• The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM)

    The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM) is a non-profit pan-European umbrella association of all relevant national healthcare IT associations in Europe.   Believing in the fundamental importance of unifying healthcare IT professionals at European and global levels, HITM is committed to increasing the professional authority...

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  • Agfa Healthcare

    Agfa Healthcare to Install Orbis in 37 French Hospitals Agfa HealthCare has obtained a contract to install its ORBIS solution at 37 hospitals in France, belonging to the Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) group. The project (with a total values of 95 million Euros) is seen as an especially ambitious deployment of a healthcare IT...

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  • Carestream Healthcare

    New Ris Module to Enables GPS to Directly Book Patient X-Ray Exams Care stream Health and the San Salvatore Hospital in the Province of L’Aquila in the Abruzzo Region of Italy, are developing a module for a CARESTREAM Radiology Information System (RIS). This will allow General Practitioners within the region to directly book digital X-ray examinations...

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  • Norway

    Wireless System for Personalised Health Care The research project MyHealthStation was started in 2005 to develop personalised health care for patients with chronic illnesses. Originally it was built as a stationary solution, where patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could watch training videos, monitor oxygen levels,...

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  • Ukraine

    2nd International Conference “Telemedicine: Myths and Reality” The Association for Ukrainian Telemedicine and eHealth Development and the Western Ukrainian Telemedicine Center «Meditech» are organising the 2nd International Conference “Telemedicine: Myths and Reality” in Lviv on 23-24 October 2008. Conference discussion topics include:...

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  • The World of Health IT

    Based on the repeated success in the past two years, the 2008 World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition continues to address the perspectives of clinicians, directors and other healthcare professionals, by offering Ó Educational sessions Ó Vendor exhibitions Ó Best practice exchange Ó IHE Interoperability Showcase...

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  • PROMILE: Making a E-Health Real

    Author Pavel Kub ů ,  Kate ř ina Ška ř upová,  Pavel Trnka are with the Institute for Medical Informatics, Charles University, Prague . Healthcare IT is not entirely a creature of the hospital environment. Indeed, there has long been a great deal of emphasis on preventive health,...

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  • Real Time Location: RFID, W-Lan, Wi-Fi and Ultrasound

    Author Tosh Sheshabalaya, Hospital managers face increased pressures from cost containment and other policy reforms, a relentless level of technological change and ever-newer product and solution choices, coupled to shortages of qualified staff. Meanwhile, there has been no let up in the need for improved efficiency and quality...

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  • Georgia's CIS Implementation

    Author A. Burduli and G. Ghortlishvili are with Gitec Ltd.,Tbilisi, Georgia. E. Kldaishvili  is with the Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association). A new clinical information system (CIS) has been launched in Georgia. Its primary goal is patient management. However, the system is...

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  • Healthcare IT Projects in Central Europe

    Czech Republic A National Action Plan eEurope+, dating back to 2002, includes an on-line Health (Zdravotnictvi) program. This is focused on enhanced usage of the Internet to improve quality and cost-effectiveness in the delivery of health care and covers telemedicine and medical documentation. Specific objectives include replacement of health...

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