discussion on the data accessible by the mean of the card : Initial discussions have taken place on data that could be accessed with this card.