Industry agrees standardised interface for EPRs
After one year of negotiations – faster than expected – more than 30 health IT companies have agreed on a new standardised interface for electronic patient records (EPR). The agreement will make it easier for EPR-solutions of different vendors to share personal medical data. The new interface was being developed under the umbrella of the […]
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Warning on health systems’ vulnerabilities
Commercial electronic health record systems are vulnerable to exploitation given existing industry development and disclosure practices, according to a study by the eHealth Vulnerability Reporting Program. Founded in May, 2006, the eHealth Vulnerability Reporting Program (eHVRP) is a collaborative of healthcare industry organisations, technology companies and security professionals. eHVRP’s mandate is to establish approaches and […]
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Bulgaria launches eCard prescriptions project
Bulgaria has begun an online electronic prescriptions project using a citizen-held e-health card. The first online transaction, carried out earlier this month, marked the official launch of the Bulgarian electronic health card (eCard) providing citizens with access to e-health services, beginning with e-prescriptions. Bulgaria’s first eCard pilot includes seven physicians, four pharmacies and 1,000 patients who […]
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ICW add the Strüngmann brothers as shareholders
The Strüngmann brothers, founders of German drug manufacturer Hexal, have secured a 25% stake in eHealth specialists InterComponentWare. The deal has been completed after the Strüngmann’s investment company, Santo Holding, purchased newly issued shares from ICW’s recent increase in capital stock. Existing shareholders will not have to surrender any shares as part of the deal, […]
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IMIA and WHO to ‘revitalise relationships’
Reporting from Medinfo in Brisbane, Australia, Neil Versel, interviews the World Health Organisation’s e-health co-ordinator.
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Three Scottish health boards sign PACS deals
Martin Egan signs the Access Agreement with Michael Jackman. Three Scottish health boards have signed access agreements with Carestream Health to install Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), as part of the National Services Scotland contract. NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Borders and NHS Lothian have all signed agreements to install Carestream PACS and information management solutions […]
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German smartcard rollout brought forward
In a surprise move, the German health IT agency, Gematik, has accelerated the schedule of the German national smartcard project to April 2008.
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German health IT fair splits
One of the two main German trade fairs for information technology in healthcare, the ITeG appeared to be in disarray at the end of last week. Trade fair organizer, Mesago, and the leading German industrial association for health-IT, VHitG, have decided to go separate ways after a difference of views about the future of […]
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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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Rehabilitation video game developed in Denmark
Danish researchers have developed a new game system to aid the rehabilitation of patients after illness and surgery. The idea for the game came after physiotherapists in the Funen Hospital in Denmark realised that patients needed a new way to help them get more mobile after lengthy periods in hospital beds. “We needed to develop a […]
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