The Main Decision-Making Body of the EU This is the third part in a series that covers the structure and operations of the EU institutions. In the first part of the series (Spring 2006), we introduced the European Commission (EC). In the second part (Summer 2006) we focused on the European Parliament – its composition, functioning...
READ MOREAuthor Sonja Planitzer Editor Euromedical Communications [email protected] www.emceurope.com The power to legislate is shared by the Council and the European Parliament. In most situations, European laws are made by a codecision procedure. This means that the Council and the Parliament...
READ MOREThe European Council Defines Political Guidelines of the European Union The European Council brings together the heads of state or government of the European Union and the President of the Commission. It defines the general political guidelines of the European Union. The European Council meets at least twice yearly (in practice, four times yearly, and...
READ MOREECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) is a nonprofit health services research agency and a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Such organisations are appointed to contribute to the WHO’s public health mission by providing specialised knowledge, expertise and support in the health field to the WHO and its member...
READ MOREAuthor John Griffith CIO / Operations Director EPIC Imaging [email protected] www.epicimaging.com The Past, Present and Future of Systems Integration When approaching the topic of interfacing withmost radiology IT professionals, one hears many tales about integration nightmares within...
READ MOREAuthors Erwin Bellon, Frank Rademakers, Bart Van den Bosch, Jens-Uwe Voigt, Depts. of Information Systems & Cardiology, University Hospitals, Leuven [email protected] The conflict between economic viability and the desire to provide medical quality sets the scene for the introduction...
READ MOREAuthors A.V. Bogdanov Organisation: Institute for High Performance Computing and Information Systems, Russia Email: [email protected] Website: www.csa.ru A.B. Degtyarev Organisation: Institute for High Performance Computing and Information Systems, Russia Email: [email protected]...
READ MOREAuthor Tom Jones Director TanJent Consultancy [email protected] www.tanjent.co.uk Taking decisions can be tough. Taking complex decisions is even tougher. Most eHealth decisions are probably at the tougher end of the complex.They can affect the performance of healthcare resources, impact patients,...
READ MOREAuthor Professor Björn Bergh Director of Information and Medical Technology Heidelberg University Hospital Centre for Information and Medical Technology [email protected] Patient monitoring in Heidelberg University Hospital: Creating customised access to information by developing a hospital-wide,...
READ MOREAuthors Nicole Denjoy Secretary-General COCIR [email protected] www.cocir.org Kees Smedema Chair, Healthcare IT Committee, COCIR Philips Medical Systems [email protected] Please Tell Us a Little Bit About COCIR – When was it Founded, Who it Represents...
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