The European voice of hospital management

At the HMI Annual Conference 2026 in Dublin, EAHM President Alexandre Lourenço explored why healthcare leadership must move beyond individual organisations, drawing on experiences from Ireland and Portugal to highlight the role of governance, collaboration and professional management in integrated care.

A practical guide for hospital leaders on the EU Working Time Directive, 48-hour limits, rest, night work, on-call duty, standby time, derogations and workforce governance.

Three new EU implementing regulations are turning the European Health Data Space into operational architecture. The rules cover MyHealth@EU, cross-border identification and authentication, and metadata for secondary use — creating a new implementation agenda for healthcare organisations.

The EU Pay Transparency Directive’s transposition deadline has passed. A practical guide for hospital leaders on recruitment, pay structures, reporting, job evaluation, the 5% trigger and organisational readiness.

Represent your country. Lead a virtual hospital. Compete across Europe. EAHM launches a new pan-European management simulation bringing together strategy, leadership and decision-making.

EAHM members are invited to join the VBHC Study Tour Singapore 2026, an immersive programme exploring value-based healthcare across policy, clinical care, contracting and analytics.

Europe’s health workforce challenge is moving higher on the EU agenda. Following the European Parliament’s adoption of its Health Workforce Crisis Plan, EAHM looks at what workforce planning, retention, skills and organisational redesign mean for healthcare managers.

EAHM leadership and national member associations came together in Paris to build on the Association’s strengths and shape the next phase of professional recognition, member value, European exchange and partnership.

EAHM Voices is a new European platform for informed opinion, professional experience and constructive debate in hospital and healthcare management. We invite managers, leaders, experts and emerging professionals from the EAHM community to share ideas with relevance across European health systems.