Welcome to #1 DIGITAL HEALTH NEWS Portal

Opinion Article: Clinical Portals - Technology to Empower Health Service Delivery

By Wayne Parslow, European Vice President and General Manager, Carefx.
The true measure of healthcare IT is the benefit it brings to people. First and foremost that means patients, but many others too including staff, carers and even taxpayers.

Read more ...

Commission Selects Six Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Projects to Compete for Research Funding

Six research projects selected to compete for two top spots in the area of research into future and emerging technologies (FET) have been announced by the European Commission at the FET11 conference and exhibition in Budapest.

Read more ...

EU Wants to Steer Innovation on Active and Healthy Ageing

The number of Europeans aged 65+ is expected to increase by 45% between 2008 and 2030, and even further to over 30% of the population by 2060. This major challenge needs to be tackled at EU level to help older Europeans enjoy an active and healthy life.

Read more ...

Tunstall Demonstrates Telehealth Solutions at Managing Long Term Conditions Conference

Tunstall Healthcare will be demonstrating its latest telehealthcare solutions and showcasing results from recent telehealth deployments at this year's Managing Long Term Conditions Conference held in Harrogate.

Read more ...

The 1st Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and eHealth "ARMTELEMED: Road to the Future"

14 - 16 October 2011, Yerevan, Armenia.
The First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and eHealth "ARMTELEMED: Road to the Future" will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, under the auspices of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH) and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).

Read more ...

Global E-Health Forum - Hamburg 2011: Designing Personalized Healthcare

11 - 13 October 2011, Hamburg, Germany.
Richard C. Alvarez (President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway) has confirmed his keynote at this year's Global E-Health Forum. He will present "Transforming Healthcare in Canada through E-Health".

Read more ...

empirica wins European Union Project "Reform of Financing Secondary Healthcare" in Bosnia and Herzegovina

"Reform of Financing Secondary Healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina" is a project to enhance the efficiency of health care services in Bosnia and Herzegovina by implementing a system of provider payments that would create incentives for cost containment and improve provider performance.

Read more ...

Finland's HUS Hospital District Upgrades and Extends Existing Agfa HealthCare PACS

Agfa HealthCare announces that the HUS (The hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa) will implement Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX 6.5 Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) at its HUS-Röntgen medical imaging centers.

Read more ...

Philips and NEC Team-Up in Digital Pathology

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced the signing of an agreement under which the two companies will jointly develop and market highly integrated digital pathology solutions.

Read more ...

Enabling Smart Integrated Care: Recommendations for Fostering Greater Interoperability of Personal Health Systems

The final goal of promoting interoperability in general, and for Personal Health Systems (PHS) in particular, is to contribute to integrated care. This will be supported through comprehensive, easy and collaborative access to and sharing of a patient's health data for all authorised health professionals, family carers and ultimately the patient itself. Thus they will gain managed access to essential health information about patients, subject to the patients' consent.

Read more ...