🇭🇷 Happy to share that the Observatory's Bernd Rechel will deliver the keynote on Croatia's 2025 #SoHEU Country Health Profile at the EU Health Forum in Zagreb on April 24, followed by a high-level panel on health system organisation.
📅 New #OBSWebinars on 28 April, 15:00-16:00 CET
Health is not a cost, but a it's a strategic investment.
Join us to explore co-benefits across sectors and what it takes to make health a central metric of policy success.
Register here: tinyurl.com/OBS28Apr
📢 Join the #BeWellEU Final Conference on 7 May 2026, in Brussels and online.
From skills to implementation, the event will explore how skills development can help build a resilient, future-ready #HealthWorkforce in Europe.
➡️ Register now:
https://lnkd.in/dmNMZwWW
Picture of a smiling bespectacled Matthias Wismar, dressed in a red hoodie in an office, holding up an A4 copy of the European Kournal of Public Health
Hard copies exist! feat. @matthiaswismar.bsky.social of @obshealth.bsky.social with the first prints of the awesome @eupha.bsky.social EJPH on health for all policies. Free to read, discussing ways health helps goals from democracy to economic growth + ways to research and estimate effects.
A new Health Policy article examines delayed hospital discharge across 6 European countries, identifying 17 policies & initiatives
1 clear message: discharge doesn't happen in a vacuum. The conditions in which discharge initiatives are introduced is key to success
Full text🔗https://bit.ly/4tmTViR
💹Health is a strategic investment, not a cost
A European Journal of Public Health supplement on Co-benefits of Health maps the evidence in labour markets, urban planning, #genderequality & more. A roadmap for policymakers
📖 Read here: https://bit.ly/3QclQ67
🔔#OBSWebinars to come
@eupha.bsky.social
#SoHEU Country Health Profile spotlight 🔦Hungary
🇭🇺 Life expectancy in Hungary has rebounded after #COVID19, while #DigitalHealth & prevention efforts are gaining ground. The 2025 Country Profile takes a closer look at Hungary's health system & the challenges that remain 👉 tinyurl.com/SOHEU2025
📢 Applications are open! Join the 20th Venice #OBSSummerSchool exploring "Paying for health care in the face of fiscal constraints." 1 week of evidence-based learning with policy-makers & health professionals from across Europe. Applications close on 31 May or at capacity: tinyurl.com/OBSSS26
The Observatory was glad to moderate a stakeholder dialogue on comprehensive #cancercare in Belgium, as part of the Establishing of Cancer Mission Hubs: Networks and Synergies project (ECHoS)
This was a 1st in a series of dialogues, expanding to smaller hospitals, associations, and patient groups
🔬 Standing with science starts with trust
This #WorldHealthDay, our book Trust: The foundation of health systems explores how #healthsystems shape public trust in science and institutions, and why that matters more than ever.
📖https://tinyurl.com/OBSHPS58
🗺️ Today is #WorldHealthDay, a call on people everywhere to #StandWithScience
For this, it's important to understand how health & democracy are connected - and what shapes people's trust.
More in:
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications... &
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications... @who.int
Digital skills are central to sustainable #HealthSystems. Explore the #Eurohealth article linked to Plenary 5 of #EPHConference on investing in the #HealthWorkforce.
📺 Watch the plenary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t13Do5QMrBI
🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/edk4uqr3
The 2025 State of Health in the EU (#SoHEU) Country Health Profiles are out: 29 snapshots of health & #healthsystems in the EU, Iceland & Norway
Each profile covers health status & determinants, organisation, performance & a pharma spotlight
🔎More: bit.ly/4s0dIUP
How well a #HealthSystem handles #UrgentCare & #EmergencyCare reveals a lot about the wider system.
🎥 Watch our summary of the new WHO/Europe & Observatory policy brief.
📥 https://tinyurl.com/OBSPB74
Power, politics and commercial interests shape health outcomes.
Explore the #Eurohealth article linked to Plenary 4 of #EPHConference.
📺 Watch the plenary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRBbPMOYBk
🔗 Read the full article and access the full issue here: https://tinyurl.com/OBSEH313
EU citizens can access healthcare across borders and be reimbursed at home. But awareness remains low. At today's conference on Patient's rights on cross-border healthcare, our Director Ewout van Ginneken argued the risks are manageable and the pathways exist.
#SoHEU Country Health Profile spotlight 🔦Greece
🇬🇷 Happy National Day, Greece! The 2025 #SoHEU Country Health Profile highlights Greece's push to modernise its #healthsystem, including digitalisation projects and full rollout of electronic medical records #EHR in 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/SOHEU2025
Two days left to register for our #OBSWebinars on #AI in health 🗓️ Join us Thursday 26 March, 12:00–13:00 CET.
👉 https://tinyurl.com/OBS26Mar
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📘 #AI is no longer a distant prospect for #HealthSystems - it is already here. But are decision-makers equipped to engage with it?
We are pleased to share our new book, 📕 Demystifying #ArtificialIntelligence in Health: What Health Policy-Makers Need to Know.
Read it here👉 tinyurl.com/OBSHPS63
The #HealthSystemsinAction Insights series is now complete. We are glad to add Andorra as the 16th country profile, co-produced with WHO/EURO
Highlights: Life expectancy up 📈 strong coverage 🏩 low catastrophic spending💶
Andorran insight👉https://bit.ly/4lnmNUH
The series👉 https://bit.ly/4ggWZWh
🔦How can we use health workforce data to build future-ready systems in Europe?
Join us at the 2nd EU HEROES Policy Dialogue on 26 March, in Brussels or online, to discuss strengthening #healthworkforce data for the future
💻Online: lnkd.in/dqej9AXx
🏢In-person: lnkd.in/dnk99HCt
#EU4Health #JAHEROES
At the @euronews.com HealthSummit, the Observatory's Matthias Wismar argued #HealthSystems are part of the EU's macroeconomic toolbox. And cooperation isn't just about #pharmaceuticals: workforce, skills and shared capacity matter too. Watch his intervention 👉 https://bit.ly/4lFgSur
🤖 How is #AI transforming #HealthSystems across Europe, and what do decision-makers really need to know?
Join us 26 March (12:00–13:00 CET) for an #OBSWebinars to demystify #ArtificialIntelligence in health
Register 👉 https://tinyurl.com/OBS26Mar
🔔 We are pleased to announce abstract submissions for the 19th #EPHConference 2026 in Bilbao, Spain, are open
Send in your abstract & join the conversation on the public health challenges facing Europe today!
🚨 Deadline: 1 May 2026, at 18:00 CET
👇https://bit.ly/4bxmxPD
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🎓 Applications open for the 20th Venice #OBSSummerSchool (19-25 July)! Explore "Paying for health care in the face of fiscal constraints" through modules on strategic spending, priority setting, fiscal sustainability & reform politics. Apply by 31 May: https://tinyurl.com/OBSSS26
🚑 WHO Europe has published a news story on our joint policy brief on #UrgentCare & #EmergencyCare, with perspectives from across the partnership. Read it here: https://bit.ly/4uk9vfF
And check out the brief: 📥 https://bit.ly/4bmTtt7
🗞️ Read the @consalud.bsky.social coverage:
🔗 www.consalud.es/profesionale...
🔗 www.consalud.es/profesionale...
#SoHEU Country Health Profile spotlight 🔦Spain
👉 tinyurl.com/SOHEU2025
How does Spain achieve some of the EU's best #healthoutcomes while spending below the EU average? 🔦@consalud.bsky.social explores the findings from the 2025 Country Health Profile for Spain in a series of articles, linked below!
🚑 New policy brief with WHO/Europe: how can countries strengthen #UrgentCare & #EmergencyCare? A practical resource for decision-makers navigating reform.
Key messages in the carousel video below 👇
📥 https://tinyurl.com/OBSPB74
