Latest News articles in it
-
Letter from the Executive Director, HITM
Dear Reader, Isolated communities pose a special challenge for the European model – to provide access and deliver highquality healthcare to everybody, everywhere. Telemedicine already offers some solutions. As revealed by our Cover Story, the emerging e-Health wave promises far more. e-Health projects such as the Baltic Health...
READ MORE -
Med-e-Tel :
The International Educational and Networking Forum for e-Health, Telemedicine and Health ICT The Luxexpo Exhibition and Congress Centre at Luxembourg was, once again, host to the 5th Med-e-Tel conference (April 18-20), which attracted more that 400 participants and 40 exhibitors. One of its most popular sessions - “Mobile e-Health Solutions”...
READ MORE -
The European Investment Bank and Healthcare Funding
With a balance sheet of 289 billion Euros at the end of 2006, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is no minnow. And yet, few outside the inner corridors of the EU and the world of Big Finance are aware of its reach, influence and impact. The Luxembourg-based EIB was created by the EU’s founding Treaty of Rome in 1958. Its shareholders are...
READ MORE -
e-Health and Isolated Communities
Author HBreununnin-Sgc hmidt CIO of the Nordjylland Region, Denmark. As the European Union continues to removes barriers between its Member States for the movement of goods and services, it is natural that healthcare delivery should also breach borders. e-Health today offers a boundless landscape of possibilities for...
READ MORE -
Speech Recognition: Bauble or Key to Babel?
One of the strongest facets of current hospital reforms is a growing drive to raise the efficiency of information gathering and sharing at the point-of-care. Speech-recognition technology is a good case in point. It is convenient for healthcare professionals, who have traditionally relied on jotting down notes or speaking into a cassette recorder; these...
READ MORE -
Reusing Clinical Information in EHR
Author William Goossen Results4Care, Netherlands. [email protected] Many countries currently develop their national strategic projects to achieve a safe and unified exchange of patient information in healthcare. Such developments and projects demand sector wide use of international standards. The challenge in such...
READ MORE -
EHR: A Backgrounder
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is the centrepiece of efforts by regulators and industry to integrate healthcare IT/ information systems at both the national and international levels. Its overriding purpose is to improve the quality of patient care and reduce healthcare costs. Nevertheless, several barriers remain to be overcome before EHRs are...
READ MORE -
Modernising St. Olav’s Hospital
Author JRaønb erg-Larsen Senior Key Account Manager, Telenor Nordic. In an ambitious two-phase project, the new 220,000 m2 St. Olav’s Hospital is being built on the site of the existing hospital near downtown Trondheim, Norway. Telenor was chosen as the main supplier of ICT infrastructure and integration services. The...
READ MORE -
Healthcare in the Nordic Countries
Health systems in the Nordic countries have a long heritage. They are principally financed by public funds or compulsory health insurance schemes. All countries, however, require co-payments by patients for hospital care and medicines. The Nordic healthcare system is especially well-established with regard to primary and preventive healthcare....
READ MORE -
Healthcare IT Policy in the Nordic Countries
HITM: The Nordic Region is Seen to have Some of the Most Advanced Healthcare Systems in Europe. What do You Think are the Reasons for this ? Pentti Itkonen (PI): Nordic systems are taxation based, locally administrated and every citizen has equal access to services. The markets have only a little influence on the functions of health...
READ MORE
INFO
IMAGING
ICU
EXEC
IT
CARDIOLOGY
JOURNALS
EVENTS
FACULTY
PARTNERS
BLOG
VIDEOS
CONTACT US
