epSOS project to extend to 2014
Coverage from World of Health IT 2010, Barcelona Smart Open Services for European Patients, which aims to enable a summary of a patient’s electronic medical record to be shared across European country borders, is likely to be extended. The €23m project, which is co-funded by the European Commission, was originally meant to be in place […]
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EC urges bigger thinking in eHealth
The European Commission has called for a change in the “mentality” that leads to thousands of small scale pilots being run in eHealth.
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EHTEL calls for local action
Coverage from World of Health IT 2010, Barcelona The European Health Telematics Association has called for more regional and local level approaches to eHealth across Europe. Speaking to E-Health Europe at the World of Health IT conference and exhibition in Barcelona, a spokesperson for the non profit organisation, said that eHealth needs to be done […]
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ISoft makes move on consumer healthcare
Coverage from World of Health IT 2010, Barcelona ISoft has formed a partnership with Switzerland-based telehealth device company Medic4all. The two companies are showcasing integrated telehealth products at the World of Health IT conference in Barcelona. These include a monitoring operations centre that manages patient data and a home care platform that allows healthcare professionals […]
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EU ministers sign eHealth declaration
Coverage from World of Health IT 2010, Barcelona European Union health ministers have signed a declaration that recognises the strategic value of eHealth and commits to greater collaboration across Europe. The declaration was signed at the high-level ministerial conference on eHealth in Barcelona, which is part of the World of Health IT conference being held […]
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EU framework for teleradiology discussed
Concerns about the legal and medical issues surrounding teleradiology will be aired at a meeting of experts gathered at the European Congress of Radiology, ECR 2010, in Vienna this week.
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e-Health Week 2010 announced
The World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference and Exhibition and the ministerial event known as the High Level e-Health Conference will be jointly run next March in an initiative called e-Health Week 2010. The conference will be held at the Convention Centre CCIB in Barcelona from 15-18 March 2010 and is being organised by the […]
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Siemens works with Hospital Clinic, Barcelona
Siemens Healthcare has signed an agreement with Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, to integrate its diagnostic, imaging and information technology systems. The company and Hospital Clinic will initially focus on three areas – liver fibrosis, foetal medicine and colon cancer – and work together to develop new working practices to increase the early detection of disease […]
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