Birgit Morlion

Programme officer eHealth, Well-Being and Ageing, European Commission

Birgit Morlion is an engineer with a passion for eHealth. Over the last 15 years she has been actively involved in eHealth research and facilitating the adoption of digital innovation in health care in Belgium. She was part of the start-up team of the Flemish digital research and innovation institute iMinds; helping to bridge the gap between research and exploitation of results. She also occupied strategic advisory roles for the Flemish and the Belgian Ministers of health in the domain of medical data-exchange and patient access to his electronic medical records. In May 2017 she joined the eHealth, well-being and ageing unit of the European commission (DG Connect) where she works on the digital transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market more specifically with a focus on mobile health (mHealth), integrated care and active and assisted living.

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