Dutch EPR rollout on track
The Dutch national electronic patient record project is progressing slowly, but steadily. Sixty five doctors have been connected to the infrastructure so far. By the end of the year, this number will increase to 200. “We are confident that we can stick to our goal and have all 8,000 GPs using the national electronic patient […]
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German insurer launches glaucoma telemedicine
Techniker Krankenkasse is to provide patients with a Glaucoma telemedicine monitoring programme as a mainstream service.
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Europe aims for interoperable EHRs by 2015
The European Commission has published new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records across the continent by the middle of the next decade. At the heart of the recommendation is the premise that the basic components needed to support cross-border interoperability also apply to the local, regional and […]
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Europe aims for borderless electronic health records
The European Commission has launched two major e-health initiatives aimed at achieving interoperable e-health systems across Europe
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Scotland commits to incremental e-health
The Scottish government has pledged consolidate its SCI Gateway and Store, and enhance its Emergency Care Summary Service.
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Bosch Hospital to introduce AiDKlinik
Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart has introduced the electronic medication module AiDKlinik to improve medication safety. The tool offers sophisticated medication alerts, for example warnings in case of clinically relevant interactions and dosing aids for children or patients with impaired renal function. The software was developed by ‘Dosing’, a spin-off of Heidelberg University. “We started […]
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German medication specialists back decision support
Two leading members of the medication commission of the German National Chamber of Doctors have urged German hospitals to implement “intelligent” computerised physician order entry (CPOE) with decision support systems to improve patient safety. They also advocated personal electronic medication lists in chronically ill patients. The CPOE-topic was high on the agenda at the “Hauptstadtkongress”, […]
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AOK launches medication comparator website
German health insurer, AOK, has launched a new database that lets users compare different medications. The database, on AOK’s website, is available to free to all registered members, where they can compare any drugs for any condition. Both prescription drugs and those freely on sale are included, and the database distinguishes between the two categories, […]
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First Dutch hospital connects to Switchpoint
St Jansdal hospital in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, has become the country’s first hospital able to retrieve patient medication information via the Electronic Medication Record, using software from iSoft. The hospital, and three pharmacies in the region, are now connected to the Landelijk SchakelPunt (LSP), known as the National Switchpoint in English, which pulls together records […]
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German insurer AOK requires doctors to digitise
The AOK Baden-Württemberg, a regional German health insurance company with three million members, has signed a direct primary care contract with up to 5,000 doctors in the state of Baden-Württemberg that requires them to digitise. Doctors can only take part in the contract online, which replaces the traditional collective doctor contracts that have existed in […]
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