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Proposal(s) under this action should expand the geographical coverage of the services offered through MyHealth@EU allowing patients’ access to their consolidated health data and cross-border health data exchanges.

The outcomes of projects launched under EU4Health, Digital Europe and Horizon Europe programmes should be used and leveraged to accelerate the uptake of patient-mediated services in MyHealth@EU.

The awarded proposal(s) will have to review and map the work performed under other EU-funded actions and projects in the field of eID for health, in particular those enabling digital identification and access of patients to their health data, such as the POTENTIAL project that is piloting the EU Digital Identity Wallet for claiming ePrescriptions.

The solution that awarded proposal(s) will deploy should ensure ubiquitous access, i.e. a mobile-first approach should be favoured. In addition, the solution should be designed with accessibility in mind, to ensure equal access to health data. Patients should be able to view and consult their health data in their country and abroad, potentially use online services, control, and allow access to their health data and carry out transactions through the online healthcare system. The solution is to enable patients to access priority categories of data as proposed in the EHDS, i.e. patient summaries, ePrescriptions, hospital discharge reports, images and imaging reports, and laboratory results.

To test this solution, the action should engage with relevant user communities, including cancer patients, survivors and their families, persons with different disabilities, older people, and should seek their feedback.

Overall, the proposal(s) under this action are expected to cover the following tasks:

• Review and Map Projects: Evaluate and chart relevant ongoing projects for standards tech methods of electronic identification of patients and digital solutions for MyHealth@EU development.
• Design Consolidated Patient Solution: Create a unified patient data access solution, building on past projects, for cross-border use regardless of Member State, aligning with EEHRxF and collaboration with NCPeHs and patients.
• Deploy NCPeH and MyHealth@EU: Establish NCPeHs and MyHealth@EU services for cross-border health data exchange, enhancing data consolidation.
• Scale Solution: Roll out the solution widely in healthcare settings, linking to MyHealth@EU’s NCPeHs, including user-facing features and backend APIs.
• Test Patient Access Acceptance: Collaboratively assess patient access via MyHealth@EU, working closely with NCPeHs and stakeholders, reporting on user experience, especially in cancer-related domains.
• Engage Users and Assess Implications: Involve users and stakeholders in design, assessing ethical, legal, and societal impacts during technical deployment.

The solution should cover a large number of Member States.