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Explaining International IT Application Leadership: Health IT

Thursday, 24 September 2009
By Daniel Castro, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Greater use of information technology (IT) in health care can help achieve many health care reform goals. Health IT can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care by reducing costs, improving the quality of care, and increasing access to health care services and information.
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Study on the requirements and options for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) application in healthcare

Monday, 06 July 2009
This report provides an assessment of the main drivers, obstacles and uncertainties surrounding the deployment of RFID in healthcare in Europe. It identifies the most promising RFID applications in the healthcare delivery domain by reviewing the costs and benefits, as far as possible, and assessing enablers and obstacles to full deployment of RFID. Finally, the report provides an evaluation of the current market for RFID in healthcare in Europe and its future potential.
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eHealth: A Solution for European Healthcare Systems?

Wednesday, 10 June 2009
This special issue reflects the diversity of people involved in developing eHealth and integrating it to healthcare policies. Mobilising all these people and coordinating their actions, at a regional, national and European level, is essential in order for eHealth to realise its potential. The introduction of ITCs in the healthcare field is giving rise to many expectations and questions which will be discussed in this issue.
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Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, will be launching its next-generation CR systems at ECR 20...

The Future of Wireless International Conference, a two day high-profile event to be held in Cambridge on 29th & 30th June 2010, brings together k...

Selected successfull European Commission (EC) funded ICT for Health projects will be on the EC stand (801) to show their research achievements as...

The eHealth landscape offers both opportunities and barriers to policy makers in the EU 27 member states which are not just about technical issue...

14-16 April 2010, Luxembourg. Med-e-Tel is an excellent networking opportunity to meet with participants and speakers from around the world, to m...

Hospitals in the Middle East are set to benefit from sophisticated electronic clinical decision support following the commercial agreement betwee...

As government and healthcare leaders invest billions of dollars in healthcare information technologies (IT) to improve the accessibility, afforda...

Google announces an addition to Google Labs - the Public Data Explorer. The purpose of the new tool, Google says on the new lab's page, "The Goog...

BridgeHead Software, a leading developer of healthcare data management software, unveiled partial preliminary results of its Data Management Heal...