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21 January 2008

WHO launches online patient safety survey

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching an online survey for its Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety to determine the
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9 January 2008

Commission plans to accelerate e-health market

The European Commission has published a new strategy aimed at accelerating the growth of the e-health market in Europe.
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3 January 2008

Bosch buys Health Hero Network

German industrial giant, the Bosch Group, has acquired US telehealth specialist and innovator Health Hero Network Inc., which focuses on
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19 December 2007

US group calls for national patient IDs

America’s National Alliance for Health Information Technology has called for a national voluntary system of unique patient identification numbers to
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6 December 2007

ESA pilot satellite telemedicine

Rescue team in action The European Space Agency has successfully completed a pilot run of its Satellite for Health Early
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5 December 2007

Finnish company trials cardiac telemedicine

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed remote healthcare services that allow patients to be treated globally, irrespective of
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4 December 2007

Commission calls for an all-inclusive digital society

The European Commission has called for the creation of an all-inclusive digital society, embracing the one in three people across
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28 November 2007

New CEO of SNOMED CT appointed

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), owners of the SNOMED CT terminology, has announced that Jennifer Zelmer will
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23 November 2007

Use IT more to promote safety, says WHO

The World Health Organisation has called on health bodies to use IT more for data collection in healthcare settings to
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22 November 2007

Major trial of PHRs starts in Germany

Germany’s largest health insurance fund, Barmer, is working with InterComponentWare AG (ICW) on a three year research study looking at
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