Debate over legality of Care Record Guarantee
British data protection laws used to create the Care Record Guarantee could fall foul of new European Commission data protection laws, adopted in February according to an international law expert. However, the view expressed to the parliamentary select committee on health by Douwe Korff, professor of international law at London Metropolitan University, was vigorously opposed […]
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Border control
Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European countries.
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UK telehealth firm gains EU recognition
The Health-eLife project, which uses doc@HOME technology from UK-based telehealth services firm Docobo, has been awarded ‘project of the month’ status by the EU. The project has been supported by the EU eTen initiative, designed to promote the deployment of network-based services across Europe. Each month the EU looks at different projects connected to the eTen […]
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HIMSS makes European move
Nine European organisations and HIMSS, the US-based Health Information and Management Systems Society, have combined to produce a new conference, the World of Healthcare IT. The first meeting will be held in Geneva on 10-13 October and organisers promise it will be the ‘first of its kind’ bringing together major European institutions and e-health organisations for […]
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2001: The Year the Money Disappeared
The NHS has stood at the cusp in 2001, its stark failures were laid bare by the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry and Shipman reports, and yet it was also the year in which a re-elected Labour Government pledged unprecedented investment in the service. Though the IT agenda has attracted few headlines, it has permeated both […]
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First UK E-Health and Telemedicine Demonstration Sites Established
The first approved e-health and telemedicine demonstration sites have been set up in the UK by the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL), an EC funded body. Motion Media, a founding member of the UK Telemedicine Association, and Nestor Healthcare Group plc have been chosen by EHTEL to provide the demonstration centres for eHealth and telemedicine […]
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NHScat-IT Lauched
The NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency has launched a new catalogue of IT and telecommunications products and services for the NHS. The new catalogue, called NHScat-IT, was developed by PASA and buying.solutions arm of the Office of Government Commerce, it replaces the previous NHS Hardware and Software and Gcat contracts. According to PASA the partnership […]
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Sonablate Receives European and Japanese
Focus Surgery Inc., has received two regulatory approvals for its Sonablate 500 System, a system that performs prostrate imaging and treatment using ultrasound Using FSI's patented ultrasound transducer technology, the SB-500 performs diagnostic level imaging of the prostate and performs minimally invasive image-guided treatment of both benign and cancerous prostate tissue using high intensity focused […]
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