Democracy, demographics, digitalisation at European Health Forum Gastein

Europe’s health landscape is in constant motion, and the EU’s digital transformation aims to reset this landscape. The European Health Forum Gastein took stock of today’s challenges and the impact of the ‘3Ds’ - democracy, demographics, and digitalisation.

Hit by demographic shifts and the challenges that follow ageing populations, health has also been trying to address a crisis in trust that has led to the rise of populist ideas directly correlated to the state of health of the voters.

According to research from the European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies, ill health reduces political participation and leads to a substantially larger likelihood that the person will vote for local populist radical right parties.

At the same time, fundamental transformations in all aspects of health are underway following the digital evolution. Europe is putting data and digital at the heart of its activities.

Democracy, demographics, and digitalisation were at the heart of this year’s European Health Forum Gastein. This report explores the opportunities and challenges of the new landscape.

• Trust and inequalities challenge EU’s healthcare digital transformation, says EMA Chief Medical Officer

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  The EU's digital transformation efforts were at the epicentre of the European Health Forum Gastein. Euractiv spoke to Steffen Thirstrup, the European Medicines Agency's CMO, about the digitalisation challenges.

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Trust and inequalities challenge EU’s healthcare digital transformation, says EMA Chief Medical Officer

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