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- 10/11/2010
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The Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Dear Readers, As disruptive as it is pervasive, the Internet has created thoroughly new ways of doing business, exchanging information and delivering goods and services. It has both deepened and broadened interaction between individuals, interest groups, industry and policy makers. In effect, the Internet has not only redefined the...
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Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Promises and Challenges
Author: Benjamin Hughes, Researcher, ESADE Business School The internet’s impact on healthcare is ever more evident, with over 80% of US citizens searching online for health matters, and 33% of EU citizens using internet health sources every three months. Medicine 2.0 partly drives this increasing use, providing...
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Investing in the Hospital of the Future
Authors: Stephen Wright Executive Director, European Centre for Health Assets & Architecture. Bernd Rechel is a Researcher at the European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies and Honorary Lecturer at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at London School of Hygiene &...
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Healthcare in Switzerland
Author Tosh Sheshabalaya, The healthcare system in Switzerland is a complex combination of public care, wholly private services and subsidised private care. The share of public spending is one of Europe’s lowest, with Swiss law providing for the State to support healthcare only when the private sector cannot produce “satisfactory results”....
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Healthcare Information Technology in Austria and Switzerland
Author Tosh Sheshabalaya, Austria E-health is seen in Austria in relatively prosaic terms, as “a set of new business models and tools to enhance the delivery of healthcare services”. Its legal foundations include Austria’s Health Reform Act 2005 (a framework for quality strategies and national standards) and the Health Telematics...
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EU Presidency, Ministers Provide Direction for E-Health
Recognising the efforts that brought EU policy on e-health to the present, EU Ministers and the Spanish Presidency have recommended a plan for the future. In the Ministerial Declaration of European Co-Operation on ehealth, a detailed framework was set forth in order to achieve the overall objective of enhancing quality and sustainability...
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iSOFT and Ultragenda Join Forces
HITM spoke to Hugo Schellens (HS), CEO, UltraGenda and Andrea Fiumicelli (AF), Chief Operating Office, iSoft about their recent alliance, the reasons behind it and their shared vision for the future. Lets Talk About the New Partnership. How did it Happen? Why did it Happen? AF: The answer is very simple, iSoft needs...
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AGFA: Leaving their Troubled Past Behind
HITM had a frank conversation with Eric Maurincomme, Vice-President and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer of Agfa Healthcare about the problems of the past and the outlook for the future. Maurincomme spoke openly about recent problems experienced by AGFA, notably their credibility issues. He claims it is all in the past...
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WoHIT 2010
The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition is a forum for the advancement of healthcare IT in Europe. Addressing the needs of key stakeholders in the European e-health Community, The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition offers professional development sessions, vendor exhibitions, best practice exchanges, networking sessions, and debates...
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