Industry news in brief
April’s industry news in brief features YouGov research which suggests UK adults are open to using new health technology. We also feature the news that Mictrotest has officially signed a contract with NHS Wales Informatics Service to be one of two suppliers for GP clinical IT systems in the country.
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Bulgarian military deploys smart cards
Bulgaria has begun deploying smart cards to provide secure access to the electronic health records of military personnel and their family.
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Germany suspends e-health card project
The roll-out of Germay’s national e-health smart card has been put on hold, with a review to be carried out of security and confidentiality.
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Estonian e-health project slows
Plans to allow Estonians to set up appointments and for doctors to prescribe medicines online have slowed because of problems connecting old and new systems, the minister of social affairs has announced. The €2.2m EU-funded project, which has been developed by the Estonian e-Health Foundation, aims to provide patients with a cross-country e-registration system that […]
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Wearable cardiac sensor gets CE approval
An advanced new wearable wireless patient monitoring system has received CE mark approval, allowing it to be sold in Europe.
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Commission says e-health is on track
The European Commission has published an update on its lead market initiative for e-health, reporting that it is too early to tell whether work has had an impact on growing the continent’s e-health market.
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GE up
E-Health Europe’s Jon Hoeksma interviews Juergen Reyinger, European head of General Electric Healthcare Information Systems.
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Arctic blast
A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ‘tepid’ to ‘arctic.’ Sarah Bruce asks what that will mean for healthcare IT.
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Twitter and YouTube to combat Swine Flu
The US Centres for Disease Control is to use a range of online social media tools, including Twitter, YouTube, to help spread flu-protection messages.
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Personal view: Tim Benson
Standards guru Tim Benson argues that understanding health interoperability, HL7 and SNOMED CT will become increasingly important in this taster of his new book.
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