IHE

Turkey hosts the European 2013 Connectathon, 15 – 19 April 2013. It is appropriate that the connectivity marathon is to be held in the city of Istanbul which connects Europe and Asia.

The IHE Connectathon is a five day event whose main purpose is testing the interoperability and connectivity of healthcare IT systems. This traditional event draws participation from across Europe, with more than 90 companies and 300 engineers participating. Also scheduled are a number of parallel events, with daily round-tables and seminars on specific healthcare topics.

The major goal of the Connectathon is to promote the adoption in commercially available healthcare IT systems of the standards based interoperability solutions defined by IHE. The Connectathon serves as an industry-wide testing event where participants can test their implementations with those of other vendors.

For more information on Connectathon 2013, please visit www.cat2013.org