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Letter from the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, HITM
Dear Reader, As you are well aware, the IT@ Networking Awards 2009 is fast approaching. 79 excellent submissions have exceeded our expectations by far. Only 30 could make it into the first round MINDBYTE Sessions as NOMINEE, leaving us with top quality projects and an astounding rejection rate of over 60 percent...
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Healthcare IT in Britain
Healthcare IT in Britain is today symbolised, rather starkly, by the troubled NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). This ambitious initiative was meant to catapult Britain into pole position in the global e-health readiness league. It sought to link more than 30,000 GPs to nearly 300 hospitals, provide comprehensive e-prescribing and develop a centralised...
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Requirements and Options for Rfid in Healthcare
The European Commision commissioned a "Study on the requirements and options for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) application in healthcare". The final report provides an assessment of the main drivers, obstacles and uncertainties surrounding the deployment of RFID in healthcare in Europe. It identifies the most promising RFID applications in...
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The European Associations of Healthcare IT Managers
The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM) is a non-profit pan-European umbrella association of all relevant national healthcare IT associations in Europe. Believing in the fundamental importance of unifying healthcare IT professionals at European and global levels, HITM is committed to increasing the professional authority...
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Sweden
Public Procurement of Innovation Public Procurement of Innovation conference will take place in Stockholm, Sweden on 13 October 2009. The conference will discuss and illustrate Public Procurement of Innovations, PPI, within the Life Science sector. The aim is also to inform about the possibilities with PPI and show a more advantageous way to...
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IT@Networking Awards 2009
The IT@ Networking Awards 2009 (IT@2009) aims to select outstanding European healthcare IT solution in hospitals and healthcare facilities and bring them to the pan-European stage. The event will take place in Brussels from 29 - 30 October 2009. The attendees will consist of CEOs, CIOs, hospital and healthcare IT Managers, physicians with...
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Healthcare Interoperability
Philip J. Scott is the Head of ICT Development Programmes, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and a Board member, HL7 UK. President Obama’s $19.2 billion HITECH Act has refocused attention on healthcare interoperability. The legislation (Title XIII of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, available via http://www.whitehouse.gov)...
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PIPS: Personalised Informtion Platform for Life and Health Services
PIPS is the virtual assistant who is attentive, discreet, loyal and always available. It exploits the most advanced information technologies for you in order to encourage healthier individual choices. Informed Individuals The main goal of this virtual assistant is to encourage healthier decisions by providing information among the patients...
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Philips
Sant Pau Hospital and Philips Pioneer Healthcare Technology Partnership Model The Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona and Royal Philips Electronics have signed a 10-year agreement. Philips will be responsible for the provision, maintaining and replacement of medical equipment. It will provide the hospital with consistent access...
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World of Healthcare Congress Europe 2009
The 2009 World of Health Care Congress Europe (WHCCE) took place on May 13 - 14, 2009 in Brussels. More than 400 participants from Europe, the US, Middle East and Asia were present at the event. Among the participants were key health ministers from leading countries in Europe, government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision...
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