European Health Insurance Card hits milestone
The European Commission has announced that over 180m European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) have been issued in the five years since the card replaced the paper E111 form. The EHIC is a free plastic card that ensures cardholders receive the same access to public sector health care – a doctor, a pharmacy, a hospital or […]
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Sectra enters the Greek market
The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a distribution agreement with the Greek company Proton S.A., a provider of medical imaging and security systems based in Athens. Proton becomes a distributor of all Sectra’s medical systems and products in Greece and Cyprus. “Proton has solid experience with products similar to Sectra’s, and this […]
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Greek staff trained on telemedicine approaches
Doctors and nursing staff from several municipalities in Greece – plus four specialists from the Athens Medical Centre – have been trained in the use of telemetric systems as part of an extension of the country’s telemedicine program. The municipalities are members of the Inter Municipality Health & Welfare Network OTA across Greece. Staff took […]
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More Europeans using internet for health information
The use of the internet for health purposes is increasing across the continent, a survey of seven European countries has found. Northern European countries led the use of the internet for health, followed by Eastern and Southern Europe. Of 7,022 interviewed over the telephone in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Greece and Portugal, over half […]
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European ICT market due double digit growth
The European health ICT market is now worth an estimated 20bn annually and set for double digit growth, according to Ilias Iakovidis
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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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More Europeans using internet for health information
The use of the internet for health purposes is increasing across the continent, a survey of seven European countries has found. Northern European countries led the use of the internet for health, followed by Eastern and Southern Europe. Of 7,022 interviewed over the telephone in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Greece and Portugal, […]
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