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English IT Professional Dr. Jean Roberts Receives HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership

HIMSS Europe delivered its annual Leadership award to Dr. Jean Roberts, an English internationally renowned health IT professional "for her many years of service to eHealth in Europe and her extensive, multi-faceted experience in academic research and her ability to design and implement strategic health initiatives and manage complex programmes and projects in informatics and e-health business areas".

eHealth Survey Shows Most Hospitals Online but Telemedicine Services not Fully Deployed

More than 90% of European hospitals are connected to broadband, 80% have electronic patient record systems, but only 4% of hospitals grant patients online access to their electronic records, according to the results of a survey conducted for the European Commission.

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.

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.

Lack of Interoperability Limits Personal Health Solutions

Failure to address interoperability has been identified as a major challenge for the growing personal health solutions market, states the conclusions of the SmartPersonalHealth project report published today.

Commission Seeks Views on Improving Healthcare by Applying ICT (eHealth)

The European Commission is seeking citizens' and other interested parties' views on how the EU can help to deliver widespread benefits to the quality and efficiency of healthcare by applying information and communication technologies (ICT) (so-called 'eHealth').

New Window Opens on European eHealth

A newly redesigned website for IHE-Europe opens a window on the accelerating movement to electronic records across Europe, giving a new visibility to successful programs. The website features links to five pan-European initiatives, nine national programs, and highlights success stories from regional implementations.

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English IT Professional Dr. Jean Roberts Receives HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership

eHealth Survey Shows Most Hospitals Online but Telemedicine Services not Fully Deployed

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

EU Wants to Steer Innovation on Active and Healthy Ageing

Lack of Interoperability Limits Personal Health Solutions

Commission Seeks Views on Improving Healthcare by Applying ICT (eHealth)

New Window Opens on European eHealth

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