"IHE-Europe has progressed steadily from the Atlantic along the Baltic, the Mediterranean and now to the Black Sea with more nations and more companies adopting a collaborative, standards-based method to seamlessly share patient information," said Lapo Bertini, IHE-Europe vendor Co-Chair.
Bertini said a two-day congress dedicated to interoperability organized by the Turkish Medical Informatics Association for April 17-19 during Connectathon marks a milestone in this expansion of IHE with a robust participation of academics, developers, chief executives, hospital administrators and representatives from the Turkish Ministry of Health.
Also in parallel with the Connectathon, the first-ever IHE International World Summit will attract global attendance from hospital executives, leaders of regional health IT projects, and vendors on April 16-18 for sessions focused on implementing IHE profiles.
Connectathon 2013 will also see testing of the expanded portfolio of IHE profiles including the Hospital Medication Workflow (HMW), Cross-Enterprise Document Workflow (XDW) and the Mammography Image Integration Profile (MAMMO).
Organized by IHE-Services, the intensive five-day connectivity marathon, or Connectathon, is managed by the enhanced Gazelle platform with a stability of performance that won praise at the North American Connectathon held in January, 2013 in Chicago.
Hosted at the majestic Haliç Congress Center along the shores of the world famous Golden Horn, Connectathon 2013 will be jointly sponsored by the Turkish Medical Informatics Association, the Turkish Society of Radiology (TurkRAD), and the Association for Medical Imaging Diagnosis and Treatment Technologies (TıpGörDer).
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About IHE-Europe
IHE-Europe is the European organization of the international IHE organisation. 'Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise' (IHE) is a joint initiative of healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM, XML and HL7 to address specific clinical needs in support of optimal patient care. Systems developed in accordance with IHE specifications communicate with one another better, are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information more effectively.