Introduction In 2010, the community of Madrid launched an e-health innovation project through the creation of a Scientific Social Network for professionals. The project was initially implemented at the University General Hospital Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), starting as a tool to support the tumour committee. For the implementation of the Scientific...
READ MORECost effectiveness and process optimisation by computer assisted structured medical documentation has been discussed for some time but has yet to be proven by code numbers. The article demonstrates the cost effectiveness of the medical documentation system MediColor for structured medical documentation by means of clear figures. This article uses...
READ MOREWhat are the overriding requirements for a hospital ICT system? High capacity and reliability, for sure. Flexibility and future-proofed, maybe. Yet most hospitals spend management time and money on individual systems like a new PAC S system or EMR customisation, ahead of sufficient investment into an efficient basis to satisfy the overriding requirements...
READ MOREThe global demand for interoperability within healthcare is increasing in order to provide the services needed in healthcare today. This situation is also reflected in the Västra Götaland region (VGR) on the western coast of Sweden. Studies illustrate that relatively few healthcare organisations have developed sustainable interoperable solutions...
READ MORECatalonia is an autonomous community inside Spain and has full powers regarding its citizens' healthcare. It is developing a National Healthcare System that grants assistance to every citizen, over seven million in 2006, and where different services are requested to different providers. The ICT Strategic Plan 2008 – 2011 focuses on two groups: Citizens...
READ MOREThe Catalan Healthcare System The Health Department (HD) has responsibility to draw up the health policies, ensure the system's sustainability and oversee the quality of services. It has the legal authority to authorise, inspect and also close down activities and centres, both from the public and the private system. Furthermore, it has the functions...
READ MORECOSARA (Computerised Surveillance and Alerting of nosocomial infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic consumption in the ICU) is a software application designed and developed for the registration and integration of infection-related data in the ICU patient. The application architecture consists of three different software modules: 1)...
READ MORECyprus is the third largest Mediterranean island after Sicily and Sardinia, situated 60 km south of Turkey and 300 km north of Egypt. Cyprus is a divided island. In general, access to information concerning the northern part of the island is limited. Thus, this article refers to the Republic of Cyprus. Population Cyprus' estimated population...
READ MOREWhat kind of background does Cyprus have in tele-health? Telemedicine is evolving in Cyprus, with some forms of telemedicine in common practice in many fields of medicine throughout the country. Our aim is to incorporate telemedicine in everyday practice in Cyprus, especially as the whole island is covered with state of art telecommunications....
READ MORECitizens logged in with their digital signature to their personal page on the Danish portal for citizens Borger.dk can now access their patient records and make use of a full range of health-related e-services. The 'My Health Summary' service allows them to have an overview of their health information prescriptions, hospital stays, electronic...
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