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eHealth Interoperability in Europe
At the recent MedTel 2006 conference some of the main project outcomes - here with a focus on ePrescribing - were presented as recommendation to proceed on European eHealth interoperability.
i2-Health Workshop at Medical Informatics Europe (MIE2005) attracts international audience
At the recent congress Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) organised by the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) the i2-Health project held a workshop which attracted quite some audience within the workshop part of the congress. Project Co-ordinator Dr Karl Stroetmann and his collegues Ramin Tavakolian and Stephan Schug presented the overall approach of the Interoperability Initiative and preliminary findings.
IDABC examines the case for streamlined cross-border mobility
Understanding the problems of cross-border data exchange relating to the movements of European citizens is essential to boosting mobility and cross-border activities in the European Union. To this end, IDABC has launched a study into the requirements for cross border mobility, based on the concrete case of a border region.
Report from the CEN/ISSS eHealth Standardization Focus Group "Current and future standardization issues in the eHealth domain: Achieving interoperability"
The Report from the CEN/ISSS eHealth Standardization Focus Group "Current and future standardization issues in the eHealth domain: Achieving interoperability" has been finalised (including input from the EHTEL Assocation) Enclosed is the Final version (dated 01.03.2005) of the Executive Summary of the report prepared by the CEN/ISSS eHealth Focus Group revised after public comment. For the full documentation of the report and background information please refer to: http://www.cenehealth.org/
eHealth awards 2004 presented at the Cork Conference
David Byrne, European Commissioner and Micheal Martin, Irish Minister for Health and Children, presented the eEurope Awards for eHealth - 2004 at the Conference in Cork, Ireland on 6th May.
Ministerial Declaration 2003
eHealth refers to the use of modern information and communication technologies to meet needs of citizens, patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare providers, as well as policy makers.
European Conference eHealth2004
organised by the Irish EU-Presidency and European Commission on 5./6.May in Cork (Ireland)
What is eHealth?
In the context of eEurope, the concept of "eHealth" is used to describe the application of information and communications technologies (ICT) across the whole range of functions which, one way or another, affect the health of citizens and patients: