HealthTech Wire - GoDirect: ICT for Health http://www.healthtechwire.com/ HealthTech Wire proudly presents the industrys news - unbiased, raw, as it happens. HealthTech Wire - GoDirect: ICT for Health http://www.healthtechwire.com//fileadmin/templates/new/img/healthtech_wire.gif http://www.healthtechwire.com/ 144 91 HealthTech Wire proudly presents the industrys news - unbiased, raw, as it happens. TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Healthtechwire.de Armin Scheuer Tieto's healthcare and welfare programme contributes to bringing lifecare to a new level http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M552b712e348.0.html HELSINKI, FINLAND - (HealthTech Wire / News) - Tieto is speeding up taking advantage of the information and communication technology (ICT) in healthcare and welfare services by starting a programme to ... Press Release Tieto Corporation Oyj Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/7593_1.jpg 1390 EU GoPubMed turns a dull search engine into a brainiac http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M56497e99986.0.html 20,000 unique visitors each day benefit from European Commission (EC)-funded intelligent browser project Press Release GoPubMed Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1382 EU Tietos National Patient Summary gains wide acceptance and is to be extended further http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M543103e9c6c.0.html HELSINKI, FINLAND – (HealthTech Wire / News) – In the wake of its successful launch in Örebro County, the Swedish National Patient Summary, provided by Tieto, will be extended significantly in 2010, b ... Press Release Tieto Corporation Oyj Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/Christer Bergh 300 dpi croppedFinal.jpg 1381 SE Health 2.0 sessions at Europes leading eHealth event http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5ac89347b6a.0.html Learn more about this topic at eHealth week 2010, 15-18 March in Barcelona Press Release The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1379 EU IT-enabled home care project enters next phase http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5d24deb332a.0.html EUROPE - (HealthTech Wire / News) - Continuous monitoring, round the clock emergency services, personalized care and easy-to-use technology: these are the hallmarks of the Caalyx solution. In the wake ... Press Release CAALYX Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/IMG_5399.jpg 1378 EU HAMAM: On the right track to advanced detection and diagnosis of breast cancer http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M50a0db31149.0.html VIENNA, AUSTRIA – (HealthTech Wire / News) - The EU funded eHealth project Highly Accurate Breast Cancer Diagnosis (HAMAM) has successfully completed the first project year that already brought the fi ... Press Release HAMAM Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1374 EU Person identification and authentication – Key to eGovernment and eHealth services http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M55e02396243.0.html STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - (HealthTech Wire / News) - eGovernment procedures provide to citizens easy to handle and fast services which stepwise replace traditional bureaucratic paper based contacts between ... Press Release epSOS - Smart Open Services for European Patients Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1368 EU Your bed is watching you! http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5ef4fc0ff07.0.html Chronically ill patients need close monitoring of relevant health parameters. But available equipment tends to be clumsy and impractical. This doesn't have to be so. For heart patients, for example, T ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/0012.jpg 1365 EU eHealth Week 2010 IHE Showcase: Experiencing the advantages of pan-European electronic patient records http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5281ccb7a5f.0.html Barcelona: 15-18 March 2010 Press Release The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1360 EU VoiceIt: Every hospital will have speech recognition infrastructure http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M58e98cf83b9.0.html (HealthTech Wire / VoiceIt) – Nuance is among the worlds most influential software companies with 4.5 billion users – half the worlds population. It specialises in data input and information capture ... Press Release Nuance Communications Inc. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/Marcel.jpg 1356 EU WoHIT: Invitation to participate at the 2010 Interoperability Showcase http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M58da1683a59.0.html At World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition, held during the 2010 eHealth week in Barcelona, March 15-18, 2010 Press Release The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1355 EU Continua Health Alliance joins World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M57f96842d06.0.html WoHIT 2010 from 15-18 March in Barcelona, Spain - The leading platform for eHealth in Europe Press Release The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/WoHIT_Logo_tag_AUG09_WEB.jpg 1347 EU Leveraging the civil society dialogue on eHealth and Telemedicine EHTEL and EESC co-organise an eHealth Symposium in Brussels http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M50a5cf0318c.0.html BRUSSELS, BE - (HealthTech Wire / News) - The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) jointly invite to the symposium "Joining for Vis ... Press Release European Health Telematics Association Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/EHTEL-EESC Symposium.jpg 1342 EU "eHealth Week 2010" brings eHealth convergence to the forefront http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M59722327094.0.html Barcelona: 15-18 March, 2010 Press Release The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1341 EU Tietos National Patient Summary solution for Sweden formally accepted http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M57330e2da35.0.html HELSINKI, FINLAND - (HealthTech Wire / News) - The Swedish National Patient Summary solution (known as NPÖ), one of the first of its kind in the world, has received formal acceptance and has been in f ... Press Release Tieto Corporation Oyj Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/Lääkkeiden_jako.jpg 1334 SE HealthTech Wire implements source identification policy for greater transparency http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5b29b4e46a6.0.html BERLIN, GERMANY - (HealthTech Wire / News) - HealthTech Wire has taken another step towards raising quality levels in healthcare communications and public relations by providing readers with source in ... Press Release HealthTech Wire Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1316 DE EHTEL to host eHealth symposium in Brussels http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M56258276ca2.0.html BRUSSELS, BE – (HealthTech Wire / News) – In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the European Health Telematics Associations (EHTEL) invites members, friends, colleagues and all eHealth enthusiasts i ... Press Release European Health Telematics Association Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1314 EU Voicelt: Speech recognition is a worthwhile investment for healthcare organizations of all sizes http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M59e56e943ca.0.html (HealthTech Wire / VoiceIt) - Many hospitals in Finland use speech recognition or are currently investigating the benefits of this technology. In an interview with HealthTech Wire, Juhani Ahovuo, Dire ... Press Release Nuance Communications Inc. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/Ahovuo.jpg 1311 FI Perspective: European @neurIST project tackles cerebral aneurysms http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M57920c01af4.0.html How likely is a rupture? This is the key question for doctors of patients with cerebral aneurysms. The EU-funded research project @neurIST is trying to develop an IT solution to help in the risk asses ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1300 EU Looking behind the scenes - An EU-policy initiative on telemedicine: Why and how? http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5100eaccad9.0.html BRUXELLES, BE - (HealthTech Wire / News) - The European Commission issued on 30th June 2009 an explanatory document that includes details of the extensive consultation process which led to the 'Commun ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/Telemedicine for the benefit of patients, healthcare systems and society..jpg 1295 EU Health-e-Child Network: Better care for little kids http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M504bcd67b3a.0.html BRUXELLES, BELGIUM - (HealthTech Wire / News) - What is the best way to operate on a child with a particular congenital heart disease? How are certain brain tumours that occur at a very early age best ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/CaseReasoner.png 1286 EU New communication technologies help cardiac patients improve their prognosis http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5a6509d35fd.0.html Phone and internet make rehabilitation programmes more accessible Press Release The European Society of Cardiology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1270 EU Carestream Healths multi-modality breast imaging workstation streamlines digital workflow, improves radiologist productivity http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5340b959a7d.0.html GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - (HealthTech Wire / News) - European healthcare facilities are turning to vendor-neutral, multi-modality breast imaging workstations to streamline reading of digital breast exams. ... Press Release Carestream Health, Inc. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/Belgian PACS.jpg 1263 EU Tietos national patient overview solution takes further steps in Sweden http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M53b27e05c99.0.html ÖREBRO, SWEDEN - (HealthTech Wire / News) - The Örebro County Council and the Municipality of Örebro have started to use the Swedish National Patient Summary solution (known as NPÖ), supplied by Tieto ... Press Release Tieto Corporation Oyj Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1254 SE empirica participated in OECD expert meeting on eHealth indicators http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5bf8d67a301.0.html PARIS, FR - (HealthTech Wire / News) - Both the European Union and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have recognised ICT-facilitated solutions as key enablers for modern, patient-centered and effici ... Press Release Empirica Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1247 INT Perspective: Towards more efficient cross-border healthcare in Europe http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M50048c1443b.0.html Unlimited digital communication between European healthcare systems – thats the aim of the European Commissions e-health activities. In particular, an electronic version of the European Health Insur ... Press Release HealthTech Wire Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/comyn.jpg 1245 EU Grid browser finds the meaning of life http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5b8c9e81853.0.html BRUXELLES, BE - (HealthTech Wire / News) - A web browser that can understand technical terms in life sciences and automatically find additional resources and services has been developed by European re ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1244 EU LHDL sharing biomedical data in an easy, controlled, safe, and financially viable way http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M56f7e5494f2.0.html BRUXELLES, BELGIUM - (HealthTech Wire / News) - The Living Human Project (LHP) is a grass-roots initiative aimed at developing an in silico model of the human neuromusculoskeletal system that can pred ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1243 EU 180 million people now have a European Health Insurance Card in their pocket http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5ba29e5bfb0.0.html BRUXELLES, BE - (HealthTech Wire / News) - As the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) initiative nears a five year milestone, on 7 May 2009, the European Commission has announced new statistics show ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1241 EU World Health Imaging Alliance poised to bring imaging diagnostics and data to the developing world http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M50163a36008.0.html Not-for-profit has a vision to help a billion people Press Release Carestream Health, Inc. Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 1240 INT SMS services increase efficiency and patient involvement in healthcare http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M578f4ad865f.0.html HELSINKI, FINLAND - (HealthTech Wire / News) - Experience shows that e-services free up 30-50 percent of the time healthcare professionals spend on booking appointments with patients. The services als ... Press Release Tieto Corporation Oyj Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/people-005047.jpg 1225 FI Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust increases productivity with Nuance speech recognition solutions by more than 40 percent http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5d7b1e89289.0.html Hospital uses reporting workflow solution to integrate RIS/PACS legacy systems Press Release Nuance Communications Inc. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/a7f320dbradiologist_sm.tif 1209 UK VoiceIt: Speech recognition is a strategic tool for regional EHRs http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5a813ee6ea0.0.html (HealthTech Wire / VoiceIt) - Spain is working hard to make regional electronic health records (EHR) available for all its citizens. HealthTech Wire talked to Javier Quiles del Rio, head of clinical I ... Press Release Servizo Galego de Saúde Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/quiles.jpg 1169 ES Perspective: eHealth 2009 strengthened move from ‘theory to reality http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5faa4a5b9f8.0.html Rapporteurs summaries provide comprehensive conference overview Press Release HealthTech Wire Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/48.jpg 1160 EU VoiceIt: "Creating the teleradiology business case" http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5740ca4f40d.0.html (HealthTech Wire / VoiceIt) - Radiological expertise is disproportionately distributed throughout Europe: some regions are well catered for with radiologists, while others are suffering from an acute ... Press Release Carestream Health, Inc. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/andersson_1.jpg 1153 EU VoiceIt: Health IT is as important as water or electricity http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M537bb4c551c.0.html (HealthTech Wire / VoiceIt) - The Nordic countries have a reputation for being among Europes avant-garde in the field of digital healthcare solutions. HealthTech Wire talked to Arto Ryymin, executive ... Press Release Tieto Corporation Oyj Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/ryymin.jpg 1152 FI Moving eHealth beyond the "e": Happy birthday, EHTEL! http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M545e900da9e.0.html BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - (HealthTech Wire / News) - In Prague, the series of high level European eHealth Conferences moved into its seventh year. An important think tank for the European eHealth scene, the ... Press Release European Health Telematics Association Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1149 EU European eHealth benchmarking to be institutionalized? http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M55ab5e7d93d.0.html BONN, GERMANY - (HealthTech Wire / News) - Private research company empirica has presented a draft report of its eHealth Benchmarking study at the European eHealth Conference in Prague. The study is t ... Press Release Empirica Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1148 EU VoiceIt: We are now starting to see the benefits http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M539ed019378.0.html (HealthTech Wire / VoiceIt) - The Ministerial Conference on eHealth in Prague (Feb. 18-20, 2009) focused strongly on the benefits of eHealth for citizens, society and the economy. Many of the visions ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/gerard.jpg 1147 EU Trust in telemedicine: a new platform could help. http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5b3e4a2904a.0.html BRUXELLES, BELGIUM - (HealthTech Wire / News) - The European Commissions DG Health and Consumers (SANCO) is planning to establish a new platform for eHealth and telemedicine in a bid to increase coll ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1146 EU VoiceIt: Directive on patients rights - eHealth should be strengthened! http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5c8ecdfe897.0.html (HealthTech Wire / VoiceIt) - The proposal for an EU directive on patients rights in cross-border healthcare is currently being discussed in the European Parliament. John Bowis, MEP and former Minist ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/bowis_1.jpg 1145 EU European Health Insurance Card to go digital http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M52585d43847.0.html BRUXELLES, BELGIUM - (HealthTech Wire / News) - Electronic patient summaries and electronic prescriptions are the two pilot applications that are being realized in the pan-European epSOS eHealth proje ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1144 EU Many parts of the world need water, not EHRs http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5ab9d38f0ae.0.html WHO urges realistic approach to eHealth, underlines need for international cooperation Press Release World Health Organization Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1140 INT Perspective: Growing Europe-wide impact of ICT on Health http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5e31528e8d4.0.html The 7th European eHealth conference kicked off on Thursday, February 19, 2009, with high-profile attendance and a strong determination to bring forward the application of eHealth in the Member States ... Press Release HealthTech Wire Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1139 EU Creation of formal body to help align eHealth systems across the EU announced http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5d62d31978a.0.html Healthcare state secretaries elevate eHealth to higher political level Press Release eHealth 2009 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1138 EU eHealth 2009: UEMS appreciates teleradiology but asks for legal clarity http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5e228c1a0a9.0.html PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – (HealthTech Wire / News) - Peter Pattynama, MD, PhD, president of the radiology section of the European Union of Medical Specialists, used the European Commissions workshop o ... Press Release The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1137 EU eHealth 2009: Legally, telemedicine is a service http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5cf0740ea87.0.html PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - (HealthTech Wire / News) – One day before the official opening of the Ministerial eHealth 2009 conference, the European Commissions ICT for Health team hosted a workshop on t ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 1136 EU European Commission to host workshop on legal aspects of telemedicine at eHealth 2009 http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M52761da5521.0.html BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – (HealthTech Wire / News) – The European Commissions ICT for Health unit will host a workshop on the legal aspects of telemedicine during the high-level eHealth for Individuals, S ... Press Release European Commission Information Society & Media DG Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.healthtechwire.de/uploads/tx_prprojekt/1J5H2827.JPG 1118 CZ