Telehealth 2007 in Brussels next week
The European Commission Information Society & Media Directorate General hosts its annual telehealth conference in Brussels on Tuesday, 11 December. Organisers told E-Health Europe: “The Conference aims to identify barriers to broad telemedicine development and concrete actions for the European Union institutions, member states, regions, industries, user organisations and other stakeholders in view of the […]
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Commission calls for an all-inclusive digital society
The European Commission has called for the creation of an all-inclusive digital society, embracing the one in three people across the EU currently excluded from digital society through lack of access and skills. The Commission estimates that economic benefits of €35-85 billion could be generated over five years, if broadband internet were available to all […]
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European ICT market due double digit growth
The European health ICT market is now worth an estimated 20bn annually and set for double digit growth, according to Ilias Iakovidis
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US building momentum by accrediting health IT
Accreditation of vendor applications, based on core interoperability standards, is helping to spur adoption of ICT within the United States of America healthcare system. Initial results suggest the accreditation of electronic patient record systems is leading to financial incentives for their adoption, and helping drive spread of key functionality such as order communications. Speaking at […]
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NETC@RDS moves to phase two deployment
The initial deployment of phase two the NETC@RDS project, an online service for the European Health Insurance Card (eEHIC) has begun. A European Commission Information Society & Media spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “The NETC@RDS Project aims to improve the access of mobile citizens to trans-European health services by using advanced web-oriented applications either based on […]
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Car emergency call system gathers pace
A European Commission proposed system, aiming to provide cars in Europe with a direct contact to the emergency services, is gathering momentum after three more countries agreed to take part in the scheme. eCall is a pan-European in vehicle emergency call system which uses the European emergency number 112 in the event of an accident. […]
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Barriers to telehealth spelt out
Barriers and possible solutions to the implementation of telecare and telehealth have been set out in latest advice from the government agency providing support for telecare. The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) has listed more than 20 potential problems faced by organisations commissioning and integrating telecare into health, housing and social services. Issues raised by […]
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EU data privacy legislation speeding e-health
European legislation is helping to speed up development of healthcare IT infrastructure, whilst maintaining patient data privacy and security across the continent, researchers at Frost and Sullivan argue. According to research by the firm, the European Directive 95/46/EC (protection of personal data) ‘is recognised and accepted as the world’s highest privacy standard.’ The directive is aiding […]
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Lithuania approves new eHealth strategy
The Lithuanian government has approved a new eHealth strategy for 2007-2015, aiming to improve the quality and continuity of patient services through information technology. The strategy document [currently available in Lithuanian only] builds on a previous feasibility study of eHealth system development and implementation steps from 2005 till 2008, and aims to meet European Commission […]
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EHealthEurope.net health IT news portal launched
E-Health Media Ltd has today announced the launch of EHealthEurope.net, an independent news and business information portal covering the development of the healthcare information technology sector across Europe. The target audiences for EHealthEurope.net are health professionals, health IT executives, policy makers and influencers, together with their industry partners. The portal will provide them with the […]
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