German doctors switch on to Web 2.0
The US has led the adoption of Web 2.0 applications in healthcare, but German doctors are catching up, Philipp Grätzel reports.
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Helios Hospitals to connect doctors via EPR
Helios hospital group is launching a Germany-wide electronic patient record project to allow electronic communication with referring doctors in private practices. The system is running in two regions already, and a wider roll out to most of the 58 Helios hospitals is in place for next year. Technically, the system is a web service enabling doctors […]
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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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Danish RTX make telemonitoring user friendly
German telemonitoring service provider Vitaphone has announced a joint venture with Denmark based RTX Healthcare, at Medica in Düsseldorf
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Smartphone patient monitoring showcased
Finland’s, eHIT, a specialist in healthcare software, has developed a new patient sensor and smartphone-based monitoring system, to deliver round-the-clock vital signs measurement. The technology – which uses Bluetooth to connect patient sensors to a smartphone – has been backed by Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia and has been praised on the Forum Nokia […]
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German insurance firms merge IT departments
In January 2008 over 200 German health insurance companies will combine their IT departments to form one company. This is a significant consolidation on the customer side of the German health IT market. “The step will lead to a new company with a turnover of €300 million and around 1000 employees”, said Wolfgang Schmeinck, head […]
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NETC@RDS moves to phase two deployment
The initial deployment of phase two the NETC@RDS project, an online service for the European Health Insurance Card (eEHIC) has begun. A European Commission Information Society & Media spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “The NETC@RDS Project aims to improve the access of mobile citizens to trans-European health services by using advanced web-oriented applications either based on […]
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Austria named best healthcare system in the EU
Austria has the best healthcare service in the European Union, a survey by watchdog Health Consumer Powerhouse has found. The Euro Health Consumer Index is an annual ranking of national European healthcare systems across five areas that are key to the consumer: patients’ rights and information, waiting times for common treatments, care outcomes, the generosity […]
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Evolution, not revolution
Jens Naumann, head of the German industrial association of health IT companies, talks to Philipp Gratzel about the forthcoming roll out of electronic health cards.
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Bulgaria begins electronic health cards pilot
The Bulgarian Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance Fund have begun piloting the issuing of electronic health cards, provided by ICW, in cooperation with Cisco and Kontrax. An ICW spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “As of this month, 1,000 citizens from the town of Slivnitza and the village Aldomirovzi will receive their personal electronic […]
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