eHealthNews.EU Portal Digest

eHealthNews.EU Portal Digest

eHealth Study of the Month - Legally eHealth
Information and communication technologies are increasingly being used
to improve the quality, provision and access to care while also
bringing new elements to the reflection on the financial
sustainability of health systems. However, questions exist over the
legal and regulatory implications for eHealth services, especially as
these can cross institutional boundaries and national borders.
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TeleHealth 2007 - premieres with top-notch conference program
TeleHealth 2007 - the International Conference and Exhibition for
Telemedical Technologies and Applications - features a cutting-edge
conference program. Running in tandem with CeBIT 2007, the conference
is being staged at the Deutsche Messe-owned Convention Center in
Hannover, Germany.
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HIMSS EMEA To Launch Monthly eMessenger Service
A new monthly eNewsletter will be delivered to healthcare ICT
professionals across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region
from mid-February 2007.
Produced by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
(HIMSS) the eMessenger service will focus on one topical aspect of
healthcare ICT each month and include a specially commissioned
interviews with two experts in that field.
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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG and Siemens launch major project
The RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG and Siemens Medical Solutions signed a contract
just over a year ago for the construction and operation of a particle
therapy facility. With the permit approval process and application
hearing now underway, the high-tech project is beginning to take
shape. Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2007.
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Demonstrating Value Created by In-silico Solutions
Suppliers in the highly competitive and fragmented European virtual
screening market face challenges such as limited scientific audience
and the lack of common technology standards. Also, despite the high
demand for software tools, companies need to develop and introduce the
right kind of tools and solutions to broaden their customer base.
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Key Issues of Technical Interoperability Solutions in eHealth and the
RIDE Project
One of the key problems in healthcare informatics is the lack of
interoperability among different healthcare information systems.
Interoperability can be investigated in different categories in the
eHealth domain, such as the interoperability of the messages exchanged
between healthcare applications, interoperability of Electronic
Healthcare Records (EHRs), interoperability of patient identifiers,
coding terms, clinical guidelines and healthcare business processes.
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NHS IT programme 'may produce camel not racehorse'
This was the assessment given by a Fujitsu consultant at last week's
eyeforhealthcare conference (Successful Implementation of NPfIT 2007)
chaired by Avienda managing director, Ben Stanberry, and widely
reported in yesterday's Computer Weekly magazine and the national
press.
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Personal Health Systems Conference with new European eHealth trends
and dimensions
Personal Health Systems (PHS) Conference was a great success in
special by tacking into account that the number of the invited
participants has been doubled comparing with the initial expectations.
It seams that so high interest in the Personal Health Systems topic
hasn't been expected, nevertheless, conference organizers did a very
well job and all attendees have been hosted and a nice program has
been conducted.
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Philips extends its successful MR NetForum to its CT users
Philips Medical Systems NetForum Community website for MRI has proved
so successful that the Company has now extended it to encompass CT
users as well. Ever-increasing workload and time constraints often
make it difficult to meet with colleagues face-to-face, or to be fully
engaged in professional organisations.
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Med-e-Tel 2007 program highlights
Med-e-Tel offers great networking opportunities. It is the perfect
forum to share experiences and knowledge and a chance to gain new
insights and to establish new contacts and partnerships. The Med-e-Tel
2007 conference program will again feature speakers from around the
world, presenting on a wide variety of ehealth and telemedicine
topics.
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This is where robots can be a real help
It may not be long before swarms of tiny mobile robots will be giving
a hand to the nurses and medical orderlies in hospitals. January month
has been the official launch of a new EU project led by the Fraunhofer
Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO.
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Sincerely,
Ruslan David, MD
eHealthNews.EU Portal & eHealth Directory EU
Administrator/Editor
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