Europe to double e-health research
Viviane Reding today announced that the European Commission will double funding for e-health research over the next two years. The European Commissioner for Information Society and Media said that over the next two years the Commission will invest €163m in e-health research. The funding will be channelled through its framework seven funding call. Speaking by […]
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eHealth 2009 gets underway in Prague
Carestream gets KBV e-health card certification
Carestream Health has become one of the first healthcare IT companies to receive the KBV certificate, eGK-Release-0, as part of the initial rollout of the electronic health smartcard in Germany. The Federal National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians awarded the certificate for the Care Radiology Information System (RIS) software. The certification provides confirmation that […]
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EHI interview: Peter Neupert
Microsoft’s vice president for health strategy, recently spoke to the US Senate’s HELP committee. Last week, he spoke to EHI editor Jon Hoeksma.
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GPS patient tracking launched in Switzerland
Aerotel Medical Systems, a specialist in mobile and home-based telemedicine and telecare solutions, has partnered with GEBOA SA, to launch Aerotel’s GeoSKeeper GPS personal location system in Switzerland.
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Call for co-ordination on ID card security
ENISA has published a position paper highlighting problems with current and planned European electronic ID card schemes.
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Commission invests €1bn in high-speed broadband
The European Commission has proposed a new €5 billion investment in energy and internet broadband infrastructure in 2009-2010.
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Global health terminology Workbench launched
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) has launched a new IHTSDO Workbench designed to make it easier to use the clinical terminology SNOMED CT. The Workbench provides tools to develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. The workbench includes terminology editing, mapping, and other applications. […]
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Prague to hold ministerial e-health conference
Europe’s seventh and final ministerial e-health conference is to be held next month in Prague, the Czech Republic, 18-20 February. The Czech Republic is currently jointly holding the presidency of the European Union, and in co-operation with the European Commission the Czech Ministry of Health is organising a ministerial Conference ‘eHealth for Individuals, Society and […]
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Jordan picks Perot to help implement VistA
Perot Systems Corporation has been selected by the Kingdom of Jordan to manage the pilot deployment of the open source clinical information system VistA at two hospitals and a clinic in the capital, Amman. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan plans to develop an integrated national healthcare infrastructure using VistA a single software platform. Terms of […]
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