SiNCP II

Official website: https://ezdrav.si/en/solutions/sincp/

Project Description:

The establishment of the National Contact Point for eHealth (SiNCP – Slovenian National Contact Point for eHealth) is a key element for enabling the secure exchange of health data with other EU Member States.

The SiNCP II project builds on the results of the SiNCP project, within which the necessary IT infrastructure and software components were established and the relevant know-how was acquired to align national eHealth standards and solutions with the technical and content standards of the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

With its active participation in the MyHealth@EU initiative, Slovenia gains a valuable insight into strategies and practices used by other countries in the field of eHealth. It successfully presents its achievements in the field and contributes to establishing and implementing the relevant eHealth standards and technologies in Slovenia and the EU.

Objectives:

Slovenia is actively establishing the system of simple, efficient and secure cross-border exchange of patient health documentation among EU Member States. This will contribute to a better provision of medical care of both, Slovenian citizens travelling abroad as well as citizens of other EU countries travelling to Slovenia. In addition to supporting and maintain the exchange of Patient Summaries and ePrescriptions, the SiNCP II project will also support the exchange of patients’ original clinical documentation. The maintenance and expansion of NCPeH services also helps prepare Slovenia for the upcoming EHDS regulation.

Areas of Project Implementation:

• Setting up a relevant national management structure to enable cross-border eHealth services; co-operating in the EU governance framework and MyHealth@EU activities; monitoring the overall progress of various project tasks.
• Raising awareness among patients and doctors about the possibilities of a cross-border electronic health data exchange; providing assistance and support to end users and other Member States entering the exchange.
• Developing a national plan for introducing the exchanges, carrying out national preparatory and operational activities to ensure cross-border eHealth services in accordance with eHDSI (eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure) standards.
• Checking the compliance of the national contact point with respect to eHDSI requirements, conducting pre-production and production testing with other EU countries; performing regular annual system upgrades in accordance with eHDSI requirements.
• Providing cross-border eHealth services in accordance with the eHDSI operational framework, service level agreement and the predefined key performance indicators; organizing the maintenance of resources needed to provide cross-border eHealth services as well as change and risk management.

Added Value

1. Funding of the operation of a national contact point for eHealth that we are required to set up according to the EHDS regulation and the contract for SiNCP project.
2. Funding of the cross-border exchange of ePrescriptions and Patient Summaries – enabling Slovenian citizens to receive a better medical care in other EU countries (and vice versa).
3. Funding of the expansion of cross-border exchange to include original clinical documentation – providing access to medical documentation of Slovenian citizens being treated abroad and thus improving the provision of medical care for them (and vice versa for citizens of other Member States in Slovenia).

Expected Results and Material:

The project key result will be an established exchange of patients’ health documentation with other EU countries. During the implementation of the project, we shall expand the list of EU countries with which the exchange will take place as well as the range of services and types of health documentation that will be subject to cross-border exchange.

General information about the use of cross-border exchange services is also available on the following MyHealth@EU pages:

Information for patients and health professionals: https://health.ec.europa.eu/other-pages/basic-page/myhealtheu-flyer-addressed-patients-and-health-professionals_en

Frequently asked questions:  https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/d4e2343d-fa08-4df9-baeb-b01536ba042f_en?filename=myhealth_qa_en.pdf

Questions and answers on the reimbursement of cross-border healthcare costs in the EU:  https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6e519bb1-2bc2-4956-9e07-836d6977da40_en?filename=qa_reimbursement_en.pdf

Project Duration: 1st of January 2024 – 31th of March 2027.

Supporting Organisation: NIJZ (National Institute of Public Health)

Project partners: NIJZ (National Institute of Public Health)

Funding: Funding: This project is co-funded by the European Union under the EU4Health programme as part of the cooperation agreement no. 101128957.

Disclaimer: Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). Neither the European Union nor the funding body can be held responsible for them.