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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-24/article-14",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-24",
  "path": "article/14",
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  "number": "14",
  "heading": "eHealth",
  "text": "1. The Union shall support and facilitate cooperation and the exchange of information among Member States working within a voluntary network connecting national authorities responsible for eHealth designated by the Member States.\n2. The objectives of the eHealth network shall be to:\n(a) work towards delivering sustainable economic and social benefits of European eHealth systems and services and interoperable applications, with a view to achieving a high level of trust and security, enhancing continuity of care and ensuring access to safe and high-quality healthcare;\n(b) draw up guidelines on:\n(i) a non-exhaustive list of data that are to be included in patients’ summaries and that can be shared between health professionals to enable continuity of care and patient safety across borders; and\n(ii) effective methods for enabling the use of medical information for public health and research;\n(c) support Member States in developing common identification and authentication measures to facilitate transferability of data in cross-border healthcare.\nThe objectives referred to in points (b) and (c) shall be pursued in due observance of the principles of data protection as set out, in particular, in Directives 95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC.\n3. The Commission shall, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 16(2), adopt the necessary measures for the establishment, management and transparent functioning of this network.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2011/24/article/14",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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