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    Paris--Palo Alto: The International Healthcare Social Media & Web 2.0

    • IT
    • 06/03/2012

    Two Digital Health Conferences Doctors 2.0 & You (May 23-24 Paris, France) and Stanford Medicine X (Sept 28-30, 2012 Stanford, California) launch...

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  • Accepting Chaos

    Sir, Jim Quiggle's feature on 'Enterprise Architecture' (Issue 3/4, 2010) needs to be showcased because of two factors, both of which are rare in the IT world: to make a case for the fact that our business is still more art than science, and secondly, that like good artists, we must understand and accept chaos. After all, one of the most cutting-edge...

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  • Agfa Healthcare Introduces Impax Kiosk

    Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, is introducing IMPAX Kiosk, its latest workflow enhancement, designed to streamline check-in and improve the patient experience. IMPAX Kiosk is an interactive system that enables patients to register with, and check-in to hospital services without going through the...

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  • Slovakia - epSOS Projectathon

    An epSOS Projectathon was held in Slovakia to test whether the interoperability of country's healthcare systems meets epSOS specifications. The conclusion was a positive one with epSOS determining that 10 pilot sites can begin sharing real patient data from early next year. epSOS, a large scale European pilot of patient summary and electronic prescription,...

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  • Estonian Study on Patient Views on Health Digitisation

    The Centre for Ethics at the University of Tartu is conducting a study analysing the effects of the digitisation of health data and of patient-doctor communications. In the last few years, Estonia has gradually digitized much of its healthcare system with health information moving to the Internet. Paper prescriptions have been replaced by digital prescriptions...

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  • 25–26 October, Hamburg, Germany - Global E-Health Forum

    The Global e-health Forum highlighted best (e-)practices for sustainable healthcare delivery. Approximately 250 delegates from more than 30 countries followed the invitation to the inaugural Global e-health Forum on October 25 – 26, 2010 in Hamburg. In presentations, workshops and discussion forums, the attendees learned about e-health strategies,...

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  • 17-20 November 2010, Dusseldorf, Germany - MEDICA

    Yet again, MEDICA was a success with an enormous turnout of both exhibitors and visitors proving that the manufacturers of medical technology and medical products have successfully weathered the phase of economic and financial crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Health Minister Philipp Rösler took a tour of the congress on the opening...

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  • MEPs Discuss eHealth Interoperability and the Role of ICT to Address Healthcare Challenges

    On November 16 2010, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Milan Cabrnoch hosted the 'Crossing boundaries in ehealth: the CALLIOPE think tank and collaboration platform' at the European Parliament. The meeting began with opening remarks by Mr Cabrnoch and a presentation on the European strategy for e-health. Zoi Kolitsi, CALLIOPE Project Coordinator,...

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  • 2011 eHealth Week Focus on Benefits of IT Solutions In Healthcare

    The European eHealth sector's 'event of the year', jointly organised by the European Commission, HIMSS Europe (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Europe) and the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU has announced that eHealth Week 2011 will focus on the cost and quality benefits of IT solutions in healthcare. The four-day...

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  • IT @ Networking Awards 2011

    25 projects from across Europe and beyond will compete in the IT @ Networking Awards 2011 on January 19 – 20 2011. This high-level competition will see candidates go through two rounds of presentations in an effort to persuade the expert audience and panel of judges why their solution deserves to win. If last year is anything to go by, attendees will...

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