The European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology ("DG CONNECT") and the United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), after consulting with stakeholders, have updated the roadmap for their Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") on eHealth/Health information technologies. In spring 2013, DG CONNECT and HHS published a first roadmap of MoU actions, focusing on two priority areas (work streams): (i) standards development to foster transnational interoperability of electronic health information and communication technology and (ii) workforce skills to develop and expand the Health IT workforce in Europe and the United States. At the end of 2015, it was agreed to add a third priority area, "Transatlantic eHealth/Health IT Innovation Ecosystems," which aims at encouraging innovation in the eHealth/Health IT industry. One of its key elements will be to strive to identify key EU and U.S. stakeholders and enlist their support for greater collaboration between companies and ecosystems located in each jurisdiction. The foreseen activities for this new work stream are outlined in the annex to the roadmap and will start in fall/autumn 2016.
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