By Freddy Lykke, Managing Director, CSC Scandihealth A/S.
Even its most ardent advocates would acknowledge that telemedicine still makes up a tiny proportion of overall healthcare activity worldwide. Clunky technology, cultural and organisational issues and a lack of enthusiasm - even antipathy - from clinicians have been some of the barriers to wider uptake of telemedicine solutions.

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.

By Harald Deutsch, Vice President Healthcare CSC EMEA.
Time after time, we hear from industry when something new comes along - like cloud computing, for example - that it's a "new era" for health, that it's a breakthrough, that it's something revolutionary.

By Renzo Taal, Director of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences EMEA.
Since the launch of the Community eHealth Action Plan in 2004, the European Commission has encouraged member countries to move from paper-based to electronic medical records (EMRs).