Editorial
https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2021.62.539
Is HERA a panacea for making the European Health Union a reality?
Stjepan Orešković
; Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The health information systems in the European Union
(EU) are an example of politically ambitious, technically
impressive, and driven-by-science mechanisms. Several
international indicators and data sets are currently in function, such as Eurostat, World Health Organization Health
for All database, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development health data, all serving as broad
data platforms. Others have a more specific focus, such
as data sets and platforms of the European Monitoring
Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). More than
60 indicators are already up and running, and data can be
disaggregated by sex, age, socio-economic status, and region. The European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) data tool
offers data on ECHI indicators and other European health
indicators, which are available in different formats (1). The
whole system and the individual tools seem to be highly efficient, functional, and integrated. However, when
on January 30, 2020, the WHO declared a public health
emergency of international concern, and a pandemic on
March 11, 2020, all data flows and information systems in
public health underwent a radical stress test
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Publication date:
23.12.2021.
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