What future role will information technology play in the medical care of patients in hospitals and general practices? How can information technology help to reduce costs in the healthcare sector? Visitors to this year's CeBIT can find answers to these and other questions at TeleHealth 2008, which for the first time this year is being staged as an integral part of CeBIT, the world's biggest trade fair for the digital industry. 
The European Congress of Radiology, the annual meeting of the European Society of Radiology, will be held March 7-11, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. With more than 17,000 participants from over 90 countries, ECR has grown into the second largest medical meeting in Europe and the second largest radiological congress worldwide. 
4-6 November, 2008, Bella Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The European Commission's Directorate Information Society and Media played a key role in
facilitating and focussing discussions on key topics in eHealth such as patient safety, standards
harmonisation, industry activities or the healthcare professionals' experience with health
ICT. All sessions benefited from the input of high calibre speakers and chairs and triggered
lively debates. 
Belgium, 6 March 2008.
A mini symposium on telenursing will be part of this year's Med-e-Tel. Telenursing is defined by the International Council of Nurses as "the use of telecommunications technology in nursing to enhance patient care". A growing application, telenursing offers possibilities to reduce the use of expensive healthcare services, to reduce hospital admissions or length of stay, to perform regular check-ups on patients with chronic conditions, to spread limited resources over a large population, and to increase access to nurse education.