At the beginning of April 2012, the following new electronic services were launched: GetPerson2.0, SearchPersonByName 2.0 and SearchPersonByAddress 2.0, in order to facilitate the work of public administrations.
According to a new study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (IPTS), Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social...
The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in order to collaborate on a project...
In April 2012, the Federal Ministry of Health launched a research project, whose aim is to develop and evaluate an Internet-based mental health programme for people with mild to moderate depression symptoms.
On 8 May 2012, at the tGovernment Workshop 2012, the Chair of the OASIS TGF, John Borras and the Chair of the ADMS Working Group, João Rodrigues Frade, presented how the TGF and the ADMS fit into...
In the Netherlands the Melanoma Foundation has created a smartphone app named 'Huidmonitor' (Skin monitor, in Dutch) to easily check suspicious moles and spots on one's skin.
The Steering Committee of the Swiss eGovernment programme has approved the first phase of the eGovernment action plan which promotes specific projects, from the geographic map of Swiss eGovernment to procedures...
The Spanish project 'Citizen's Total Electronic Access to Public Services' won the second prize of the United Nations (UN) Public Service Award 2012 in the category 'Improving the Delivery of Public Services' for Europe and North America.
Two pilot projects of a four-month duration are being conducted in two Swedish counties namely, Uppsala and Västra Götaland to test an IT tool called the 'Anti-infection Tool,' which is aimed at supporting the prevention of healthcare-related infections in Sweden. ...
The international Porvoo Group met in Brussels, Belgium on 10 – 11 May 2012 to consider questions relating to electronic identity (eID) and data protection.
ECDL Foundation celebrated, on 12 May 2012, the ‘Festival of Europe’ with the European Commission at ‘European Institutions Open Day’ to mark the increasing need for digital skills to support Europe’s growth.
In April 2012, Denmark joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international initiative whose purpose is to promote good governance and strengthen democracy in the participating countries. On this occasion, the country's...
A high-level group of eHealth experts on 7 May 2012 warned that Europeans will only be able to benefit from the affordable, less intrusive and more personalised healthcare which ICT can bring if agreement is reached on how to use health data.
ECDL Foundation partnered, on 27 April 2012, with AGE Platform Europe to promote older people’s digital inclusion during the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations and launched an updated ICT Training programme adapted to older people’s needs....
