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The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM)
The European Association 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,...
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AGFA Healthcare
AGFA Healthcare Signs Agreement With Government of Ontario, Canada Agfa HealthCare has recently signed an agreement with the government of Ontario, Canada, for a CAD$29.6 million grant to support the growth of the company’s Research, Development and Regional operation centres in Toronto and Waterloo. The objective is to streamline and centralise...
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iSOFT
iSOFT Signs a Five Year Agreement with Cmpmedica for Essential Drug Information Support Tools CMPMedica will supply iSOFT with comprehensive evidencebased drug information. This information solution will power iSOFT’s integrated suite of decision-support tools with the objective of enabling healthcare professionals to make better informed decisions....
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ICT Policy Support Programme
Call for Proposals Under the ICT Policy Support Programme The European Commission's Directorate-General for Information Society and Media has launched a call for proposals under the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP). The ICT Policy Support Programme aims to stimulate innovation and competitiveness...
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Germany
Setbacks for German E-health Smartcard Due to problems encountered in the first seven pilot sites forGermany’s flagship national e-health smartcard programme, several key clinical components are currently being re-evaluated. Gematik, the German national health IT organisation, announced that their new priority is electronic referral...
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Italy
4th A.I.S.I.S. National Congress The Italian Association of Health Information Systems is holding its fourth national congress February 27- 28, 2009 in Porto Vecchio, Genoa. The title of the congress is “Verso l’Ospedale Digitale: quali elementi costitutivi? (“Towards the Digital Hospital: what are the constitutive elements?”) Topics...
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Assessing Progress Towards an Interoperable European E-Health Space
Fostering the development and implementation of national eHealth policies and strategies has been a key goal of the European Union (EU) eHealth Action Plan of 2004. To review progress made and analyse the results so far obtained by EU Member States, the European Commission just before Christmas signed a contract with Bonn-based eHealth specialist...
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Sources of Financing and Policy Recommendations on Boosting e-Health Investment
A major study on financing e-Health was commissioned by DG INFSO and Media’s ICT for Health Unit. Its objective: to examine the financial needs of e-Health investment against the funding available and therefore assist EU Members and the Commission in their efforts to meet the e-Health Action Plan objective of “supporting and boosting investment in...
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Remote Cards of Patient-The Personal Health Devices Standard-ISO/IEEE 11073-20601
Malcolm Clarke is Senior Lecturer in telemedicine and eHealth Systems at Brunel University. He is former chairman of the American Telemedicine Association Special Inte r - est Group in Technology and is on CEN, HL7, IEEE and ISO committees working on standards for medical devices. With an...
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Patients Classification Systems-The Brazilian Experience
Marcia Galan Perroca is Professor, Department of Specialized Nursing, Medicine School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Brazil. Patient Classification Systems (PCSs) are an important tool in healthcare management to improve the efficacy and effectiveness of resource use. An overview of the concept, benefits and limitations...
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