Health First Europe

Core messages

• There are weaknesses in European healthcare systems; a rethink is required in order to meet current and future health challenges.
• Patients and clinicians should have equitable access to modern, innovative and reliable medical technology.
• The development of new and flexible modes of healthcare delivery will benefit both patients and healthcare providers.
• "Health equals wealth". Health is a productive economic factor in terms of employment, innovation and economic growth.

  Members http://www.healthfirsteurope.org/index.php?pid=72 Health First Europe - Our members

Organisations

• EFCCA - European Federation of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Associations
• EIWH – European Institute of Women's’ Health
• EPF – European Patients Forum
• IAPO – International Association of Patients Organizations
• IDF-Europe - International Diabetes Federation – Europe
• EBIS - European Brain Injury Society
• EHTEL - European Health Telematics Society
• EMA – European Medical Association
• ESC - European Society of Cardiology
• EUROFEDOP - European Federation of Public Service Employees Unions
• ISFR - International Society for Fracture Repair
• UEHP - European Union of Private Hospitals
• MTG - The Medical Technology Group
• Aktion Meditech
• Eucomed – European Medical Technology Industry Association
• European Academy of Science and Arts
• European Institute of Medicine
• Institute for Health Economics
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization

  Associate Member Organisations

• EFN – European Federation of Nurses Associations

  Individual Members

• Prof. Dr. Günter Neubauer – Professor of Economics and Social Policy, University of the Bundeswehr, Germany
• Prof. Dr. David Williams – Professor of Tissue Engineering and Head of the Department of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Prof. Dr. Martin Fried - Head of the Clinical Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery ISCARE Hospital and Professor of Surgery at the Charles University in Prague; founding member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity ; and member of the Executive Board of the Czech Obesity Society
• Prof. Elias Mossialos - Professor of Health Policy and co-Director of the Health and Social Care Department, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
• Joseph Putzeys – European Commission, DG Enterprise, Advisor hors classe
• Michael Holman - Journalist and Parkinson’s Disease sufferer
• Carlo Ramponi - Head Responsible for Quality in the Lombardia Region and Managing director of Joint Commission International
• Dr. Thomas Meyer - University of Hamburg, Germany; expert on Chlamydia
• Judy Birch - Chair of an independent support group for endometriosis and pelvic pain patients; founding member of the Endometriosis All Party Parliamentary Group in the UK and of the European Endometriosis Alliance
• Sebastian Rohde - Advisor