Health Knowledge Centre in the Upper Rhine Region
The Upper Rhine region, bordered by three countries, is a deeply integrated border zone in Europe, yet the implementation of health projects is facing new administrative and legal obstacles. In order to address this problem, a workshop was organised in ...
EGTC GO (SALUTE-ZDRAVSTVO project)
EGTC GO implemented a project aimed at improving patient care within the framework of the 2014-2020 Italian-Slovenian Interreg program. The integrated territorial investment project, called SALUTE-ZDRAVSTVO, aimed to establish and train three cross-border professional working groups on mental health, autism, ...
Meuse-Rhine Euroregion (eGCi – GesundheitsCard international)
Since 2013, the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion has had a single health card system, which allows for a quick and secure overview of the proof of eligibility. With the "eGCi" or "eIZOM" card, and subject to certain health insurance, people living in ...
Gmünd (Healthacross)
The Lower Austrian Health Agency is an umbrella organization that encompasses several hospitals and institutions responsible for elderly care. In order to improve access to health services for people living in the border region, it launched the Healthacross initiative in ...
Cerdanya hospital
Access to hospital care has long been difficult in the Spanish-French border region along the Pyrenees. The problem mainly affected patients from France, as the nearest hospital in their country was at least an hour's drive away. The solution was ...
ZOAST
Between 2008 and 2015, seven cross-border health zones were established along the French-Belgian border, within which patients can access healthcare services on the other side of the border without administrative or financial barriers ...
Acceptance of certificates from medical examinations
Slovak certificates of absence due to specialised medical examination are not accepted at Hungarian workplaces ...
Acceptance of sports medical certificates across the border
Students living on one side of the border, but attending school on the other side and playing sports at a competitive level, cannot use the sports medicine service that is much closer to their school and training place ...
Cross-border Emergency Medical Services
At the moment, ambulances are not allowed to cross the border and carry out rescue missions. This would be particularly important for people living in cross-border residential areas (Bratislava and the region of Košice), who would then have access to ...
Cross-border patient care
Although Directive 2011/24/EU allows it, cross-border healthcare services are very rare at the Hungarian-Slovak border. The exception is the Vaszary Kolos Hospital in Esztergom, where, however, the patients contracted by the Slovak Dôvera Health Insurance Company are not treated under ...
