Promote a humane approach in technology and data management
Promote a humane approach in technology and data management
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Support users' needs and autonomy
Ensure that technology and data meet the needs of the users and serve people and society.
Engage individuals and communities to gain insights in their care needs and health-related goals. Technology and the use of data should always support users to make their own autonomous decisions.
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Establish participation through integration
Establish ongoing collaboration among all stakeholders through the creation of an integrated ecosystem encompassing people and technologies.
This can be realised by setting up interoperable technologies using standardised protocols and open-source formats. Support patients and citizens to participate fully in the development and use of this ecosystem.
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Obtain true informed consent
Empower people so that they are able to make choices in a truly informed and independent way. Provide reliable, transparent, comprehensible, and accessible information about caring technologies. Disclose the practical advantages and disadvantages objectively to ensure users feel confident about the technologies they choose.
Support societal anchoring
Support societal anchoring
Use data safely for personal health and public interest
Strengthen trust between people and organizations when using data and technologies.
Allow citizens to control and manage their personal data or to delegate the management to a third party of their choice. Assist them in sharing and using their data safely to improve their personal health and well-being and to serve the public interest
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Reduce digital and health inequities
Improve technological skills and health literacy and commit to lifelong learning for all.
Engage everyone to participate, including the vulnerable and disadvantaged, so that no one is left behind. Focus on reducing digital and health inequities, do not contribute to them.
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Stimulate participatory governance
Stimulate participatory governance
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Create participatory governance
Create participatory and adaptive governance for the caring technology ecosystem. Encourage citizens and stakeholders to participate actively in decision-making processes.
Adjust policies based on data analysis, new evidence, experience, and growing expertise, making sure they remain effective and responsive to evolving needs.
Monitor quality and societal impact
Monitor quality and societal impact
Implement quality assurance and control
Implement quality assurance systems for the entire process of innovation. Continuously evaluate the development and use of data and technology.
Quality control should include content, privacy, security, transparency, traceability, interoperability, effectiveness, and inclusiveness. Knowledge should be built on both experience and scientific evidence. Introduce quality labels to disseminate the evaluation results and make them easily accessible to users.
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Align innovation with wider societal frameworks
Monitor and evaluate the caring technology ecosystem for its impact on society within wider frameworks of health, democracy, prevention, ethics, and sustainability. Ensure technology aligns with fundamental international and democratic principles. Integrate a focus on prevention, ethical values, and sustainability objectives into the development of innovations.
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