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Letter from the Publisher
Dear Reader, As globalisation increases, healthcare facilities across the world are becoming more and more inundated with the need to transfer, process and store growing amounts of data and images. Coupled with the adoption of global network infrastructures and networking concepts, the need to create, test and adopt international healthcare...
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HITM News&Membership Information
Heading into the last quarter of 2006, membership in HITM continues to steadily grow. We have been busy over the past fewmonths, with the honour of meeting potential member associations and forging new relationships between HITM and other healthcare IT organisations throughout Europe. Our Executive Director, Christian Marolt, recently had the pleasure...
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HITM Membership Application
Membership in HITM consists of four levels: Full Members Full members are comprised of national healthcare IT management associations, who can nominate one representative to the HITM Annual General Assembly. This representative will have the power to speak and vote on HITM priorities and organisational objectives, fundamental advocacy...
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Health Level 7 Version 3
Author Dr. Kai U. Heitmann Chair, HL7 Germany Director of International Affiliates – Board of Directors HL7 USA [email protected] www.hl7.org As healthcare organisations begin to concentrate on improving efficiency and quality, the optimal cooperation of all involved parties becomes paramount. To reach...
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Integrating Imaging with Information Systems
Authors Fred M. Behlen, Ph.D. Co-Chair DICOM Working Group 20 & HL7 Imaging Integration SIG [email protected] DICOM: www.medical.nema.org HL7: www.hl7.org Helmut Koenig, M.D. Co-Chair DICOM Working Group 20 & HL7 Imaging Integration SIG [email protected]...
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SNOMED ClinicalTerms
Author John Van Beek International Coordinator SNOMED International [email protected] www.snomed.org Clinicians and information technology experts have made steady progress towards developing fully electronic health information systems where technical standards, such as HL7 and DICOM, are essential....
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The German Association of Hospital IT Managers
Author Bernd Behrend Vice President German Association of Hospital IT Managers [email protected] www.kh-it.de On 20 – 21 September 2006, the 10th Anniversary of the foundation of the German Association of Hospital IT Managers (KH-IT) was celebrated with a special anniversary meeting in...
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Facts & Figures: The German Healthcare System
Healthcare System & Administration Germany has a state health insurance plan, which covers 92% of the population. Another 7.5% are covered either by employers or by private insurance companies, whose use is regulated by the government. The final 0.5% of the population has no healthcare coverage. The German public healthcare system...
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Start of theTest Phase for the German Health Card
Author Norbert Olsacher Member of the Board of Directors InterComponentWare AG [email protected] www.icw-global.com "It was a good idea, perfectly clear and so obvious. Many dangerous side effects could be prevented if each physician knew all of the drugs his patients were currently taking. So many...
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HITM News&Membership Information
2006 is an important year for HITM as we establish the groundwork for the association’s membership and future development. We have already been busy spreading the news about the association’s formation and building collaborative partnerships with other organizations involved in European healthcare IT. On 10-12 May, HITM was invited by the European...
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