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Lithuania
National 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....
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European Robotics Week
The 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...
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A New System for Continual Defensive Monitoring and Rapid Response:
Savings 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...
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Make I.T. Known: Marketing Strategies and Case Studies in the Healthcare Environment
This 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...
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Asset Management Systems
Sir, 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'....
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Barcodes
Sir, The article on what you call the 'humble' barcode ('Can Bar Codes Revitalise The NHS? Issue 3, 2010) leaves out one major issue. Substantial momentum had been building up to promote barcodes, as far as healthcare technology (medical devices) were concerned until late 2004, when the industry group Eucomed released its position paper. This tried...
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Bulgaria - Public Discussion on Development of E-Health
The 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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February 20–24, Orlando, Florida
HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organisation exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Its annual congress and exhibition is taking place in February 2011, in Orlando, Florida The event is sure to provide high-level healthcare...
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Proposed Health Priorities of Hungarian EU Presidency
Miklós Szócska MD, the Hungarian Minister of State for Health outlined the priorities of the upcoming Hungarian Presidency of the European Council at the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) in October 2010. The overarching theme of the proposed health programme of the Hungarian Presidency will be 'Patient & Professional Pathways in Europe'. Planned...
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Megatrends in Healthcare IT
As we turn the corner towards a significant staging post (Healthcare Information Technology Management's fifth year of publication), we thought it worthwhile to attempt a snapshot of the key drivers of healthcare IT, as seen by experts, for the next 5-10 years. Opinions on the fine points vary. However, a meta-analysis of several leading sources...
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