ACTION-Grid Project Invites Research Groups to Participate in a Survey
The survey aims to characterize research groups that work in eHealth, Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics, High Performance and Grid computing and Nanoinformatics included in the following geographical areas: European Union, Latin America, Western Balkans and North Africa.
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WHO's eHealth Intelligence Report Goes Online
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The World Health Organizations recognizes the impact of ICT on health and the potential of eHealth in strengthening health systems. With the passage of the eHealth Resolution in May 2005, WHO further endorsed ICT for Health. The Resolution mandated the organization to lead global efforts in Health and to report regularly on the status of eHealth worldwide.
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Sixteen eHealth Projects Across Scotland Will Share of £1.6 Million Funding
eHealth investment totalling £1.6 million - including funding from the NHS's major IT contractor - was announced today by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon. Speaking at the first annual Scottish Telehealth and Telecare conference, Ms Sturgeon unveiled details of projects extending the use of electronic technology in the NHS, including:
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Challenges for eHealth Interoperability for Cross Border Care
Today, in Europe, we can see that more and more initiatives are launched at national, regional or local level to enable health professionals to access the medical and medication history of their patients at any time and any place. This access is however often limited by various barriers. European citizens have become more mobile; they travel and work abroad and when they need healthcare away from home it should be delivered based on knowledge of the past medical history.
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Moving eHealth Beyond the "e": EHTEL Celebrates its 10th Anniversary and Looks Ahead
The past decade has been the witness of quite noticeable changes of health care by Health ICT. Nowadays, eHealth symbolises the modernisation of healthcare in support of quality of care, empowerment of patients, higher efficiency and also increased health professional job satisfaction. This has not happened by itself, rather a synergy of strategic plans, political commitments and technical developments was needed.
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EU Project Saves Time and Money with CUSTOM-FIT Products
Global competition for the creation and manufacture of products is strong and calls for innovative action. Europeans are showing their prowess in this area by progressing from resource-based manufacturing to knowledge-based manufacturing, as well as from mass produced, single-use goods to new added value, custom-made and sustainable products.
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European eHealth Services Standard for Cross-Border Healthcare Provision Agreed
Two European projects developing IT-based services for cross-border healthcare provision, TEN4Health and NetC@rds, have agreed on a common European web service specification supporting standardised messaging to link hospitals and other health care providers with health insurance organisations and with national healthcare IT infrastructure.
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