One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the scheme aimed at delivering connected computing to remote, poor and underserved regions of the world, is to launch its 'Give One, Get One' scheme in Europe this year as well as the United States, the project's founder, Professor Nicholas Negroponte told delegates at the World of Health IT conference in Copenhagen.
At this year's World of Health IT Exhibition, held in Copenhagen, Panasonic has launched the world's first mobile clinical assistant (MCA) device using the Intel® Atom processor, further strengthening the company's position in the healthcare market. Based on the Intel® mobile clinical assistant reference platform, the new CF-H1 MCA is designed specifically for clinicians.
Motion Computing®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, is announcing this week at the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark, the first mobile clinical assistant (MCA) user conferences to be hosted by Tracline, a valuable Motion partner and leading reseller of C5 MCAs across Europe.
European Commission adopted a Communication to support and improve access to telemedicine for EU citizens and healthcare professionals across Europe. In response to a call for action from Member States, this initiative aims to increase and broaden telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe.
Copenhagen, 4 November 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to be with you here today at the opening of this year's World of Health IT
conference. Health IT is becoming increasingly important for citizens, industry and healthcare authorities. The potential of eHealth and the interest it generates are demonstrated by the high level of participation in today's conference.
The European Commission, HIMSS Europe, the Ministry of Health and Consumption of Spain, and the Government of Catalonia are delighted to announce that the next World of Health IT conference and exhibition will be held in conjunction with the European Union's annual High Level eHealth Ministerial Conference in Barcelona on March 15-18, 2010.
Some of the world's leading healthcare technology vendors will be demonstrating the latest cutting edge technological advances in integrated healthcare at the World of Health IT conference and exhibition, which is being held at the Bella Center, Copenhagen, November 4-6, 2008.
For two decades the European Commission has contributed to the improvement of healthcare by supporting the research and development of new technologies that can change the way we get health treatment. With i2010, the Commission's strategic framework to create a European Information Society for growth and jobs, the focus is now on meeting the health care needs of our ageing population.
With a deep understanding of healthcare workflow and more than a century of experience as a global medical publisher, Elsevier is increasing its efforts to provide interactive clinical reference and clinical decision support (CDS) tools to new markets in Europe.
A new study from Picis, the leading provider of information systems for the emergency department, operation rooms and intensive care units of hospitals, reveals perceptions of whether different healthcare funding models lead to significantly different levels of patient satisfaction. The Picis poll sought the views of more than 4,000 people across the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Spain.