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e-Health/EHR and Clinical Research
Author Günther Gell, is at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz Conceptually the Electronic Health Record (EHR) will be a lifelong collection of health-relevant data for a (consenting) person. The main purpose of the EHR is to assist medical care...
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Patient ID Systems
Identifies the most important specifications to consider when comparing models ECRI Institute, a non-profit organisation, de dicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research in healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for nearly 40 years, ECRI Institute marries...
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Managing Healthcare from the Desktop
Author Christopher Bain, is a Health Informatician, and Chair HISA health-mic SIG It’s hopefully a very non-controversial statement to a healthcare audience to state that healthcare internationally – especially what is often highly specialised and costly hospital care – is progressing at a rapid rate, arguably...
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Innovation Management in Healthcare IT
Author Miroslav Madjaric, is Chief Information Officer and Advisor to the CEO at University Hospital Centre, Zagreb Innovation is, without doubt, one of the central challenges faced both by healthcare IT professionals, and senior management. Its benefits are often, but not always, clear – depending on the yardsticks...
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Keynote Speech on Globalisation and the Challenge for European Healthcare IT
Author Christian Marolt, Secretary General, European Association for Healthcare IT Managers, Brussels, October 29, 2009. Ladies and Gentleman, They say the world is globalising. One may like this, or one may not. But it is clear that our world is fast becoming borderless – whether it is in...
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IT @ 2009 Trophy: Winners and Runners-Up
On October 30, a French team led by Dr. Pierre Biron from the Centre Léon Bérard in Lyon won the IT @ 2009 Trophy at Europe’s top event for healthcare IT innovation. Dr. Biron’s team showcased their SISRA Health Information System and DPPR Shared and Distributed Patient Record, which has been implemented in the Rhône- Alpes region of France (see page...
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Dutch Health System Remains Europe’s Top Ranked
Author Tosh Sheshabalaya, For the second year in a row, the Netherlands has been judged to have Europe’s best healthcare system, according to the annual Euro Health Consumer Index. With a strong performance across all evaluation categories, the Dutch scored an even larger margin than the previous year (when 3-5 countries were clustered...
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Healthcare IT in Germany
In spite of being over two years behind schedule, Germany’s national healthcare IT infrastructure project is inching forward to a roll-out. Still, some hurdles lie ahead. In the near future, what is likely is akin to the kaleidoscopic effects of an electronic salad bowl. Hospitals and physicians will continue to use local electronic medical...
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The Healthcare System in Germany
Reunification in 1990 transformed Germany, by a significant margin, into Europe’s largest country, with 16 states (Länder) and an area of over 350,000 square kilometers. With 83 million people, Germany has Europe’s largest population and its biggest economy. The country lies in the heartland of the European landmass, bordering the Baltic Sea and...
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A Glimpse of Healthcare's Sustainable Future
Author Paul Whaley, is Communications Coordinator for Health Care Without Harm Europe, and Editor of Health & Environment Sustainability concepts are taking root in healthcare, the subject of more and more discussion as the spectre of climate change looms larger. The pressure to reduce environmental impact...
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