The EC asked to pass specific measures to promote telemedicine. Brussels, May 11 () .- The European Commission (EC) today called on Member States to take concrete measures to promote the application of new technologies to healthcare, in order to implement services such as telemedicine or distance customer attention.
The EU executive supported the Declaration as presented yesterday in Budapest by the shift hngara presidency of the EU, designed to promote the "health electronics" and promote, eve isk, the rights of patients to receive atencinm indicates in other countries.
Text particular bet in telemedicine and telemonitoring services, which will allow remote treat diseases like diabetes and reduce costs hospitalizacin of patients with cardiac ailments chronicles, underlined the Commission n in a statement.
The Declaration also emphasizes the potential of telemedicine to face "challenge will" as the aging poblaciny, eve isk for sale, lack of health workers.
EC vice president of the Digital Agenda and commissioner, Neelie Kroes, support this "ambitious Declaration" and urged Member States "to take concrete steps" to promote health SPECIFIC electronics and set targets in this regard.
Commissioner of Health, John Dalli, underlined the need to "ms COOPERATION" and "more progress" in this area, which in his view "the benefit of, eve isk for sale, all European patients."
Among the measures proposed by Brussels and the presidency to promote telemedicine hngara are the ADOPTION of a guide for healthcare professionals in providing details of the innovative instruments estn currently developing.
The EU executive aportacin Conf on new technologies to improve the quality of health services and reduce the cost of national health systems, which reach 16% of the GDP of Member States in 2020 , segnclculos of the Commission.