HIMSS Europe Pushes eHealth Forward with the Presentation of the Continuity of Care Maturity Model™
With the ultimate goal of holistic individual and population health management, HIMSS Europe has presented today the Continuity of Care Maturity Model™, which addresses the importance of information exchange, care coordination, interoperability, patient engagement and analytics. The purpose is to move one step forward in eHealth in the continent, by supporting and complementing existing EMR models to provide leadership and guidance.
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HIMSS Europe Governing Council Open Call for Nominations
The HIMSS Europe Governing Council invites nominations for three vacancies on the HIMSS Governance Council for a three year term to begin on 1 July, 2014 and end 30 June, 2017. Submissions must be submitted no later than 31 May 2014.
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BridgeHead Software Partners with Capita Healthcare Decisions
BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Data Management (HDM) specialist, and Capita Healthcare Decisions, the leading provider of clinical decision software and managed services for health, announce a partnership. BridgeHead and Capita can now offer new and existing customers a healthcare platform as a service for BridgeHead's Healthcare Data Management (HDM) Solution, enabling hospitals to effectively store, protect and share their healthcare data in a secure, scalable N3 accredited UK data centre.
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International Forum Gastein Calls for Applications for the 2014 European Health Award
In advance of the seventeenth European Health Forum Gastein conference, this year themed "Electing Health - the Europe we want!" which will take place in Austria's Gastein Valley from 1 to 3 October 2014, the International Forum Gastein has announced its annual search for a winner of its European Health Award. The award of €10,000 will be sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and FOPI, the association of research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in Austria.
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Bristol Clinicians to Gain Easier Access to Radiology Images
Clinicians across Bristol are set to share radiology images far more effectively and improve patient care following the implementation of the Connect and Share registry. As an extension to the Image Exchange Portal (IEP) used across every NHS trust, Connect and Share has successfully completed extensive testing at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. It is now entering the final stages of a pilot programme, before benefiting thousands of clinicians and their patients, with at least two other trusts in the region due to come on board.
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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Awards Advanced Health & Care Preferred Supplier Status
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust") has awarded preferred supplier status to leading software provider Advanced Health & Care ("Advanced") following a formal tendering process. Advanced will provide a single integrated and interoperable electronic health record solution across all of the Trust’s clinical pathways including child, community and mental health, and specialised services.
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ONCOassist Deployed in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as Enterprise System
Portable Medical Technology and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust have announced an enterprise agreement which will see ONCOassist, Portable Medical Technology's revolutionary CE approved software system being deployed as the main oncology decision support system used within Clatterbridge.
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With the ultimate goal of holistic individual and population health management, HIMSS Europe has presented today the Continuity of Care Maturity Model™, which addresses the importance of information exchange, care coordination, interoperability, patient engagement and analytics. The purpose is to move one step forward in eHealth in the continent, by supporting and complementing existing EMR models to provide leadership and guidance. 
BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Data Management (HDM) specialist, and Capita Healthcare Decisions, the leading provider of clinical decision software and managed services for health, announce a partnership. BridgeHead and Capita can now offer new and existing customers a healthcare platform as a service for BridgeHead's Healthcare Data Management (HDM) Solution, enabling hospitals to effectively store, protect and share their healthcare data in a secure, scalable N3 accredited UK data centre. 
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust") has awarded preferred supplier status to leading software provider Advanced Health & Care ("Advanced") following a formal tendering process. Advanced will provide a single integrated and interoperable electronic health record solution across all of the Trust’s clinical pathways including child, community and mental health, and specialised services. 
Portable Medical Technology and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust have announced an enterprise agreement which will see ONCOassist, Portable Medical Technology's revolutionary CE approved software system being deployed as the main oncology decision support system used within Clatterbridge.