The Digital Agenda Scoreboard gives essential data and in-depth analysis of progress so far with the implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE). The Scoreboard is the first to be published by the European Commission showing the performance of the EU and Member States in delivering on the agreed targets after the first year of existence of the DAE.
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Commission Seeks Views on How Best to Exploit Cloud Computing
The European Commission is seeking views from citizens, businesses, public administrations and other interested parties on how to fully benefit from 'cloud computing'. Cloud computing enables companies, public administrations and individuals, using networks such as the internet, to access their data and software on computers located somewhere else.
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The National Programme for IT in the NHS: An Update on the Delivery of Care Records Systems
The rate at which electronic care records systems are being put in place across the NHS under the National Programme for IT is falling far below expectations and the core aim that every patient should have an electronic care record under the Programme will not now be achieved.
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EU Task Force to Advise How to Promote eHealth to Help Patients and Healthcare Systems in Europe
An EU eHealth Task Force to assess the role of information and communications technologies (ICT) in health and social care and to suggest ways for ICT to speed up innovation in healthcare to the benefit of patients, carers and the healthcare sector has met for the first time in Budapest on 10th May, chaired by Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
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Kroes and Dalli Welcome Council Presidency eHealth Declaration on Delivering Better Health Care
A Hungarian Presidency Declaration urging Member States to deploy eHealth services to the benefit of patients, healthcare workers and national healthcare systems has been welcomed by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Health Commissioner John Dalli.
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eHealth: New Opportunities in Healthcare
Although eHealth cannot replace the physician-patient relationship, it has a fantastic potential, Minister of National Resources, Miklós Réthelyi emphasizsed, at the press briefing of the international ministerial conference eHealth Week 2011 in Budapest.
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English IT Professional Dr. Jean Roberts Receives HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership
HIMSS Europe delivered its annual Leadership award to Dr. Jean Roberts, an English internationally renowned health IT professional "for her many years of service to eHealth in Europe and her extensive, multi-faceted experience in academic research and her ability to design and implement strategic health initiatives and manage complex programmes and projects in informatics and e-health business areas".
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