1. MIE 2012 - the 24th European Medical Informatics Conference
The Italian Medical Informatics Association (AIIM), the e-health Italian Community and the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), invite to the 24th European Medical Informatics Conference - MIE 2012. The theme of the conference is Quality of Life through Quality of Information.
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2. CSC Announces Pocket Health iPhone App
CSC (NYSE: CSC) announces its new 'Pocket Health' app, developed in collaboration with the NHS, to provide easy access for the UK public to a wealth of information from the NHS Choices website, which has over nine million visitors a month.
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3. Top 20 eHealth News Articles - a Look Back at 2011
eHealthNews.eu Portal brought readers the eHealth news that mattered, and as the year ends we look back at the stories that are worth revisiting, again and again.
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4. Google's Application to Visualize Human Body
Google has recently announced an application called Body Browser that allows to visualize complex 3D graphics of the human body.
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5. Methodologies for Assessing Telemedicine: A Systematic Review of Reviews (Publication)
Previous reviews have expressed concerns about the quality of telemedicine studies. There is debate about shortcomings and appropriate methodologies. The aim of this review of systematic reviews of telemedicine is to summarize methodologies used in telemedicine research, discuss knowledge gaps and recommendations and suggest methodological approaches for further research.
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6. Health Monitoring via Mobile Phone
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating a trial at Sipoo Health Centre and Helsinki University Hospital where patients submit test results to health care professionals by mobile phone. Nokia has developed a Wellness Diary app that helps users attain their exercise, nutrition and well-being goals. The new technology has been favourably received, and clear benefits have already been observed for both personal health and organisational functionality.
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7. MyAsthma App - a New Dimension in Asthma Control
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the launch of MyAsthma, the UK's first, free personalised health application (app) designed to help people over the age of 12 take greater control of their asthma. The app features the Asthma Control Test™ (ACT), a simple 30-second test developed by leading asthma experts, which gives asthma patients a useful measure of their asthma control in an easy-to-understand score.
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8. New Zealand Approach to Health IT Provides Model for European Efforts to Improve Healthcare Delivery
A new White Paper launching next week suggests that New Zealand can provide a model for health policy makers and IT professionals seeking to reduce costs and increase the quality of healthcare in Europe.
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9. MEDINFO 2013 - Preliminary Call for Papers
The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) announced that the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO 2013) will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. MEDINFO 2013 is a premier conference that brings together world leaders, researchers, practitioners, educators, and students to exchange ideas and contribute to the latest developments, innovations, and global trends in this rapidly advancing, multidisciplinary field.
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10. WHO Compendium 2011 of New and Emerging Health Technologies (Publication)
The compendium of new and emerging technologies that address global health concerns has been created as a neutral platform for technologies which are likely to be suitable for use in low-resource settings. It is released to encourage the dialogue between ministries of health, procurement officers, donors, technology developers, manufacturers, clinicians, academics and the general public. In doing so, WHO aims at raising awareness of the pressing need for appropriate design solutions, and for further development and technology dissemination.
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11. Redesigning Health in Europe for 2020 (Publication)
In 2020 the health and health care of our citizens could look quite different. We find ourselves today on the threshold of a new era with many opportunities for radical improvements in the way we manage and receive health care. In order to ensure the sustainability of our health care systems, there is a need to tackle considerable challenges. This report focuses on how to achieve a vision of affordable, less intrusive and more personalised care. Ultimately, increasing the quality of life as well as lowering mortality.
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12. Exciting Programme and Events at eHealth Week 2012
eHealth Week 2012 brings together two main events: the High level eHealth conference co-organised by the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and WoHIT (World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition) organised by HIMSS Europe. The event, now hailed as the largest annual pan-European eHealth conference, not only brings together industry partners and providers from across Europe, but also important government and regional decision makers.
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13. Philips Appoints Deborah DiSanzo as New CEO of the Healthcare Sector
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced the appointment of Deborah DiSanzo as Chief Executive Officer of Philips Healthcare and member of its Executive Committee, with effect from May 1, 2012. Mrs. DiSanzo will succeed Steve Rusckowski, who will leave the company per April 30, 2012.
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14. Doctors 2.0 & You - The HealthCare Social Media and Web 2.0 Conference
The 2nd Annual International Doctors 2.0 & You Congress will convene in Paris to highlight how doctors and other healthcare professionals, patients, hospitals, government, pharma, and payers use Social Media, mobile apps, and Web 2.0 tools to connect and the best practices that emerge for each.
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15. Denmark, England and Scotland Are at the Frontiers of Telehealth
Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social care sectors. The three pioneers have been able to integrate telehealth into standard patient treatments, according to a new study from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (IPTS).
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16. Dell Simplifies Sharing, Management and Retention of Medical Imaging Data for UK Hospitals
Dell is bringing its Unified Clinical Archiving (UCA) solution to the United Kingdom to help hospital clinicians simplify how they manage and share medical images between disparate Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) used in radiology, cardiology, neurosurgery, endoscopy, mammography and digital pathology, and manage the proliferation of imaging data in patient care.
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17. IBM Kiosks Power Patient Interaction at the Point of Care
CarePartners Plus announced the launch of a new technology that empowers patients to better manage their health and interact more effectively with their physicians. Wellby is a new interactive healthcare management solution for use in physician offices, hospitals, work sites and retail pharmacies to collect and exchange feedback from patients at the point of care.
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18. Guide to the Patient's Journey (Publication)
In this publication we are welcome to follow editors on a patient's journey through the health care system. Just as you possibly noticed during eHealth Week in Copenhagen, a patient's journey should be well-connected, especially considering the situation today when all too often patients are asking for more coherent treatment. By reading this publication, you will gain new insights into how health care can be built up around a patient's needs.
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19. Tunstall Named Telehealthcare Provider of the Year
Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telehealthcare solutions, has been named Telehealth/Telecare provider of the year 2012 for the second consecutive year at this year's HealthInvestor Awards, which were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
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20. Legal Frameworks for eHealth: Based on the Findings of the Second Global Survey on eHealth (Publication)
Given that privacy of the doctor-patient relationship is at the heart of good health care, and that the electronic health record (EHR) is at the heart of good eHealth practice, the question arises: Is privacy legislation at the heart of the EHR? The second global survey on eHealth conducted by the Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) set out to answer that question by investigating the extent to which the legal frameworks in the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) address the need to protect patient privacy in EHRs as health care systems move towards leveraging the power of EHRs to deliver safer, more efficient, and more accessible health care.
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