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The Greek Healthcare System
Authors: Gregory Roumeliotis , MPhil General Manager Cryo Save Balcanica Vice President of GHSMA E-mail: [email protected] Stefanos Chronis , MSc Administrative Director Polyclinic Health Unit SA E-mail: [email protected] The current structure of Greek healthcare...
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The Greek Hospital System
Author: George J. Stathis Health Management Consultant President of GHSMA E-mail: [email protected] The current hospital system in Greece is a direct result of Act 1397/1983 that established the National Health System (NHS). Laws that were later enforced brought about some changes, but did not modify the basic characteristics...
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Innovative Framework of Medical Services Management in Greece
Author: Athanassios K. Papamichos OT, MSc President and CEO, Health Units S.A. E-mail: [email protected] During recent years, there has been a growing interest in reforming healthcare systems worldwide. Countries of all economic development levels are looking for creative ways to organise and finance healthcare in such...
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Redundant Mini-PACS as a Back up and Migration Tool
RIS / PACS Specifications Since 1999, the University Clinic Essen has been using Medora from Innomed, Germany, as its Radiology Information System (RIS). In December 2001, the decision was made to introduce a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) into the Radiology Department and the product chosen was Centricity from GE Medical Systems,...
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Connecting Healthcare, Research and Surveillance
Healthcare, research and surveillance entities currently operate advantage of modern information technology, a common understanding has to be developed. This can independently, with costly and time-consuming redundant data collection. Considering the rising cost of healthcare, the complexities of research, and the threat of widespread disease, it is...
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The eHealth Transformation Key: The Integration Competence Centre
Author Miguel Cabrer González eHealth Advisor Innovation, Research and Communication Consulting, S.L. [email protected] www.ircconsulting.eu The Integration Question Over the past 10 years, computer-based patient record systems have been increasingly used in hospitals the new technological era we are living...
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User-Centric Design of Telecare Services
Authors SteveBrown Alejandro Rodriguez-Ascaso Torbjørn Sund Bruno vonNiman Specialist Task Force STF299 European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Sophia Antipolis, France [email protected] www.etsi.org A Mass Market for Telecare? Telecare has the potential to resolve many...
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Facts and Figures: The Spanish Healthcare System
Healthcare System & Administration Spain has a public healthcare system, mainly financed by taxes. As a result, healthcare in Spain is either free or low cost for residents (and their dependents) paying social security. The national healthcare system covers 99.7% of the Spanish population. The remaining 0.3% only has access to private medical...
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Andalucía – A Regional eHealth Success Story
Authors María Jesús Montero, Regional Minister of Health, Andalucía Andalucía As the Member States of the European Union continue to make progress in implementing eHealth tools and solutions, regional plans are already well under way in some Member States. One such notable case is that of the Andalucía Region in Spain,...
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The Spanish Health Informatics Society (SEIS)
The Spanish Health Informatics Society is a not-for-profit association of more than five hundred health and technical professionals with interests in improving and promoting the use of information and communication technologies in healthcare. SEIS was formed on 24 June 1997 and has become a common place of participation for computer science engineers,...
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