Recital 32

Digital health authorities should have sufficient technical skills, possibly by bringing together experts from different organisations. The activities of digital health authorities should be well-planned and monitored in order to ensure their efficiency. Digital health authorities should take the necessary measures to protect the rights of natural persons by setting up national, regional, and local technical solutions such as national EHR intermediation solutions and patient portals. When taking such necessary protective measures, digital health authorities should apply common standards and specifications in such solutions, promote the application of the standards and specifications in procurement procedures and use other innovative means including reimbursement of solutions that are compliant with interoperability and security requirements of the EHDS. Member States should ensure that appropriate training initiatives are taken. In particular, health professionals should be informed and trained with regard to their rights and obligations under this Regulation. To carry out their tasks, the digital health authorities should cooperate at Union and national level with other entities, including with insurance bodies, healthcare providers, health professionals, manufacturers of EHR systems and of wellness applications, as well as other stakeholders from the health or information technology sector, entities handling reimbursement schemes, health technology assessment bodies, medicinal products regulatory authorities and agencies, medical devices authorities, procurers and cybersecurity or e-ID authorities.