The vision is to build leaders of the healthcare and welfare digital world - a world of better service, higher productivity and new opportunities. And certainly over 2,000 customers and their 200,000 professionals in 10 countries, tens of Co-Operation Partners and National Programmes Tieto is involved give a broad view and a strong foundation for this work.

National projects have an important role in improving quality and efficiency of lifecare services. Tieto is extremely enthusiastic about contributing the projects it is involved:

• Sweden: The National Patient Overview project
• Finland: Tieto participates actively in the National Healthcare project (KanTa) being one of the first companies to deliver ePrescription solution, and in the National Social welfare IT project Tikesos. The company also became as a shareholder in the Finnish Strategic leading expertise centre (T&H SHOK) for healthcare and welfare sectors.
• Norway: The National projects to integrate solutions countrywide and between organizations.
• Germany: Tieto participate several national projects like e.g. Gematik - Telematic Infrastructure in Germany, Electronic Case Record, eBusiness Platform for Healthcare and the Electronic patient record with electronic signature for a doctors' network.
• The Netherlands: National Electronic Health Record, National Health databases, and also Gynaecologists and Paediatricians databases.

Tieto's solutions have been rewarded by many awards and recognitions

Quick Contacts mobile service for dental care (in Finland)

• Quality Innovation of the year Award in the public sector category 2008 (case Lahti) by Excellence Finland
• Prime Minister’s Best Practices Award 2004
• Productive Idea prize in the regional category by the Junior Chambere International Finland 2005
• Mobile Monday Peer Award 2005

iMedOne Hospital system (in Germany)

• VHitG Award: The best IT solution in the national healthcare market, 2006 (The Clinical Pathway project in the Bundesknappshaft's hospital in Bottrop)
• Succesfully participated in the Clinical Documentation Challenge (CDC) competition by the German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS)
• The project "Stroke Angel" received the Golden helix Award 2008 in Graz (the so-called "Oskar" for quality projects in healthcare). RKA's iMedOne hospital Bad Neustadt/Saale.

Laps Care, the home care planning system

• Top finalist in the international Franz Edelman Award 2008
• A finalist 2003 in the Users’ Award contest by TCO/LO (in Sweden)
• The Association of European Operational Research Societies: The Euro Excellence in Practice Award 2003
• The IT Innovation in Health Care, the Swedish Dagens Medicin medical journal 2002

Meddix Shared Care Planning Solution (in Sweden)

• The Silver Medal in the Sjukvårdens bästa IT-stöd, 2004: Best IT Support in Healthcare
• Second Prize in Dagens Medicine Competition, 2007: Best IT Support in Healthcare for Shared Care Planning between Districts

Laboratory solution

• 2008 European Laboratory Information Systems Product Differentiation Innovation Award/Frost & Sullivan

For further information, please visit:
http://www.tieto.com/healthcare

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About Tieto
Tieto supports its healthcare and welfare customers by digitalizing their service and care processes. The aim is to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of lifetime care. Tieto is the leading healthcare and welfare ICT solution provider in the Nordic countries and has a strong position in Germany and the Netherlands. We provide a comprehensive set of solutions based on our own products as well as customized solutions and ICT services. Solutions are focused on making life easier for citizens, patients and the caring staff. Over 40 years in the business, more than 1000 professionals in seven countries and close customer relations give us a strong foundation to further develop healthcare and welfare at the individual, regional and national level. For more information, visit www.tieto.com/healthcare.