Ehealth

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20 November 2007

Industry agrees standardised interface for EPRs

After one year of negotiations – faster than expected – more than 30 health IT companies have agreed on a
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23 October 2007

Warning on health systems’ vulnerabilities

Commercial electronic health record systems are vulnerable to exploitation given existing industry development and disclosure practices, according to a study
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22 October 2007

Bulgaria launches eCard prescriptions project

Bulgaria has begun an online electronic prescriptions project using a citizen-held e-health card. The first online transaction, carried out earlier this
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28 September 2007

ICW add the Strüngmann brothers as shareholders

The Strüngmann brothers, founders of German drug manufacturer Hexal, have secured a 25% stake in eHealth specialists InterComponentWare. The deal
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23 August 2007

IMIA and WHO to ‘revitalise relationships’

Reporting from Medinfo in Brisbane, Australia, Neil Versel, interviews the World Health Organisation's e-health co-ordinator.
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20 August 2007

Three Scottish health boards sign PACS deals

Martin Egan signs the Access Agreement with Michael Jackman. Three Scottish health boards have signed access agreements with Carestream Health
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17 August 2007

German smartcard rollout brought forward

In a surprise move, the German health IT agency, Gematik, has accelerated the schedule of the German national smartcard project
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7 August 2007

German health IT fair splits

  One of the two main German trade fairs for information technology in healthcare, the ITeG appeared to be in
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30 July 2007

Lithuania approves new eHealth strategy

The Lithuanian government has approved a new eHealth strategy for 2007-2015, aiming to improve the quality and continuity of patient
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24 July 2007

Rehabilitation video game developed in Denmark

Danish researchers have developed a new game system to aid the rehabilitation of patients after illness and surgery. The idea
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