The fourth eHealth conference was organised through a partnership between the European Commission, the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, and the Andalusian Regional Ministry of Health.

The main theme of this year’s conference was the role of eHealth in the development of Health policies in the Europe of the regions. The representatives of governments and industry, researchers and experts explored a variety of issues regarding the application of ICT to the healthcare industry, such as individual electronic health cards containing complete medical records, the electronic prescription, interoperability of non-compatible technology, sophisticated portable / implantable devices (blood pressure or blood sugar level monitors embedded in intelligent clothing, for example), as well as health information portals.

The EUPHIX project representatives were invited by the DG SANCO to attend the launch of the EU Health Portal and present the project. The presentation and a short demonstration held by Sanja Kaiser and Eveline van der Wilk took place in the evening parallel session “Web-based tools for better health in Europe” on Thursday, 11 May, as well as on Friday, 12 May from 11:30 – 12:30 in the Exhibition hall.