Dear Reader, 2011 has already brought some exciting developments within the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM), which recently elected both Dr. Josep M. Picas i Vidal, CIO from the University Clinic Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain as President and Mr. Miroslav Madjaric, CIO from the University Hospital Centre in Zagreb, Croatia as...
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READ MOREOne of the main problems in the operation of complex hospital information systems (hIS) is a lack of functionality for the deep integration of administrative and clinical patient data, documents, reports, which are generated and stored in a variety of different software modules or specifi c clinical applications. These proprietary systems often...
READ MORETechnology evaluation is considered a must in today's healthcare systems, especially when a significant monetary investment is required. Such evaluation is to be conducted before the introduction of a new technology by means of a multidisciplinary approach that should take every aspect into account. Evaluations can also useful as a follow-up...
READ MOREDespite the widespread adoption of the DICOM standard in medical imaging, it can still be challenging to share data across institutions. Too often simple yet inefficient means of sharing data are used due to the lack of fast and secure mechanisms that support interactive access to data resources from outside institutional firewalls.Virtual PACS,...
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