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Healthcare Computing 2007 EXHIBITION

Healthcare Computing 2007 Conference & Exhibition
19-21 March 2007
Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK
Entering its 24th year in 2007, the Event has long been established as the event for decision makers in the healthcare IT sector. HC is the event for everyone who has a stake in healthcare information management in the NHS and private healthcare sector.

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eHealth Project of the Month - eHealth Impact

Is eHealth facilitating better healthcare across Europe?
From improved quality and better access to care without the unnecessary public expenditure, information and communication technologies (ICT) can greatly benefit all aspects of delivering efficient and high quality healthcare services.

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Personal Health Records and Hospital Connectivity for Belgium

eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) and the Belgian Vitalsys SA agreed upon a marketing and sales cooperation. Vitalsys will offer ICW's eHealth solutions for the Belgian market and make their HomeCare devices compatible with ICW's personal health record LifeSensor.

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European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures launched

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has presented the first ever European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures. The document, which has been two years in the making, outlines 35 research infrastructure projects identified as being vital to the development of science and innovation in Europe.

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Capgemini and dbMotion enter into Swedish partnership agreement

Capgemini Sverige AB and dbMotion Ltd., one of the world's leading software suppliers of Integrated Solutions for Health information Exchange (HIE), have entered into a partnership agreement. This means that Capgemini will become a prime dbMotion partner in Sweden for providing a comprehensive solution for a National Integrated Patient Summary and local/regional medical information consolidation.

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HC2007- Conference organised by British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum

19-21 March 2007 - Harrogate, England
The annual Healthcare Computing conference combines the interests of IM&T practitioners, clinicians and researchers. Each year, the programme covers a wider range of subjects, and there's always something new and unusual alongside the well-established. One constant thread from visitor feedback is that they rate highly the sessions where they can hear about the experiences of real-life implementation and change.

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World of Health IT Conference Is Huge Hit with EMEA Region

Close to 2,000 people attended the first World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition held in Geneva, Switzerland, from Oct. 10-13. The event drew speakers, attendees and exhibitors from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) including places as diverse as Andorra and Azerbaijan, Iceland and Israel and Saudi Arabia and Serbia-Montenegro. The main organizers of this event include the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the European Commission (EC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Information Society and Health: Linking European Policies

This brochure has been produced by Information Society Policy Link (ISPL), an initiative of DG Information Society and Media that aims to link information society projects with European policy-makers across a wide range of policy domains.

More than 3000 projects from information society programmes are being analysed, identifying a wealth of concrete results that support EU policies across all of the principal policy areas. By exchanging information and experiences, the Information Society Policy Link initiative helps to leverage the benefits of these activities for European policies.

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Commission adopts EIT proposal in time for Lahti summit

The European Commission has adopted a proposal on establishing a European Institute of Technology (EIT), which Commission President José Manuel Barroso is hoping will receive the approval of the EU's Heads of State and Government when they meet informally in Lahti, Finland, on 20 October.

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Helping Parkinson's disease sufferers live a better life

Parkinson's disease affects an estimated one in every 500 people in Europe – it is the second most common disease after Alzheimer's. With so many afflicted, one research team is trying to help people with Parkinson's living at home to overcome the social exclusion its symptoms can cause.

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