The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers 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...
READ MORENational snomed ct terminology management centre established The new National SNOMED CT Terminology Management Centre at the Lithuanian Medical Library officially commenced activities in early January. The introduction of standardised clinical languages for medical information systems is a step forward in improving healthcare quality and safety....
READ MOREThe programme for the Danish presidency was officially presented on the 6th of January at a press conference in Copenhagen. The four fundamental priorities for the Danish Presidency are: A responsible Europe; A dynamic Europe;, A green Europe; and A safe Europe. By working for a responsible, dynamic, green and safer Europe, the Presidency...
READ MOREThe first European Robotics Week was held from November 28 to December 4, 2011. More than 130 organisations and institutes in 19 European countries organised over 360 robotics related activities. Based on initial estimates about 80,000 people have been reached across Europe. In the near future robots and devices with robotic functions will be used...
READ MOREHospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) is made up of 14 public hospitals, 123 surgical units and handles 900,000 medical appointments every year. The MyHCL project aims to facilitate the lives of our patients and increase their loyalty by offering online services like appointment requests, admissions, meetings or follow-up. MyHCL is a web application with...
READ MORESavings Lives and Reducing Costs by Extending Best-Practices in Surgery and Critical Care Across the Enterprise The Prefense® project uses a miniaturised, ergonomic, body-mounted monitor that transmits real-time patient data to computerised records via an HL7 interface. A customised algorithm reduces false alarms and mobilises life-saving care teams...
READ MOREThe current trend in innovative healthcare provision is the use of information and communication technology (ICT). ICT is totally affiliated with the development of added value. The implementation of informatics for the production and diffusion of intra-hospital medical information, where the collision between technology’s rationalism and bureaucracy...
READ MOREThis book is a guide to marketing your IT department within and to your hospital, health system or organisation. Communicating and promoting the purpose of your IT department, its importance to the healthcare organisation, and how the IT team's efforts make everyone's job easier and more productive are crucial to your department's... and your personal...
READ MORESir, Swiss law, you state in your Country Survey (Issue 2, 2010), provides "for the State to support healthcare only when the private sector cannot produce 'satisfactory results'. I believe some European governments should now seriously think about State support for private hospitals when public sector facilities cannot produce 'satisfactory results'....
READ MOREThe Bulgarian Ministry of Health has released a call for ideas and comments on how e-health should be implemented in the country. The government's main objectives for e-health are to create an integrated information system to communicate and exchange data among existing institutions such as the National Health Insurance Fund, the National Social Security,...
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