• Industry News

    The latest figures published 30 May 2006 compare biotechnology sectors across some 18 European nations and the US. The report finds that European and US biotechnology industries both have around 2000 companies, but the US sector employs nearly twice as many people, spends around three times as much on research and development, raises over twice as...

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  • The European Parliament

    Author Sonja Planitzer Title: Editor European Affairs Organisation: Euromedical Communications Email: [email protected]   European institutions - This is the second part in a series which covers the structure and operations of the EU institutions. In the first of the series (Winter 2006), Helicia...

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  • Lobbying MEPs

    Author Sonja Planitzer Title: German Editor Organisation: Euromedical Communications Email: [email protected] Website: www.emceurope.com   + Lobbying Your MEPs Currently there are about 15,000 lobbyists in Brussels (consultants, lawyers, trade associations, corporations, NGOs) seeking to influence...

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  • Computerised Provider Order-Entry Systems

    ECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) is a nonprofit health services research agency and a Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization (WHO). Such organisations are appointed to contribute to the WHO’s public health mission by providing specialised knowledge, expertise and support in the health field to the WHO and its member...

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  • An Infrastructure for the Interoperability of Medical Information Systems

    Author Asuman Dogac Title: Director Organisation: Software R&D Center, Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University Email: [email protected] Website: www.metu.edu.tr   The Interoperability Challenge Today’s eHealth information systems are proprietary and...

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  • Achieving Long-Term Stability in Smart Card Programmes

    Author Kevin Gillick Title: Executive Director Organisation: GlobalPlatform Email: [email protected] Website: www.globalplatform.org   2006 will see the deployment of 85 million smart cards in the government and healthcare sectors, according to forecasts from the industry body, Eurosmart....

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  • Designing a High-Performance Telemedicine System

    Authors A.V. Bogdanov Organisation: Institute for High Performance Computing and Information Systems, Russia Email: [email protected] Website: www.csa.ru   A.B. Degtyarev Organisation: Institute for High Performance Computing and Information Systems, Russia Email: [email protected]...

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  • Outsourcing - An Ideal Solution?

    Author James Griffith Title: Senior Vice President, Outsourcing Organisation: ACS Healthcare Solutionss Email: [email protected] Web: www.acs-hcs.com   For a copy of the references contained in this article, please contact [email protected] .   When to Consider Outsourcing...

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  • Bio-informatics Application Service Providers - Politecnico di Milano

    Authors Dr. Marco Masseroli, Ph.D. Organisation: Politecnico di Milano, Italy Email: [email protected] Web: www.biomed.polimi.it/BioIntro/english/people/research/Masseroli.htm   Francesco Pinciroli Organisation: Politecnico di Milano, Italy Email: [email protected]...

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  • Eric Poiseau, ITManager, IHE Europe

    Author Eric Poiseau Title: It Manager Organisation: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Europe Web:  https://ihe-europe.net/   Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Europe Please Tell Us a Little Bit About IHE Europe, How was it Started and What are Your ‘Hot Topics’ for 2006/07? IHE is a non-profit...

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