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Healthcare IT Policy in Austria
Interview Stefan Sauermann To obtain an overview of policymaker’s perspectives on healthcare and IT in Austria, HITM’s Catalina Ciolan interviewed Stefan Sauermann from the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stefan Sauermann lectures at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna...
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e-Health and Isolated Communities
Author HBreununnin-Sgc hmidt CIO of the Nordjylland Region, Denmark. As the European Union continues to removes barriers between its Member States for the movement of goods and services, it is natural that healthcare delivery should also breach borders. e-Health today offers a boundless landscape of possibilities for...
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Reusing Clinical Information in EHR
Author William Goossen Results4Care, Netherlands. [email protected] Many countries currently develop their national strategic projects to achieve a safe and unified exchange of patient information in healthcare. Such developments and projects demand sector wide use of international standards. The challenge in such...
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EHR: A Backgrounder
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is the centrepiece of efforts by regulators and industry to integrate healthcare IT/ information systems at both the national and international levels. Its overriding purpose is to improve the quality of patient care and reduce healthcare costs. Nevertheless, several barriers remain to be overcome before EHRs are...
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Modernising St. Olav’s Hospital
Author JRaønb erg-Larsen Senior Key Account Manager, Telenor Nordic. In an ambitious two-phase project, the new 220,000 m2 St. Olav’s Hospital is being built on the site of the existing hospital near downtown Trondheim, Norway. Telenor was chosen as the main supplier of ICT infrastructure and integration services. The...
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Intelligent Infrastructure Management at Belfast City Hospital
Author Tony Stanley AMP NETCONNECT Business Unit, Tyco Electronics. Most network issues have an impact on the efficiency of an organisation, but occasionally they can directly affect human lives. This was a key consideration in the planning of Belfast City Hospital’s new oncology building, a state of the art...
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ISO/IEC 27799
What’s In This Standard for Healthcare IT Managers ? Even as European healthcare IT professionals brace themselves to understand the shifting contours of the emerging e-Health wave and cope with its implications, regulatory developments in yet another sphere are appearing on the horizon. The ISO (International Standards Organisation)/...
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Outsourcing Management of ICT Infrastructure in Finland
Author Simo Pietilä IT Manager, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa. The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) is a federation of municipalities established in the year 2000 in Finland’s southern coast. Its 1.5 million inhabitants are serviced by 21 hospitals, which employ close to 20,000 health...
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IT and Nordic Healthcare
Drivers of healthcare IT in the Nordic countries follow the general pattern in the OECD – in terms of the need for patient-centricity, service-orientation and cost-effectiveness. All Nordic countries rank high in terms of e-Health readiness indicators, as well as healthcare and IT/Internet infrastructure. Indeed, the World Economic Forum’s...
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Healthcare in the Nordic Countries
Health systems in the Nordic countries have a long heritage. They are principally financed by public funds or compulsory health insurance schemes. All countries, however, require co-payments by patients for hospital care and medicines. The Nordic healthcare system is especially well-established with regard to primary and preventive healthcare....
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