EU push for 112 to be better promoted
Only 22% of European citizens know that 112 is the number to dial for the emergency services in any European Union member state, a new survey had found. The survey for the European Commission found that most European citizens only know their own country’s emergency number and were not aware that 112 is applicable across […]
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Finding reliable health information online
Healthcare information is abundant online, but it can be hard to know what is current and medically correct. Joe Fernandez speaks to Health on the Net Foundation to see how it approaches the problem.
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Interoperability road map in development
A Turkish research consortium is developing a road map for e-health interoperability that would eventually link up the health information systems of EU Member States in a seamless web. Researchers at the Software Research and Development Centre, based in the Middle East Technical University (METU), have found that Europeans are more mobile than ever before, […]
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Life in Europe to become ambient assisted
Philipp Grätzel reports from Berlin on developments in ambient assisted living, a fast-evolving field combining the IT, medicine, social care and housing industries.
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Building Europe’s e-health market
The European Commission’s Information Society and Media Directorate-General ICT for Health team speaks to E-Health Europe about the lead market initiative for e-health.
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EU Parliament amends assisted living project
Members of the European Parliament have stressed that the new Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) programme must be cost effective and respect privacy. The AAL programme is an initiative by the European Parliament to improve the quality of life of older people and help them live independently for longer, through the use of ICT. It is […]
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EC acts to ease computer-assisted translation
The European Commission has translated a collection of around one million sentences into 22 of the 23 official languages of the European Union, in an initiative designed to promote computer-assisted translation. This, according to the Commission, is the biggest ever collection in so many languages and is now freely available over the internet. Through co-operation […]
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Commission plans to accelerate e-health market
The European Commission has published a new strategy aimed at accelerating the growth of the e-health market in Europe.
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EU tables proposals for health single market
The European Commission says EU citizens will be allowed to opt to receive healthcare in any member state, under new proposals due in January that may help create a health single market. The proposals would enable patients across the EU to opt to be treated in any member state, if the treatment is allowed in […]
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New blood tracking system used across Europe
An image-based blood tracking data capture solution is helping to save lives and reduce waste in hospitals across Europe. BloodTrack Courier, a sophisticated kiosk PC, controls and logs access to blood storage refrigerators in hospitals. The system has recently been enhanced by a 5080 image engine from Hand Held Products. BloodTrack Courier was developed by […]
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