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On 8 January 2014, the Council of Ministers, the collective executive decision-making body of the Polish Government, adopted the National Integrated Informatisation Programme (PZIP). This is a strategic document that describes how high quality electronic public services can be...
On 1 January 2014 a new version was launched of the national procurement service Doffin, where public institutions in Norway publish information about their calls for tender. The goal is to simplify the system and provide a better service for its...
As of 28 October 2013, a pilot operation of the epSOS project enables ePrescriptions from other European countries to be picked up at epSOS-approved pharmacies in Sweden, and for Swedish ePrescriptions to be collected at epSOS-approved pharmacies in other countries. ...
Following a successful pilot, social enterprise and National Health Service (NHS) healthcare provider Bristol Community Health Community Interest Company (CIC) has recently gone live with the TotalMobile™ App Platform across three of...
A project of social media-based doctor’s consultation, started last year by an Italian ophthalmologist in Milan, has recently completed its second phase. The project makes it possible for patients to submit questions and receive answers from 17 different medical specialists from the...
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland has recently announced the launching of an electronic data management strategy with the aim to define the social and health care electronic data management national strategy until 2020.
In September 2013, following the release of statistical data, Social Affairs and eHealth Minister, Taavi Rõivase said that the greater use of eHealth systems facilitates the exchange of information between doctors, improves patient care and promotes patient involvement in healthcare....
The President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Ignacio Gonzalez, announced at the end of September 2013, that the ePrescribing system (eReceta) is available in 324 pharmacies, 44 health centres and 149 clinics throughout the region, while electronic prescriptions will be...
On 22 September 2013, the German Technicians Health Insurance Fund (Techniker Krankenkasse - TK, in German) stopped the production of paper cards. These will be replaced by the smart chip technology cards which will start being distributed to the 8.5 million insured persons on 30...
The Liverpool Community Health National Health Service (NHS) Trust launched the ‘More independent’ project in late August 2013, piloted across four regions in the UK with the aim to support people with long-term health conditions....
A quarter of general practitioners (GPs) in England are now actively using Patient Access, a web-based system, it was announced on 5 September 2013. This system is used to give patients access to their records and transactional services such as online booking.
On 22 August 2013 it was announced that Accident and Emergency (A & E) and control room staff are able to use the Acute Care Portal to see at a glance to which hospital a patient can be placed.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in eastern England has gone live with ePrescribing on two wards at its Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, it was announced on 9 September 2013.
On 23 August 2013 it was announced that during the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), the eHealth Unit of the European Commission spent more than €434 million, funding a total of 99 research projects. Researchers from the UK received...
As of 1 September 2013, the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health (Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde - SPMS, in Portuguese) makes available the new version of the electronic register of Certificates of Temporary Incapacity (Certificados de Incapacidade Temporária – CIT,...