{"id":8372,"date":"2017-01-17T10:40:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T09:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=8372"},"modified":"2017-01-17T10:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T09:40:38","slug":"nurses-key-partners-for-innovation-and-the-future-of-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=8372","title":{"rendered":"Nurses – key partners for innovation and the future of health"},"content":{"rendered":"

People at the centre, implies nurses, patients at the centre. There will be no better health outcome if we do not support frontline more. Asking them to collect more data, useless data, will drive them away from frontline care. We will get the opposite results. Therefore, the EFN calls on the patient organisations and health professionals to build strong alliances to jointly agree on health system reform, regardless what Ministers and International Institutions will decide on value based health outcomes measurements. We will definitely need to build strong alliances to reform in a non-disruptive way. \u00a0But where do policy-makers fit, where do politicians fit, where does industry fit in this story. Who drives who?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While having different national health and social care systems, the EU Member States should share the same values for health and social care: universality, solidarity, equity; values driving the daily efforts of 6 million nurses in the EU. But are these values part of austerity? Are these values part of the new disruptive models decided by people who never cared about one patient? However, responding to the increasing public demand for quality, safety, equity and access to health care, nurses are very concerned as the sustainability equation is challenging proper investments in health and nursing care. Since 2008 we only saw cuts, not investments!<\/p>\n

Meeting in Paris, on 16 January 2017, at the OECD Headquarters, for the Policy Forum on the Future of Health<\/a>, the EFN was interested to learn how healthcare systems can be better organised around the needs, preferences and capabilities. As nurses have a key role to play both in managing and preventing those conditions, as they are in the unique and privileged position of having direct access to the daily people\u2019s care needs and an in-depth knowledge of the fluctuations of diseases across the care trajectory, solutions should reflect nurses views. Solutions without engaging frontline are no solutions. The EFN has shown this through the design of eHealth services, building on 120 existing cost-effective practices, leading to new and changing roles for nurses, as health coaches, and as case manager. ENS4Care<\/a> identifies many existing good practices in various areas such as different forms of rehabilitation (cardiac rehabilitation, COPD rehabilitation), prevention of malnutrition and social isolation, prevention of heart diseases, to name a few. Furthermore, in today\u2019s digital era, sharing, gathering and easy access to personal information is our reality. The new challenges of the social health care systems are privacy of health information, institutional and cultural barriers to create people-centred health systems, engaging providers and professionals in the required change. Health care systems collect huge quantities of data, but limited information on the impact and results, on the people they serve. As such, policies usually have a very economic approach towards value-driven health ecosystems, it is crucial that the measurement of \u201coutcomes\u201d are designed with and for patients, and to focus on more robust health outcomes measurement (including nursing sensitive data) to improve the quality of care for patients, strengthen public health interventions, and contributing to the wider economic goals and societal well-being<\/p>\n

As a key player at EU level the EFN will follow this OECD debate closely, and will question the contribution of the European Commission, to make sure health systems are more people-centred, and give more recognition to the frontline nurses, stressing the role of leadership and international collaboration, within a more integrated multidisciplinary approach of health care professionals. Nurses, with the right knowledge and skills, are a considerable added value and form an important link between technological innovation, health promotion and disease prevention.<\/p>\n

And last but not least, listening to the political debate today, what struck me most is the presentation and views of women. Women, regardless their post, minister, consultant, or patient, they all made the debate richer, more powerful. Women are able to link complex political debates to daily reality, translate it in easy words, pragmatic proposals. Do not take gender for granted! Integrate gender into the solution. It will lead to success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People at the centre, implies nurses, patients at the centre.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10907,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=10907","url_meta":{"origin":8372,"position":0},"title":"Rome and Aachen kicking off with H2020 EHR meetings – Electronic Health Record co-designed with 3 million nurses!","author":"efn efn","date":"January 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"With the objective to ensure a greater engagement of end-users, nurses, in the development of digital health solutions, the EFN is now part of two EU-funded projects, under H2020, Smart4Health and InteropEHRate, working to empower the citizen and unlock health data from local silos, using a bottom-up approach for EHR\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17009,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=17009","url_meta":{"origin":8372,"position":1},"title":"Season\u2019s Greetings to all of you and Good Wishes for 2024","author":"efn efn","date":"December 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking back at the challenges facing the EU, namely the nurses massively leaving the profession, it is clear that we need, more than ever, adequate actions taken to support the frontline health professionals that provide direct patient care and highly qualified workforce ensuring that patient safety and quality of care\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snowflake-1823942_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snowflake-1823942_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snowflake-1823942_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snowflake-1823942_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snowflake-1823942_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7878,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=7878","url_meta":{"origin":8372,"position":2},"title":"International Nurses Day – Nurses providing the evidence for improving health and social ecosystems resilience!","author":"efn efn","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"12 May - Redesign health and social care ecosystems towards a more integrated model of care implies having the evidence of successful change, implemented in a cost-effective way. When redesigning health and social care ecosystems in the EU and their financial mechanisms to guarantee quality and safety, it is critical\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19028,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19028","url_meta":{"origin":8372,"position":3},"title":"EFN Symposium \u201cDigitalisation of EU health care systems: upskilling and reskilling the EU nursing workforce for sustainable and resilient health care systems\u201d","author":"efn efn","date":"June 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The digitalisation of the EU healthcare systems brings significant benefits in care delivery, but to make digital healthcare work, strong policies are essential. The central role of nurses in this process is also key to maximising the potential of these innovations. Therefore, it is crucial to engage frontline nurses in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ICN-Congress-Post-3c.jpg?fit=540%2C540&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ICN-Congress-Post-3c.jpg?fit=540%2C540&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ICN-Congress-Post-3c.jpg?fit=540%2C540&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12890,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=12890","url_meta":{"origin":8372,"position":4},"title":"Nurses Views on Effective Ways of Investing in Health \u2013 Co-creation of fit-for-purpose health policies!","author":"efn efn","date":"October 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The EFN attended the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health hearing introducing its new framework for the resilient organisation of health and social care following the COVID-19 pandemic. This hearing aimed to provide EU-health stakeholders with an opportunity to share their views on their draft opinion. \u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15016,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=15016","url_meta":{"origin":8372,"position":5},"title":"Smart4Health EU Project \u2013 Health Day!","author":"efn efn","date":"June 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Digital health can be defined as \u201ctools and services that use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management of health-related issues and to monitor and manage lifestyle-habits that impact health\u201d. The huge amount of health data represents a big challenge for Europe and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S4H_Logo_LinkedIn_Title.jpg?fit=1200%2C203&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S4H_Logo_LinkedIn_Title.jpg?fit=1200%2C203&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S4H_Logo_LinkedIn_Title.jpg?fit=1200%2C203&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S4H_Logo_LinkedIn_Title.jpg?fit=1200%2C203&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S4H_Logo_LinkedIn_Title.jpg?fit=1200%2C203&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}