Final Report Part III ECHIM Pilot Data Collection Analyses and Dissemination

2. The implementation of ECHI indicators at national level run in parallel to the Pilot
Collection instead of a consecutive order. Therefore, a larger number of countries
were not ready to deliver indicator data according to ECHI definitions. This is
particularly true for Eastern European Member States, but also for Southern
European countries which both lack resources and proper health monitoring and
reporting systems.
Regarding the sustainable solution for an ECHI presentation system the HEIDI data
tool will require further developmental work and maintenance. This task, which was
originally planned to be taken over by a European health monitoring capacity is
described in more detail in the document “A sustained future for ECHI”.
A permanent operation requires a capacity to maintain the central health indicator
database and further develop the functionalities for presentation integrated in the
HEIDI data tool. This requires the handling of the data with content expertise (i.e.
validation of the reported data, face-validity and consistency checks, improvement of
the functionalities for presentation). These tasks would require health data expertise
as well as IT-expertise.
c. Supporting the continued implementation of data sources, indicators and analysis
in all Member States.
This task involves the encouragement and support to the Member States in gathering
appropriate data and in improving their data collection practices. Feedback on
existing differences and national experiences will further improve data comparability.
Some data that are currently only available at national level could increasingly be
shared with international data collections. When the Eurostat regulation will become
operational, this task may gradually shift to them.
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