EU agency analyses risks of e-health
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has issued a report focusing on emergent risk scenarios in remote eHealth monitoring and treatment environments. The ENISA report examines the major potential Emerging and Future Risks (EFR) in a possible remote health monitoring and treatment scenario. It takes the scenario of an individual with diabetes in […]
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VeriFone targets German e-health programme
US firm VeriFone Holdings has announced it will target the growing demand in Germany for electronic health card systems. The company is a specialist supplier of payment and card systems, and has been operating in the US market since 1995. VeriFone currently offers a range of payment certified electronic card acceptance solutions in Germany, including […]
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Bulgaria launches electronic records
Bulgaria has launched a national health portal as the entry point to its first electronic health records. The portal, developed by InterComponentWare (ICW), will give state administration employees access to a modern, electronic version of the paper-based Personal Ambulatory Book that is used to keep track of medical appointments. The Electronic Personal Ambulatory Book has been […]
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Med-e-Tel conference programme published
Med-e-Tel 2009 has published its conference programme, offering a range of speakers and presentations on global telemedicine and e-health. The annual three-day Med-e-Tel conference will be held 1-3 April 2009, Luxembourg. The conference will feature presentations of successful business cases, research activities, pilot projects, practical experiences from health and social care providers. The event will […]
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Finland builds on local foundations
Finland is on track to build a national electronic health record repository, which clinicians will be legally required to start using from 2011. The ambitious project, which also involves the development of a national e-prescription service and a patient-viewable record called eView, represents one of the more comprehensive e-health initiatives in Europe. Crucially, it builds […]
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Scottish NHS to invest €1.8m in e-health
Online scanning to allow remote diagnosis for island-based patients and Scotland’s biggest telehealth system are among a range of hi-tech projects to help more patients to be treated quicker and closer to home. The Scottish NHS is to invest €1.8m in e-health – including €640,000 funding from the country’s major health IT contractor Atos Origin. […]
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epSOS makes strong start
Europe’s flagship 12-nation electronic health record interoperability project, epSOS, has made a strong start with new countries now asking to join. Already the Smart Open Services for European Patients (epSOS) project involves 27-players from 12 European states. Participants include ministries of health, national competency centres and industry. Backed by €11m of European Commission funding, together […]
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Momentum builds on telemedicine
The head of the European Commission’s ICT for Health unit says there is growing momentum behind telemedicine across the continent. Speaking to E-Health Europe on the first day of the eHealth 2009 conference in Prague, Dr Gérard Comyn said that the Commission was working on a call for proposals for large scale telemedicine projects. In […]
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eHealth 2009 gets underway in Prague
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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