Based in Brussels, we have Members from all eHealth stakeholder groups (Ministries of Health and their Implementation Agencies, Health Professionals and their representative associations, Patient and Citizens associations, eHealth industries, health insurers and other funding agencies, universities). We are offering them a platform for all stakeholders sharing their views and experiences about eHealth deployment.

The very different backgrounds and interests of these stakeholders enable EHTEL, as a neutral forum, to draw a more complete picture of the benefits and challenges of the implementation of ICT in the fields of health and social care, thereby also identifying topics requiring particular attention and further developments at European level.

We, at EHTEL, share the vision that

• eHealth is an enabler for fair Health and Social Care Policies.
• eHealth is a cooperative process intensifying and changing the interactions of all stakeholders in health and social care for the purpose of improving Continuity of Care and Patient Safety
• eHealth is a tool to ensure information, choice and empowerment, as requested by European consumers and patients.
• eHealth must comprise multiple communication channels for ensuring both equal access to services and their ubiquity.