The Italian Association for People with Rheumatic Diseases (A.P.MA.R.) has recently announced the successful launch in Italy of an advanced mobile application software (app) for people with rheumatoid arthritis, called the Rheumatoid Arthritis App.

The seventh edition of the eHealth Week will take place on 13-15 May at the Convention Centre in Dublin under the title ‘Innovative Healthcare & Well-being’. It will present the views and ideas of the world’s health IT experts and showcase cutting-edge health ICT.

Since its launch in October 2008, the online information database embryotox.de that provides information related to the risks of using medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding, reached over a million visits.

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 care sectors, as they have been able to integrate telehealth into standard patient treatments.

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. 

The 'Health in Europe: Information and Data Interface' (Heidi) website was launched on 3 May 2012 by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Consumers.

A website providing tips for a healthy (pre)-pregnancy period was launched on 17 April 2012.

The first Greek website targeting patients with asthma, 'myasthma.gr', was officially launched on 7 April 2012.

The Ministry of Health and Care Services (Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet, in Norwegian) is conducting a public consultation for a new white paper on eHealth in Norway. Input can be submitted through a blog which will remain open until 1 June 2012.

Mijnnieren.nl ('my kidneys'), a new website for sufferers of kidney disease, was launched on 8 March 2012 by the Netherlands Kidney Patients Association (Nierpatienten Vereniging Nederland - NVN, in Dutch).

A pioneering telemedicine project for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has recently been launched in a hospital in central France to assess the impact of readmissions due to COPD exacerbations.

The 'Telecoma' telemedicine project is being launched in the Campania region (southern Italy) with the aim to provide homecare assistance for vegetative state and brain-damaged patients.

Engineering scientists from the University of Siegen in Germany have recently presented at a workshop AlWiP, the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge portal.

The Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro - INAIL, in Italian) has recently developed a new web platform with the aim to provide doctors with the knowled

Minister of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Edwin Poots, has launched a remote telemonitoring healthcare system which will be used by up to 20 000 patients across Northern Ireland. It aims to improve health outcomes for patients with long-term conditions through better engagement with clinicians and enhanced self-management.