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Pan-European 112 emergency number a reality

Citizens across all European Union countries can now access emergency services by dialling 112, the single European emergency number. The pan-European number became a reality in all EU states when Bulgaria became the last EU country to start providing the service. Now that 112 can be called from any phone in Bulgaria, it has achieved […]


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Europe-wide 112 emergency number gets website

The European Commission has stepped up efforts to push the use of the toll-free emergency number 112 in the EU ahead of the summer holiday season. A new website has been launched to tell citizens how to use 112 and what to expect from it, particularly when they travel within the EU. The website shows […]


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Eighty per cent of European GPs using e-records

A new Europe-wide survey on e-health has found that 87% of European GPs now use a computer, 80% of whom are using electronic patient records. The survey, which involved almost 7,000 General Practitioners, was carried out in late 2007. It examines issues including how European GPs store and send patients’ data such as lab reports […]


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CompuGroup eyes new European targets

CompuGroup Holding AG, the German provider of E-health solutions, is expanding its business to focus on growth in South-East and Eastern Europe with the creation of a new business unit called CompuGroup CEE. The company says that its new business unit, which will be based in Vienna, will focus on addressing the e-health markets in […]


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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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