WHO launches online patient safety survey
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching an online survey for its Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety to determine the final content for the 2008 Patient Safety Solutions paper. The organisation says it wants all member state citizens to participate since its findings will be distributed to all WHO member states, and could help to […]
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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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Bosch buys Health Hero Network
German industrial giant, the Bosch Group, has acquired US telehealth specialist and innovator Health Hero Network Inc., which focuses on remote health monitoring. Stuttgart, Germany-based Bosch did not disclose terms of the deal with Health Hero Network, which is based in Palo Alto, California. Terms of the agreement were not be disclosed. Health Hero Network […]
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US group calls for national patient IDs
America’s National Alliance for Health Information Technology has called for a national voluntary system of unique patient identification numbers to be established. Under the proposals, patients would choose to subscribe to the voluntary system, which would assign them a unique ID for them and their medical information. A voluntary, patient-controlled system of unique identifiers is […]
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ESA pilot satellite telemedicine
Rescue team in action The European Space Agency has successfully completed a pilot run of its Satellite for Health Early Warning and for Epidemiology (SAFE) telemedicine project. The aim of the SAFE project is to provide a means of satellite assistance, from remote locations, in the event of natural disasters and for post-crisis management. In […]
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Finnish company trials cardiac telemedicine
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed remote healthcare services that allow patients to be treated globally, irrespective of the solutions provided by hardware and data system suppliers. In Finland, the first trial services for treating cardiac patients and patients suffering from chronic illnesses have been promising. A VTT spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “Remote […]
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Commission calls for an all-inclusive digital society
The European Commission has called for the creation of an all-inclusive digital society, embracing the one in three people across the EU currently excluded from digital society through lack of access and skills. The Commission estimates that economic benefits of €35-85 billion could be generated over five years, if broadband internet were available to all […]
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New CEO of SNOMED CT appointed
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), owners of the SNOMED CT terminology, has announced that Jennifer Zelmer will take over as chief executive officer (CEO) as of February 2008. Daniel Forslund, board member from Sweden and chair of the selection committee of the management board, said that the committee unanimously selected Zelmer based […]
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Use IT more to promote safety, says WHO
The World Health Organisation has called on health bodies to use IT more for data collection in healthcare settings to promote safety and reduce adverse events. The call for action is one of ten points raised at the recent Patient Safety Research conference in Porto, Portugal – organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s World […]
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Major trial of PHRs starts in Germany
Germany’s largest health insurance fund, Barmer, is working with InterComponentWare AG (ICW) on a three year research study looking at the benefits and acceptance of personal health records. Barmer will use ICW’s web-based LifeSensor technology to offer a personal health record to its seven million members at a cost of 23.80 Euros per individual per year, […]
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