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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.
PPS launched Korea On-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) in September 2002. KONEPS became a world-class e-procurement system used by 44,000 public organisations and 220,000 suppliers. However, due to the nature of bidding conducted on-line, there were cases reported that bid brokers borrowed the registrants’ certificate and participated in the bid illegally to gain profit when the contract was awarded. Such illegal practices continuously occurred and raised concerns about the reliability of e-bi
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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 the transformational government movement (tGovernment).
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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.
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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 for filing tax returns or notifying a change of address.
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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.
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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.
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The international Porvoo Group met in Brussels, Belgium on 10 – 11 May 2012 to consider questions relating to electronic identity (eID) and data protection.
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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.
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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.
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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 patient is the most underused resource in healthcare, we’ve been told. But the relationship between health professionals and patients is changing: informed and active individuals have great potential in tackling healthcare challenges. “Patient empowerment” is the word of the moment.
The US-based health plan Kaiser Permanente (KP) is among the forerunners of digitally assisted care delivery in the world. During the last decade, KP has built up a fully integrated care network that allows designing evidence-based care plans and sets standards in terms of transparency and patient involvement.
With the epSOS project, the European Commission has initiated a successful first step towards cross-border interoperability of electronic medical data in Europe. Five European Member States have gone live already. But problems remain that need to be addressed politically rather than technically.
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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.
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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.
This issue whose submission deadline is 31 May 2012 aims to tackle questions such as: how should governments themselves use social media, and what are the impacts likely to be? Can these technologies empower users not just to collaborate in service design and delivery, but also to participate in public policy and decision making, as well as in the workings and arrangements of the public sector and public governance more widely? Is there a business case for government in using social media rather than, or in addition to, more traditional tools?
This issue whose submission deadline is 31 May 2012 aims to tackle a number of questions, among which: What does it take to transform government by ICT? Or, should the ambitions be lowered? What can realistically be achieved and what cannot? Which strategic frameworks do or should inform the deployment of ICT-based solutions in government?
