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Subject matter
This Decision lays down: (a) the criteria and conditions that the Networks referred to in Article 12 of Directive 2011/24/EU must fulfil; and (b) the criteria and conditions required from healthcare providers wishing to join a Network referred to in Article 12 of Directive 2011/24/EU.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Decision and in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Directive 2011/24/EU the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘Member of a Network’ means healthcare providers that are in compliance with the list of criteria and conditions laid down in Article 5 of this Decision and have been awarded with the membership of a given Network; (b) ‘Highly specialised healthcare’ means healthcare that involves high complexity of a particular disease or condition in its diagnosis or treatment or management and high cost of the treatment and resources involved; (c) Complex disease or condition' means a particular disease or disorder which combines a number of factors, symptoms, or signs that requires a multidisciplinary approach and well-planned organisation of services over time because it implies one or several of the following circumstances: — a large number of possible diagnoses or management options and comorbidity, — difficult interpretation of clinical and diagnostic tests data, — a high risk of complications, morbidity, or mortality related to either the problem, the diagnostic procedure or the management; (d) ‘Multidisciplinary healthcare team’ means a group of health professionals from several fields of healthcare, combining skills and resources, each providing specific services and collaborating on the same case and coordinating the healthcare to be provided to the patient; (e) ‘Informed consent under the framework of European Reference Networks’ means any freely-given, specific, informed and explicit indication of a subject's wishes by which he or she, either by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the exchange of her or his personal and health data between healthcare providers and Members of a European Reference Network as provided in this Delegated Decision.
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