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- 01/03/2010
Connectathon Goes to France The Tenth Annual European interoperability testing event, known as the IHE Connectathon, will be held in Bordeaux, France from April 12th to 16th, 2010 at the Cité Mondiale, a conference centre located in the heart of the city on the banks of the Garonne river. More than 300 information technology engineers...
READ MOREeVIA Spanish Technological Platform - General Assembly eVIA is the Spanish Technological Platform for eHealth, eWellness and Social Cohesion. eVIA gathers stakeholders, end-users, associations, public administrations, industry and researchers, intending to promote effective and market oriented R&D. During the General Assembly (9-10...
READ MOREHealth-e-Space Website A new website that provides a platform to enable people to take more responsibility for their health has been launched in Moray, Scotland. “Making e-health real health” and “For the people by the people” The new Health-e-Space website provides local health information, links to recommended websites...
READ MOREThe Health Council adopted, on 1 December 2009, conclusions on safe and efficient healthcare through ehealth. These conclusions recognise "the need for further political leadership and to integrate e-health into health policy in order to develop e-health services on the basis of public health needs". Therefore the Council "invites" the Member States to...
READ MOREAuthor Günther Gell, is at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz Conceptually the Electronic Health Record (EHR) will be a lifelong collection of health-relevant data for a (consenting) person. The main purpose of the EHR is to assist medical care...
READ MOREIdentifies the most important specifications to consider when comparing models ECRI Institute, a non-profit organisation, de dicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research in healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for nearly 40 years, ECRI Institute marries...
READ MOREIn spite of being over two years behind schedule, Germany’s national healthcare IT infrastructure project is inching forward to a roll-out. Still, some hurdles lie ahead. In the near future, what is likely is akin to the kaleidoscopic effects of an electronic salad bowl. Hospitals and physicians will continue to use local electronic medical...
READ MOREReunification in 1990 transformed Germany, by a significant margin, into Europe’s largest country, with 16 states (Länder) and an area of over 350,000 square kilometers. With 83 million people, Germany has Europe’s largest population and its biggest economy. The country lies in the heartland of the European landmass, bordering the Baltic Sea and...
READ MOREAuthor Paul Whaley, is Communications Coordinator for Health Care Without Harm Europe, and Editor of Health & Environment Sustainability concepts are taking root in healthcare, the subject of more and more discussion as the spectre of climate change looms larger. The pressure to reduce environmental impact...
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