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Survey Takes Pulse of eHealth in Europe and Prescribes Wider ICT use Among Doctors

The European Commission today published a pan-European survey on electronic services in healthcare (eHealth) that shows 87% of European doctors (General Practitioners) use a computer, 48% with a broadband connection. European doctors increasingly store and send patients' data such as lab reports electronically.

New FP7 eHealth Project - COMOESTAS

COMOESTAS aims to develop an innovative ICT system that allows patients with Medication Overuse Headache (MOH), a common condition and a major cause of disability, to receive continuous and personalised treatment. The system will be based on an advanced Alerting and Decision Support System that follows patients from the diagnosis and supports the physician in managing the therapy, controlling relevant events impacting on patient safety.

Encouraging Innovation-Friendly Procurement in eHealth

An important success factor for meeting the challenges of health and social care in a sustainable, cost-effective way is to address these through mid- to long-term strategic approaches that not only make use of the latest inventions and innovations but that also help steer the development of new solutions.

Call for Chapters - Digital Home Care

ICMCC (International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics) planned to publish a book on Digital Home Care by early 2009. This book will cover all aspects of Digital Homecare, e. g. technologies; clinical applications; social, ethical and legal aspects; and future trends.

New FP7 eHealth Project - DIAdvisor

Under the Framework Programme 7 ICT Challenge 5 the European Commission has granted 7,1 million euros over the next four years to a consortium of 13 partners joined in developing DIAdvisor - a unique tool for people with diabetes to better predict and thereby control their blood glucose level.

Boosting Investment in eHealth Across Europe

Discover new insights on wise decision-making, sources of financing, and good practices for securing success and sustainability of eHealth investments. In order to give stakeholders the opportunity to learn from existing experience, the Financing eHealth study examines investments in eHealth across Europe.

More than 250 Million Europeans Regularly Use Internet, Says Commission's ICT Progress Report

More than half of Europeans are now regular Internet users, 80% of them have broadband connections and 60% of public services in the EU are fully available online. Two thirds of schools and half of doctors make use of fast Internet connections, thanks to strong broadband growth in Europe.

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Survey Takes Pulse of eHealth in Europe and Prescribes Wider ICT use Among Doctors

New FP7 eHealth Project - COMOESTAS

Encouraging Innovation-Friendly Procurement in eHealth

Call for Chapters - Digital Home Care

New FP7 eHealth Project - DIAdvisor

Boosting Investment in eHealth Across Europe

More than 250 Million Europeans Regularly Use Internet, Says Commission's ICT Progress Report

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