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Twitter  Sign up for the IMI-EMIF symposium on April 18th in Brussels

Announcement from the EMIF project ... more
08/03/2018

Twitter  i-HD Workshop Data Quality 2018

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18/12/2017

Twitter  Call for papers

A call for papers for a Special Issue on ‘Biomedical Data Quality Assessment Methods’ of the journal “Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine” ... more
05/12/2017

Twitter  I~HD Data Quality Task Force Members invited as guest editors for

i~HD is happy to announce that three members of the i~HD Data Quality Task Force were invited to become Guest Editors for a Special Issue on “Biomedical Data Quality Assessment Methods” in the journal ... more
05/12/2017

Twitter  Joint event i-HD - EMIF

As the Organising Committee of the conference, we are pleased to announce that we have reached 270 registrations from a range of different stakeholders and countries. It will be a real European multi- ... more
19/09/2017

Twitter  Mary Baker invites you to join the i-HD conference in Madrid

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08/09/2017

Twitter  Report on the eStandards Final Conference (June 26 -27, 2017 – Brussels)

eStandards presents its Roadmap for collaborative and sustainable development of standards in its final conference. ... more
10/07/2017

Twitter  Joint event i-HD - EMIF: Realising the Value from Health Data ~ Improving Care and Research

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03/07/2017

Twitter   eStandards Final Conference, June 26-27, Brussels

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24/04/2017

Twitter  eStandards organises a tutorial during the "Informatics for Health 2017" event

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30/03/2017

Twitter  eStandards - Public Consultation D6.3. Cost-effectiveness of standardsdriven eHealth interoperability

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10/03/2017

Twitter  i~HD Quality Seal for Research Platforms (QS4RP)

EuroRec has been commissioned by the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) to develop a Quality Seal for Research Platforms (QS4RP). ... more
28/02/2017

Twitter  eStandards Workshop, 5 April 2017, Venice

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22/02/2017

Twitter  i-HD Hospital Network Workshop - accelerating Learning Health Systems

Around 85 participants representing 50 hospitals from around Europe participated in the Hospital Network workshop held by the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD. ... more
20/02/2017

Twitter  EHR4CR Business Model trio of papers now published

The results of a new study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics suggests that the exploitation of a new technological platform which enables the reuse of hospital-based electr ... more
01/12/2016

Twitter  Public consultation eStandards deliverables

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17/10/2016

Twitter  Results from the 2016 Call for Reference Sites of the EIP on AHA

EuroRec has been supporting the European Commission through the study Scale AHA in conducting the Call for Reference sites 2016 which was launched in December 2015 December 2015 at the Conference of P ... more
01/08/2016

Twitter  i~HD contributes to French Health Ministry colloquium on Big Data in Health

Dipak Kalra was one of four international speakers invited to contribute to a colloquium organised by the French Ministry of Health on the societal value and attitudes towards scaling up the use of bi ... more
07/07/2016

Twitter  Watch video interviews with European experts and patient representatives on the new i~HD web site

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23/06/2016

Twitter  i~HD appointed to join the European Commission's eHealth Stakeholder Group

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23/06/2016

Twitter  Dipak Kalra, president EuroRec, will present at the 1st Workshop on Metabolic Phenotyping in Clinical Practice in Barcelona on May 27, 2016

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09/05/2016

Twitter  Report of the First eStandards conference

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04/05/2016

Twitter  Update from EMIF

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06/04/2016

Twitter  Report on i-HD Inaugural Conference

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01/04/2016

Twitter  First impressions of the i~HD Inaugural Conference (March 10, 2016 in Paris)

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25/03/2016

Twitter  BioData World Congress 2016

26-27 October 2016 Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge ... more
16/03/2016

Twitter  1st eStandards Conference

Next steps for standardization in health information sharing - Berlin 21st April 2016 in conjunction with conHIT 2016. ... more
26/01/2016

Twitter  STC2016 Transforming Healthcare with the Internet of Things

The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and the French Association for Medical Informatics (AIM) invite you to participate to the Special Topic Conference (STC) “Transforming Healthcare ... more
23/12/2015

Twitter  i-HD Inaugural Conference programme published

We are pleased to announce the agenda of the Inaugural Conference of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) that will be held in Paris on March 10, 2016. ... more
22/12/2015

Twitter  i~HD Inaugural Conference - March 10, 2016, Paris

Inaugural Conference of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) ... more
30/11/2015

Twitter  i-HD public website launched

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21/10/2015

Twitter  Lisbon eHealth week & EXPAND Final event (Lisbon 9-11 Dec 2015)

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12/10/2015

Twitter  Dipak Kalra keynote speaker @ European Epidemiological Forum 2015

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01/10/2015

Twitter  EHR4CR article published by Oxford Journals in International Data Privacy Law

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29/09/2015

Twitter  Video: The European Institute for Innovation Through Health Data

Pascal Coorevits of EuroRec discusses the new European Institute for Innovation Through Health Data initiative, which has set itself up as a not-for-profit organisation which aims to enable, accelerat ... more
03/09/2015

Twitter  Save the Date! Joint Digital Healthcare 2015 Symposium

Join European, National and Regional policy makers to debate what it really means to use eHealth and mHealth at scale to transform healthcare delivery. ... more
02/09/2015

Twitter  ELO-Meeting; Paris - France

On behalf of EHTEL/ELO chair Andreas Grode (gematik, Germany) you are kindly invited to the next meeting of the EHTEL/ELO Network on 30 September and 1 October 2015 (Wednesday and Thursday). ... more
02/09/2015

Twitter  EHR4CR paper - IMIA Yearbook 2015

EHR4CR paper has been selected as “one of the best articles from the literature in the Clinical Research Informatics domain”, to be published in the 2015 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics ... more
26/08/2015

Twitter  Final SemanticHealthNet Deliverables

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11/08/2015

Twitter  AAL Forum 2015, 22 - 25 September2015, Ghent, Belgium

Europe's biggest and most important event on Ambient Assisted Living, the AAL Forum 2015 is coming to Ghent, Belgium. The event is an initiative of the AAL Programme, supported by IWT, the Flemish age ... more
11/08/2015

Twitter  The Learning Health System in Europe

The LHS Europe Conference will bring together EU and US experts on the Learning Health System. The TRANSFoRm Project and EuroRec welcomes you to Brussels in September 2015. ... more
01/07/2015

Twitter  eStandards @ MEDINFO2015 in Brazil

19 - 23 August 2015, São Paulo, Brazil ... more
11/05/2015

Twitter  EU Projects to Speak at eHealth Week 2015

Call for EU Projects to Speak at eHealth Week, Riga, Latvia ... more
08/04/2015

Twitter  EuroRec at eHealth Week 2015 | RIGA, LATVIA

This year EuroRec is running a scientific session “Trusted Reuse of Health Data for Research - Showcasing European Project Results” and is organizing Project Demonstrations on this topic. During the ... more
26/03/2015

Twitter  Our E.C. blog has gone live

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19/12/2014

Twitter  Announcement of an Industry Forum on Semantic Interoperability

From Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th January 2015 at 14:00 (lunch time to lunch time) New Meeting Place: COCIR Offices, Diamant Building Bd A. Reyers, 80 - 1030 Brussels - Belgium ... more
26/11/2014

Twitter  Sign up for the EHR4CR Webinar!

EHR4CR: RESULTS OF THE PROTOCOL FEASIBILITY PILOTS ... more
03/11/2014

Twitter  eHealth Week 2015 | RIGA, LATVIA

eHealth Week is the leading forum for the advancement of health IT in Europe. Combining the High level eHealth conference co-organised by the European Commission and the Latvian Presidency of the Cou ... more
30/10/2014

Twitter  MIE2015 Medical Informatics Europe

The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and the Spanish Society of Health Informatics (SEIS), Spain invite you to submit your contribution to the 26th Medical Informatics Europe Confere ... more
30/10/2014

Twitter  International Workshop on Semantic Interoperability

International experts in the field of health information semantics came together for a three-day in-depth workshop to explore best practices in how to standardise the meaning of clinical information w ... more
28/04/2014

Twitter  EuroRec Annual Conference 2014 during eHealth Forum in Athens

"Pre-competitive eHealth Tools" EuroRec will be active in several sessions during this exciting conference in mid May. Following a closed workshop for our ProRec Centres that morning, EuroRec will be ... more
18/04/2014

Twitter  Save the date: eHealth Forum 2014, Athens, 12-14 May

The eHealth Forum 2014, co-organised by the European Commission and the Greek Presidency of the EU will take place from 12-14 May in Athens. ... more
05/03/2014

Twitter  Training - Quality Matters in Health Systems - How standards support integrated care

This course is particularly useful for: i) All clinical leaders and decision makers who have to commission healthcare systems, or decide how their present systems should evolve so as to provide a ... more
04/02/2014

Twitter  EHR4CR organized its First European Hospital Conference on 9 April 2014

EHR4CR (IMI-JU project) organised its first European Hospital Conference in Brussels on April 9th 2014. During this by invitation only event, a Europe-wide Hospital Engagement Programme on the enhance ... more
03/01/2014

Twitter  14th International Conference on Integrated Care, Brussels, April 2-4 2014

The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) is delighted to announce our 14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATED CARE, “Taking Integrated Care ... more
11/10/2013

Twitter  Invitation for ISHEP Conference and Medical Informatics 2013 Symposium, Dubrovnik, 6-9th of November, 2013

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02/10/2013

Twitter   Edinburgh 2013 SWAT4LS

SWAT4LS is a workshop that provides a venue to present and discuss benefits and limits of the adoption of Web based information systems and Semantic technologies in biomedical informatics and computat ... more
26/09/2013

Twitter  EuroRec at the eHealt Week 2013

Presentations available for the EuroRec Sessions at eHealth Week in dublin, Ireland ... more
22/04/2013

Twitter  Convergence Workshop

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18/03/2013

Twitter  EHR4CR: First video available

Within the EHR4CR project, a video has been compiled in which the project is explained briefly. ... more
26/02/2013

Twitter  EuroRec welcomes the European eHealth Governance Initiative (eHGI) on semantic and technical interoperability.

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17/12/2012

Twitter  Successful Annual EHR4CR meeting in Basel

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17/12/2012

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26/11/2012

Twitter  Announcement of the new EuroRec Board

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23/11/2012

Twitter  EC Projects Convergence Round Table Basel, November 7, 2012

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12/11/2012

Twitter  SemanticHealthNet first consortium meeting

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03/10/2012

Twitter  Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Workshop at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Heart House in Washington, DC, USA

An international workshop on “Model-driven Prediction and Simulation in Pediatric Cardiology” was hosted in Washington, DC, by the American College of Cardiology ACC. ... more
12/09/2012

Twitter  2012 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data

Videos from the 2012 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data scheduled to take place in Brussels, Belgium on 14-15 May 2012. ... more
31/08/2012

Twitter  EuroRec Seals slightly updated

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12/06/2012

Twitter  EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “Le Généraliste version 5.5.086”, marketed by S.A. PCSol

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22/03/2012

Twitter  EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “OmniPro version 2.16.0.d”, marketed by Société MIMS sa

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22/03/2012

Twitter  EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “Pro_Doc version 4.1”, marketed by Cegeka Healthcare N.V.

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16/03/2012

Twitter  EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “HEALTHOne version 7.2”, marketed by Cegedim, Health Data Management Partners

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08/03/2012

Twitter  International Summit of Informatics and Communication in Health

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Georges De Moor, Head of Medical Informatics of Ghent University and President of the EuroRec Institute, Belgium will be speaking on Saterday 3 March. ... more
29/02/2012

Twitter  Welcome to MIE2012

On behalf of the Italian Medical Informatics Association (AIIM), the e-health Italian Community and the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), we invite you to the 24th European Medical I ... more
23/02/2012

Twitter  28th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management

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23/02/2012

Twitter  EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “WINDOC version 8.8.2”, marketed by CompuGroup Medical Belgium bvba

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23/02/2012

Twitter  SIMI 2012: Semantic Interoperability in Medical Informatics

Full-day workshop of the ESCW 2012: Extended Semantic Web Conference ... more
15/02/2012

Twitter  Presentation and Future Objectives of EuroRec EHR-Q-TN Project

The conference will be opened by Rimantas Remeika, Chancellor of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania and will take place on January 26 in Vilnius, Lithuania. ... more
19/01/2012

Twitter  European-American dialogue on eHealth opportunities at Medica 2011

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04/01/2012

Twitter  Belgrade Final Declaration

The delegates, present at the Regional Conference on Quality Labelling and Certification of Electronic Heath Record (EHR) systems (Belgrade, Serbia, November 21-22, 2011) recognise the potential of e- ... more
25/11/2011

Twitter  Kieran Hickey will be this year’s O’ Moore medal recipient.

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10/11/2011

Twitter  The launch of the permanent program for certification of electronic health records will be delayed in the USA

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07/11/2011

Twitter  ARGOS Recommendations will be presented at the conference “Pilot Projects: Transatlantic Methods for Handling Global Challenges in the European Union and the United States” (10 November 2011).

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04/11/2011

Twitter  EuroRec 2011 Annual Conference: presentations available

Regional Conference EHR Systems Quality Labelling and Certification & EuroRec 2011 Annual Conference ... more
05/10/2011

Twitter  Greek vendor FORTH obtains Seal Level 2

Nursing and Medical Applications (under the product name ICS-M), which are part of the software suite “Integrated Care Solutions” developed by the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for R ... more
05/10/2011

Twitter  EuroRec Seal in Serbia

Funds for Primary Health Care Centres to Purchase Certified Software in the Republic of Serbia ... more
06/09/2011

Twitter  Global E-Health Forum - Hamburg 2011

"Designing Personalized Healthcare" ... more
05/09/2011

Twitter  The Policy Briefs which have resulted from the ARGOS project are published in a IOS book.

Transatlantic Cooperation Surrounding Health Related Information and Communication Technology ... more
01/09/2011

Twitter  eHealth week 2012

The eHealthWeek 2012 in Copenhagen Focuses on the Continuity of Care and Patient Centric Health Services. ... more
17/05/2011

Twitter  Invitation to attend the VPH-FET Conference - London 27 June 2011

VPH-FET is a support action that will elaborate a research roadmap for Future and Emerging Technologies related to the Virtual Physiological Human. ... more
06/05/2011

Twitter  EHR’s quality evaluation in Romania

Prorec Romania Association, member of Eurorec Institute and partner in EHR-QTN project, has launched the first Romanian evaluation session for Eurorec Seal. ... more
13/04/2011

Twitter  ARGOS Global Conference

The ARGOS Policy Briefs and Position Papers on Virtual Physiological Human, Semantic Interoperability, Measuring Adoption, Usage and Benefits of eHealth and Certification of EHRs will be presented dur ... more
04/04/2011

Twitter  ARGOS @ EC Workshop on the EU-US cooperation

Prof. De Moor is presenting the ARGOS eHealth Pilot Project results during the workshop on the EU-US cooperation on eHealth to present "ongoing and planned actions". The workshop is organized by the E ... more
24/03/2011

Twitter  EU-US cooperation on eHealth ongoing and planned actions

Following the signature on 17th December 2010 of the MoU between EU and US related to ICT for Health activities, the EC is organising a workshop (14 April 2011) on the EU-US cooperation on eHealth to ... more
22/03/2011

Twitter  HITCH Workshop on eHealth Interoperability

EuroRec and the other HITCH project partners are organising a Workshop during the IHE European Connectathon 2011 in Pisa about 'Towards Effective eHealth Interoperability Certification and Conformanc ... more
16/03/2011

Twitter  EuroRec presence at WoHIT2011

PS 16: EuroRec Session on EHRs and Strategic Developments ... more
09/03/2011

Twitter  II workshop of criteria validation for the EuroSeal level 2

It is pleasure to invite you to the “II workshop of criteria validation for the EuroSeal level 2 of the Eurorec Institute” that will take place on February 21th form 9:30 a.m in the auditorium of Ho ... more
18/02/2011

Twitter  Welcome to MIE2011

MIE2011 is the 23rd International Conference of EFMI - the European Federation for Medical Informatics, and takes place in Oslo August 28.–31. 2011. The conference will cover various topics in the are ... more
27/01/2011

Twitter  Letter to the National Authorities responsible for health IT and eHealth

Health IT has a great potential to increase the quality of care by improving the availability of shared and interoperable patient records, by enabling evidence-based disease management and by offering ... more
20/01/2011

Twitter  SPANISH MINISTRY OF HEALTH QUALITY AWARD FOR PROJECT ON PATIENT SUMMARY BASED ON THE ISO/CEN EN13606 STANDARD

On behalf of Dr Pablo Serrano, Medical Director, it is a great pleasure to inform you that the Spanish Health Ministry has awarded the Project "First Experience of a Patient Summary based on the ISO/C ... more
12/01/2011

Twitter  AMIA Meeting Advances Transatlantic Cooperation on Health IT Policy

On Friday, November 12, Nancy Lorenzi, AMIA Board Chair and Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, convened a meeting of the ARGOS eHealth Consortium, a p ... more
04/01/2011

Twitter  First Certified Solution for Hospitals and Primary Care Health Centres in SE Europe

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22/12/2010

Twitter  Commission signs eHealth agreement with US

Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Washington to promote a common ... more
20/12/2010

Twitter  Quality Labelling für KIS und Arztsoftware im Europäischen Umfeld

Invitation for the workshop organised by ProRec Austria on friday 17 December. ... more
06/12/2010

Twitter  A European Strategy for Chronic Conditions

EPPOSI’s 2nd Workshop on Chronic Conditions is designed to help formulate the principal elements of a holistic new model which can actively reduce the debilitating personal and economic burden of ch ... more
29/11/2010

Twitter  MIE2011 - Call for papers

XXIII International Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics Oslo, Norway August 28th – 31st ... more
22/11/2010

Twitter  1st International meeting on the electronic Health Record

The Portuguese ministry of Health, through the project team for the Electronic Health Record, will hold the 1st International meeting on the electronic Health Record that will take place in the 26th o ... more
17/11/2010

Twitter  EHR-Q-TN workshop in Slovakia

ProRec Slovakia announces there will be a session devoted to EHR-Q-TN project during the conference called NIS 2010, the Slovak annual conference devoted to hospital information systems. ... more
05/10/2010

Twitter  EuroRec present at Digital Hospital Europe in Vienna

Prof. De Moor will open the second day (30/11) of the conference with a presentation about a new European project "EHR4CR". ... more
15/09/2010

Twitter  EHR-Q-TN National Workshop in Poland

Location: Conference and Didactic Centre of Alcide de Gasperi of the European Institute in Lodz. 90-361 Lodz, 258/260 Piotrkowska Street https://www.ie.lodz.pl Date: 2010-09-28, Tuesday ... more
13/09/2010

Twitter  International e-Health Conference in Tallinn

The Conference is organized by the Estonian eHealth Foundation which is in charge of promoting and developing national eSolutions within the health care system in Estonia. The Tallinn eHealth Conferen ... more
03/08/2010

Twitter  Publication on International EHR standard (ISO/CEN EN13606) Workshop

40 people involved in the design and implementation of interoperable electronic health records that are based on the new international EHR standard (ISO/CEN EN13606) came together in Madrid for a 2-da ... more
03/08/2010

Twitter  Publication mentioning the HITCH project, EuroRec and IHE

An overview of current approaches from the US and Europe. ... more
02/08/2010

Twitter  EuroRec 2010 Conference: report

All presentations are available. ... more
02/07/2010

Twitter  Upcoming events

Save the date for the following interesting Conferences. ... more
02/07/2010

Twitter  Annual EuroRec 2010 Conference

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17/05/2010

Twitter  Upcoming EHR-Q-TN workshops: Cyprus and Ireland

Besides the Luxembourg workshop on May 21, two more EHR-Q-TN workshops will be organised on April 18, 2010 (Nicosia) and November 18, 2010 (Dublin). ... more
29/03/2010

Twitter  Presentations High Level eHealth Ministerial Conference & WoHIT

The Presentations given at Parallel Session 25 by Georges De Moor, Dipak Kalra and Mats Sundgren are now available. ... more
29/03/2010

Twitter  Upcoming events

Save the date for the following interesting Conferences: EuroRec 2010 Annual Conference (Tallinn), WoHIT 2011 (Budapest), ... ... more
23/03/2010

Twitter  Press coverage on the Barcelona WoHIT 2010 - eHealth 2010 Conference

Links to articles on HealthcareIT News ... more
22/03/2010

Twitter  EuroRec Presence at WoHIT 2010 - eHealth 2010

Overview of locations and time of the High Level eHealth Conference, the Workshops organised by EuroRec, the Sessions organised/moderated by or with involvement of EuroRec + info on the EuroRec Booth. ... more
09/03/2010

Twitter  Ten Commandments on EHRs

Within the EHR-Implement project, a list of 10 major factors influencing large scale implementation of EHR systems was derived from the National Reports of Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, ... more
24/02/2010

Twitter  EuroRec session at eHealth-WoHIT Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona

During the WoHIT Conference & Exhibition -for the first time held in conjunction with the European Union’s annual High Level eHealth Conference- in Barcelona, EuroRec will give three presentations on ... more
24/02/2010

Twitter  EHR-Q-TN workshop in Serbia

On 18 december 2009, ProRec Serbia will hold a workshop entitled "CERTIFICATION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS". ... more
15/12/2009

Twitter  Two new National ProRec Centers: Czech Republic and Norway

During the last EuroRec General Assembly meeting, held in Dublin on November 17th 2009, two applicants have been accepted to become a national ProRec Center: ... more
08/12/2009

Twitter  EuroRec 2008-2009 Seal granted to the application “sense”, marketed by ITH icoserve GmbH, Technology for Healthcare

The EuroRec Institute and ProRec Austria are pleased to announce that the EuroRec 2008-2009 Seal was granted to the application “sense”, version 2.0, named “Bora”. ... more
04/12/2009

Twitter  Release of the EuroRec Profile for EHR Compliant to Clinical Trial Requirements

The EuroRec Institute, the body responsible for promoting the use of quality labelled Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems across Europe, is pleased to announce the release of a profile identifying ... more
04/12/2009

Twitter  New EuroRec Board

During the last EuroRec General Assembly, held in Dublin during the HISI conference, a new Eurorec Board has been voted by the National Prorec Centers. ... more
04/12/2009

Twitter  EHR-Q-TN workshop in Madrid

On December 2nd 2009, the Spanish EHR-Q-TN partners organised their first workshop on "Semanctic Operability and Certification of EHR systems". ... more
20/11/2009

Twitter  European Large Scale Actions meeting in Visby (Sweden)

On Nov. 10, 2009 Prof. Dipak Kalra (UCL) had a presentation on the "Extended National ICT Research Directors Forum meeting on European Large Scale Actions (ELSA)". ... more
12/11/2009

Twitter  Workshop ProRec-Slovenia covering EHR-Q-TN and EHR-Implement

Event organised by Prorec.SI, with support of Ministry of Health. The MoH has its particular interests in this workshop as they expect to get a first-hand feedback for their eHealth national project, ... more
10/11/2009

Twitter  Broad consensus at high-level meeting on eHealth

“eHealth issues will be one of the top priority issues during the Spanish Presidency,” stated Mr Rivero Corte, the Director-General of the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy. ... more
29/10/2009

Twitter  First EHR-Q-TN Workshop in Estonia

On November 25, 2009 Eesti E-tervise Sihtasutus, the Estonian partner in the EHR-Q-TN project, will organise its first Workshop in Tallinn. ... more
23/10/2009

Twitter  US - latest support to implement EHR and other HIT innovations

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) today announced awards totalling $27.8 million to health center-controlled networks and large multi-site health centers to implement electronic hea ... more
30/09/2009

Twitter  Two global groups team up to get EHR terminology right

COPENHAGEN – The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) and the openEHR Foundation will work together to develop clinical content for the electronic health record ... more
24/09/2009

Twitter  EHR-Q-TN Workshop (ProRec-NL) in conjunction with NVMA : Quality of ICT in Healthcare

(in Dutch) In toenemende mate zullen ICT-systemen in de zorg gaan communiceren met andere deelsystemen omdat in het kader van bijvoorbeeld Zichtbare Zorg de zorg aan de patiënt verleend zal gaan worde ... more
18/09/2009

Twitter  Presentations EuroRec 2009 Sarajevo now available

All presentations given on EuroRec's Annual Conference (September 1, 2009 in Sarajevo) can now be viewed. ... more
17/09/2009

Twitter  HISI : 14th Annual Conference and Scientific Symposium in Dublin

The 14th Annual Conference and Scientific Symposium will take place Wednesday and Thursday, 18-19 November 2009, at the Stillorgan Park Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Dublin. ... more
07/09/2009

Twitter  Voting Seal 2010 - 2011

If you consider yourself an expert in Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRs), please feel free to participate in defining the EuroRec Seal 2010 – 2011. ... more
03/09/2009

Twitter  Consultation on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data

To obtain views on the new challenges for personal data protection in order to maintain an effective and comprehensive legal framework to protect individual’s personal data within the EU, citizens, or ... more
27/07/2009

Twitter  News of ProRec-BE: Event on “Terminologies and Coding Tables in the Belgian Healthcare”

The Federal Public Service - Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment and ProRec-BE are pleased to invite you on a thematic day on “Terminologies and Coding Tables in the Belgian Healthcare” This ... more
13/05/2009

Twitter  New presentations of Prof. G. De Moor available

Presentations on Certification, Privacy and Public Private Partnerships are now available. ... more
02/03/2009

Twitter  Quality Criteria for Archetypes used for semantic interoperability

The European Commission published a report from the SemanticHEALTH project, EuroRec recently published a relevant document (a Q-REC Deliverable) about the quality criteria for the production and publi ... more
16/02/2009

Twitter  pHealth - 6th International Workshop

The 6th edition of the International Workshop on Wearable, Micro, and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health, pHealth, will take place in Oslo, Norway, 24-26 June 2009. ... more
13/02/2009

Twitter  EuroRec 2009 Annual Conference

Organised in collaboration with IMIA and the MIE2009 Conference ... more
11/02/2009

Twitter  Registration now open for HIMSS Middle East '09

The Gulf Region’s Foremost Event for Advancing Healthcare through IT and Management Systems is now open for registration. ... more
07/01/2009

Twitter  E.C. recommendations available

In the past years, the E.C. has published three important recommendations partially in relation to the Electronic Health Record. ... more
19/12/2008

Twitter  EuroRec Seal 2008 granted to Four Irish GP EHR systems

The board of the European Institute for Health Records (EuroRec) proudly announces that Four GP Practice Software Products have achieved the conditions to be met for the EuroRec Quality Label 2008 for ... more
14/11/2008

Twitter  EuroRec Executive Body: New Secretary General

The EuroRec Institute welcomes Glyn Hayes as new Secretary General of the EuroRec Institute ... more
14/11/2008

Twitter  EuroRec’s Annual Conference 2008: presentations available

EuroRec’s Annual Conference 2008 took place on the 3rd of November in Copenhagen in a joint meeting with EHTEL. The conference was entitled “eHealth Planning and Management Symposium 2008”. ... more
07/11/2008

Twitter  EuroRec continues its activities on Clinical Archetypes

The European EHR standard: Archetypes and Templates explained. ... more
31/10/2008

Twitter  EuroRec invites EHR vendors to apply for the EuroRec Seal

EHR Quality Label : Submit your application now! ... more
31/10/2008

Twitter  Update on EuroRec- EHTEL preconference: eHealth Planning and Management Symposium 2008

Focus on: Change Management for introducing clinical process orientation and archetypes across the community ... more
12/09/2008

Twitter  European Cross-Border Interoperability of EHRs

The European Commission has published new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records across the continent by the middle of the next d ... more
22/07/2008

Twitter  The added value of electronic health records (EHRs): Linking patient care, clinical research and public health

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14/07/2008

Twitter  Europe sets goal of EHR interoperability by 2015

Europe is setting its sights on the interoperability of electronic health records by 2015. ... more
08/07/2008

Twitter  First version of EuroRec EHR Quality Seal unveiled.

During the High Level Interministerial eHealth 2008 Conference in Portoroz, Slovenia, the first version of the EuroRec EHR Quality Seal has been unveiled. ... more
11/06/2008

Twitter  Final Q-REC workshop in Portoroz, Slovenia

On May 5th 2008, all Q-REC partners were attending the final Q-REC project workshop entitled "Quality Labelling and Certification of Electronic Health Record Systems in Europe". ... more
26/05/2008

Twitter  Establishment of ProRec Serbia

Our Serbian colleagues have informed us, that they have successfully established and registered Prorec-Serbia! ... more
28/04/2008

Twitter  EuroRec and the Q-REC consortium are organising the Q-REC final Workshop.

The Workshop entitled "Quality Labelling and Certification of Electronic Health Record Systems in Europe" is organised as a satellite conference of the eHealth 2008 in Slovenia and will take place on ... more
19/03/2008

Twitter  Executive View on Advancing eHealth: presentations of Craig Mundie and Ilias Iakovidis

On Tuesday, January 29th, Craig Mundie and Ilias Iakovidis visited Belgium for an executive visit dedicated to the healthcare sector. ... more
05/02/2008

Twitter  Second workshop on integrating clinical care and clinical research

Toward integration of Clinical Care and Clinical Research: The purpose of this workshop is twofold: - Building on the work done during the first workshop and afterwards, define concrete steps and ar ... more
05/02/2008

Twitter  Accelerating the Development of eHealth Markets in Europe (eHealth Taskforce Dec 2007)

This report, drafted by a Commission eHealth task force, comprising representatives of several DGs, sketches out a number of policy recommendations for areas of intervention up to 2010. The recommenda ... more
24/01/2008

Twitter  WoHIT 2008 Call for Papers Extended to 11 february 17:00 CET

World of Health IT 2008 Conference and Exhibition: Connecting Leaders in Technology and Healthcare. 4-6 November 2008, Bella Center, Copenhagen - Denmark ... more
10/12/2007

Twitter  Article about Q-REC in the eStrategies Magazine

If Electronic Health Record systems are to provide an effective contribution to healthcare across Europe, a set of benchmarks need to be set to ensure quality control and interoperability of systems. ... more
28/11/2007

Twitter  Survey: What use do European General Practitioners make of eHealth?

A representative EU-wide survey is underway to provide up-to-date figures. At the WHIT Conference in Vienna, benchmarking and good practice will be a key topic, among others in sessions like ES25 " ... more
16/10/2007

Twitter  Interview with EuroRec President Georges De Moor in the European Parliament Magazine:

ICT has the potential to make a significant contribution to the better management of healthcare provision. This cannot be achieved without the availability of trustworthy Electronic Health Record s ... more
05/10/2007

Twitter  Finishing preparatory phase for establishment of ProRec SK

We are standing before adjusting ProRec SK setup and the integration process into the European framework, in which recommendations for national ProRec centres (Deliverable 6.1) will be followed. ... more
20/09/2007

Twitter  Chris Nolan (Prorec Ireland) elected Vice Chair of HIMSS EMEA

Christopher Nolan from ProRec Ireland and the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland is appointed Vice Chair of the HIMSS EMEA Governing Council. Petra Wilson is the Director for Public Sector Hea ... more
03/08/2007

Twitter  Up to 15 Continuing Education Units

The WHIT 2007 conference program has been approved for CME by the EACCME for up to 15 Continuing Education Units. ... more
30/07/2007

Twitter  Calls for studies planned to be launched in 2007

Three call for studies are planned to be launched in 2007. Contracts are expected to be awarded and signed before the end of the year. They are foreseen to start in January 2008. More information w ... more
12/07/2007

Twitter  Certification Commission Approves Final Criteria for Hospital-based EHR Certification Program

CHICAGO -- June 28, 2007 -- The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology announced today that it has published its approved criteria for certification of inpatient (hospital-ba ... more
12/07/2007

Twitter  EuroRec organises an Educational Session at WHIT 2007, Vienna

Educational Session ES34: Certification of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) in Europe: Criteria, Procedures and Tools ... more
03/07/2007

Twitter  Prof. G. De Moor Thought Leader at WHIT '07

Prof. G. De Moor agreed to act as Thought Leader at WHIT '07 ... more
02/07/2007

Twitter  EuroRec Executive Body reinforced

The EuroRec Executive Body has been reinforced with 3 extra vice presidents, a new treasurer and a deputy treasurer ... more
02/07/2007

Twitter  HHS Joins International Partners to Promote Electronic Health Records Standards

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the United States will participate in an international effort to encourage more rapid development and worldwide adoption of stand ... more
02/05/2007

Twitter  EHR certification complements patient security

Professor Georges De Moor, Head of Medical Informatics at Ghent University and President of the EuroRec Institute, recently hosted the first eSeminar on behalf of HIMSS EMEA. ... more
23/04/2007

Twitter  Presentation ot the first HIMSS emea eSiminar

Presentation of the first HIMSS emea eSiminar available. ... more
10/04/2007

Twitter  Inpatient (hospital) electronic health records (EHRs) Certification pilot

CCHIT announced today it is accepting applications for its Inpatient (hospital) electronic health records (EHRs) Certification pilot through March 30, 2007. Preparation for pilot testing will begin in ... more
29/03/2007

Twitter  Funding for data accreditation must be a priority

Strategic health authorities have been instructed to make support for GP practice data accreditation a priority, the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate heard after a GP raised problems about ... more
29/03/2007

Twitter  Funding for data accreditation must be a priority

Strategic health authorities have been instructed to make support for GP practice data accreditation a priority, the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate heard after a GP raised problems about ... more
28/03/2007

Twitter  EuroRec organises 3 sessions at eHealth Berlin

EuroRec is pleased to inform you that 3 sessions, organised by EuroRec, are scheduled within the eHealth Berlin Conference on April 18, 2007. ... more
28/03/2007

Twitter  EHRcom - EN 13606 - Parts 1 and 4 now officially approved as European Standards

The five-part "Health Informatics - Electronic Health Record Communication" formal European standard is now gradually being approved. EN 13606 results from the revision of the European pre-standard a ... more
26/03/2007

Twitter  Discover the challenges facing EHRs in the European context

We are pleased to announce that our inaugural speaker for the eSeminar on Tuesday, 3 April, 15:00, CET, will be Prof. Georges De Moor, Head of Medical Informatics of Ghent University and President of ... more
19/03/2007

Twitter  The new version of the document:

The new version of the document: "Archetype paradigm: an ICT revolution is needed" ... more
14/03/2007

Twitter  The way not to do it - the door opens for standards and accreditation

This week E-Health Insider exclusively reports that plans for drawing up a catalogue of additional suppliers appear to be at an advanced stage within Connecting for Health (CfH), and could be run alon ... more
07/03/2007

Twitter  TODAY'S HITS HEADLINES URAC

TODAY'S HITS HEADLINES URAC seeks comment on accreditation standards URAC, a Washington-based independent healthcare accreditation and certification organization, announced last week it was seeking ... more
07/03/2007

Twitter  Presentation Prof. Dr. Georges De Moor

Presentation of Prof. Dr. Georges De Moor at the National Danish eHealth Conference 2006. "Importance of EHR-certifciation for implementations" October 25, 2006 Nyborg, Copenhagen, Denmark ... more
02/03/2007

Twitter  Presentation Prof. Dr. Georges De Moor

At the Agoria eHealth Conference 2006. "Protecting Privacy in eHealth: how to strike te Balance?". Business Faculty, October 19, 2006 (Brussels) ... more
02/03/2007

Twitter  Quality Labelling and Certification of EHRs in Europe

Supporting Pan-European eHealth Interoperability ... more
02/03/2007

Twitter  SureScripts to Offer Higher Level of Certification

Electronic prescribing network SureScripts will offer a second level of certification to electronic health records (EHRs) and e-prescribing software that surpass basic technical requirements and activ ... more
01/12/2006

Twitter  Q-REC will be present at the 7th Belgian Health Telematics Symposium

Prof. G. De Moor and Dr. Jos Devlies will present the current results of the Q-REC project during the 7th Belgian Health Telematics Symposium. ... more
29/11/2006

Twitter  CCHIT to expand EHR Certification to some Specialities

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has authorized and funded the Commission to exp ... more
28/11/2006

Twitter  HIMSS White Paper Links EMR Sophistication with Improved Quality of Care

CHICAGO - New HIMSS research suggests the implementation of advanced clinical systems, including computerized ... ... more
27/11/2006

Twitter  Impact The Development Of Standards

Join the CCHIT IP EHR Work Group for Phase 3 Comments. ... more
27/11/2006

Twitter  10. CCHIT Update

CCHIT Transitions To Independent Nonprofit; Names Trustees ... more
27/11/2006

Twitter  GP becomes vice-president of British Computer Society

Dr Glyn Hayes has become vice-president of the British Computer Society with overall responsibility for the society’s forums. Dr Hayes, who was a GP in Worcester for 25 years, is a founder member of t ... more
16/11/2006

Twitter  Connecting Leaders in Technology and Healthcare

Recommendations from the panel discussion about Certification of Electronic Medical Record Systems (The World of Health IT, October 12, 2006, Geneva, Switzerland). ... more
13/11/2006

Twitter  Suppliers pass latest Quality and Outcomes Framework testing

Most of the leading GP computer suppliers have now passed compliance testing for the latest version of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and are rolling it out to GP practices. Among those who have r ... more
09/11/2006

Twitter  CCHIT Certifies 11 and Flunks 17 EHR Applications

LAS VEGAS—Eleven electronic health records (EHR) systems have joined the 22 previously certified as compliant with national ambulatory standards for 2006, the Certification Commission for Health Infor ... more
07/11/2006

Twitter  CCHIT gets official status -- Government Health IT

To the surprise of no one, Mike Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has designated the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) as the depa ... more
31/10/2006

Twitter  Health IT Standards - business critical, boring or what?

A course looking at the role of IT standards in clinical infrastructure new style interactive focus topic workshop exploring current developments in the use of standards to underpin integrated clini ... more
30/10/2006

Twitter  Health IT Standards - business critical, boring or what?

A course looking at the role of IT standards in clinical infrastructure new style interactive focus topic workshop exploring current developments in the use of standards to underpin integrated clini ... more
30/10/2006

Twitter  Europe's citizens must be engaged on e-health

Efforts to increase the levels of ICT in healthcare will not succeed if average citizens are not involved in discourse about e-health policy, a key group of European informatics professionals is cauti ... more
23/10/2006

Twitter  EuroRec 2006 Annual Conference

The fifth EuroRec 2006 Annual Conference, organised in conjunction with WHIT2006, was well attended; more than 140 participants. This year’s conference focused on Quality Labelling and Certification o ... more
23/10/2006

Twitter  HIMSS Opens First Overseas Office in Geneva

Coinciding with last week's inaugural World of Health IT conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) officially launched its fir ... more
19/10/2006

Twitter  EuroRec 2006 Annual Conference

This year’s conference will focus on the Quality Labelling and Certification of the EHR, the importance of which is recognised by the European Commission in funding the Q-REC project to be managed by ... more
06/10/2006

Twitter  WHIT Connecting Leaders in Technology and Healthcare

The World of Health IT 2006 Conference & Exhibition promises to be a first of its kind conference. This European-based event will attract and connect leaders and experts in health information and comm ... more
06/10/2006

Twitter  Q-REC Pan European Assay longer available

Q-REC European Assay will be available until the end of October ... more
06/10/2006

Twitter  Prorec's presence at the IST 2006 Congres

Prorec (and Prof. G. De Moor) will be present at the IST 2006 congres. ... more
06/10/2006

Twitter  EHR Implement

Eurorec informs the start of the EHR Implement project. ... more
06/10/2006

Twitter  Hosted InPS and iSoft accredited by CfH

Two hosted GP practice systems have so far received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health. InPS Vision 3 Enterprise edition, as offered by the Capital Care Alliance in the London cluster an ... more
28/09/2006

Twitter  CCHIT Work Product Updates Scheduled

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has posted to its Web site the documents approved at the Sept. 18 board meeting related to Phase II of its work, which includes u ... more
28/09/2006

Twitter  CCHIT Announces Additional Certified EHR Products

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) announced on July 31 that two additional ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) products achieved certified status. iMed ... more
06/09/2006

Twitter  CCHIT Update

The next application period for certification of ambulatory EHR products will be Aug. 1 - 14 and the next announcement of certified EHR products is scheduled for late October. CCHIT has opened a p ... more
06/09/2006

Twitter  Administration Aims to Set Health-Care Standards

CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 6 -- The Bush administration will soon launch an ambitious effort to require that all providers of federally financed health care adopt quality-measurement tools and uniform sta ... more
06/09/2006

Twitter  Experts Predict Sharp Rise in Electronic Medical Record Adoption

Praxis® EMR version 3.4 recently became one of only 22 Electronic Medical Record (EMR) products to receive certification from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITS ... more
22/08/2006

Twitter   CCHIT Announces First Round-Certified Ambulatory EHR Products

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt announced on Tuesday, July 18, that the first ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) products have been certified by the Ce ... more
20/07/2006

Twitter  US - CCHIT Announces First Certified Electronic Health Record Products

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology announces first ambulatory electronic health record products certified as comply with their criteria and urges physicians to look for EHR ... more
20/07/2006

Twitter  The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) will seek qualified candidates to serve as Commissioners for a two-year term beginning in October. The call for candidates op ... more
17/07/2006

Twitter  CCHIT To Release Certification Results

The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT on July 18 plans to release the names of the first group of certified electronic health records software vendors, Modern Healthcare reports. More than ... more
06/07/2006

Twitter  HIMSS Town Hall Session: Harmonizing Disparate Data Standards

WASHINGTON -- With so much attention recently focused on certification of electronic health record products, little has been said about another component of the drive toward an interoperable health-IT ... more
16/06/2006

Twitter  What Is An EHR? Read Standards Insight To Find Out

Recently HIMSS Analytics published a white paper titled: “Electronic Medical Records vs. Electronic Health Records: Yes there is a difference.” In it, the authors described two healthcare information ... more
06/06/2006

Twitter  TEPR Conference Gets Under Way

It has become a running joke in recent years at the annual Towards an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) conference that perhaps it's time to make some progress in the conference's namesake quest. As ... more
24/05/2006

Twitter  EMIS PCS wins Scottish accreditation

EMIS have announced that its PCS GP software system has won Scottish Enhanced Functionality accreditation, meaning that GPs north of the border will be able to apply for funding to switch to the syste ... more
24/05/2006

Twitter  EMIS PCS wins Scottish accreditation

EMIS have announced that its PCS GP software system has won Scottish Enhanced Functionality accreditation, meaning that GPs north of the border will be able to apply for funding to switch to the syste ... more
15/05/2006

Twitter  Ambulatory EHR Certification Application Period Begins May 3

Vendors of electronic health records can begin to apply for the first-ever certification program for ambulatory EHR software starting Wednesday. The Certification Commission for Health Information ... more
03/05/2006

Twitter  'Data fit for sharing' is goal of new guidance

Guidance to help general practices start a massive clean-up of data in their IT systems has been launched by Connecting for Health, NHS Employers and the British Medical Association. Dr Gillian Br ... more
03/05/2006

Twitter  Nation's healthcare IT leader resigns

The nation’s first healthcare IT leader has resigned his post, Healthcare IT News has learned. David Brailer, MD, who first took office in May, 2004, has led the federal effort to make electronic medi ... more
28/04/2006

Twitter  Brailer: Support EHR certification

The healthcare community needs to get behind a move to certify electronic health records for the outpatient setting, the government’s health care information technology leader on Tuesday told the 3rd ... more
28/04/2006

Twitter  IHE Receives ISO “Liaison D” Status

This month, the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) granted Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) “liaison D status” to make standards-based IHE profiles more available to the pu ... more
20/04/2006

Twitter  CCHIT seeks Jurors for EHR Certification Program

CHICAGO, April 14, 2006 – The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is seeking qualified jurors to assess ambulatory EHR products and how well they conform to the CCHI ... more
20/04/2006

Twitter  IT payment offers £4250 for practices in Wales

GP practices in Wales can earn £4250 under a new IT payment scheme worth £2.1 million agreed as part of the renegotiated nGMS contract. The new directed enhanced service (DES) for IM&T; will pay th ... more
20/04/2006

Twitter  AHA proposes changes to certification process

The American Hospital Association has raised concerns over a proposed certification process for inpatient electronic health records, saying the process should take into account whether a product is ea ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  AHA proposes changes to certification process

The American Hospital Association has raised concerns over a proposed certification process for inpatient electronic health records, saying the process should take into account whether a product is ea ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  NEWS MONITOR: Will certification increase adoption?

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology will begin commercial certification of ambulatory electronic health records this spring. Do you believe product certification will in ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  CCHIT proposes testing fees, seeks feedback

An organization that will certify healthcare IT projects has proposed vendor fees for testing and certification. The group is also seeking final feedback on its process for testing ambulatory electron ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  CCHIT Seeks Candidates For Work Groups

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), a voluntary, private-sector initiative to certify health IT Products, is seeking candidates to serve as co-chairs and member ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  Review of shared EHR Standards.

NEHTA Publication, 21 February 06. Review of Shared Electronic Health Record Standards report issued by NEHTA outlining standards for the implementation of Electronic Health Records in Australia ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  Certification group issues last call

Nancy Ferris, Government Health IT, 21 February 06. Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology to post its' certification criteria, inspection process, pilot test results and draft ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  Health IT vendors to apply for certification in April.

Mary Mosquera, Government Computer News, 15 February 06. Health and Human Services Department's to effort to certify electronic health records to accelerate when health IT vendors start applying to ha ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  This Chip Could Be a Lifesaver

In the future, patients arriving in the emergency room who need immediate access to their medical records may be armed -- literally -- with a tiny, high-tech helper. More than 1,000 Americans have ... more
04/04/2006

Twitter  NEWS MONITOR: Will certification increase adoption?

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology will begin commercial certification of ambulatory electronic health records this spring. Do you believe product certification will in ... more
15/03/2006

Twitter  CCHIT proposes testing fees, seeks feedback

An organization that will certify healthcare IT projects has proposed vendor fees for testing and certification. The group is also seeking final feedback on its process for testing ambulatory electron ... more
15/03/2006

Twitter  CCHIT Seeks Candidates For Work Groups

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), a voluntary, private-sector initiative to certify health IT Products, is seeking candidates to ... ... more
15/03/2006

Twitter  AU - Review of shared EHR Standards

NEHTA Publication, 21 February 06. Review of Shared Electronic Health Record Standards report issued by NEHTA outlining standards for the implementation of Electronic Health Records in Australia. ... more
15/03/2006

Twitter  This Chip Could Be a Lifesaver

TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- In the future, patients arriving in the emergency room who need immediate access to their medical records may be armed -- literally -- with a tiny, high-tech helpe ... more
15/03/2006

Twitter  OpenEHR Foundation launches international standard

An open-source community founded in University College London has produced the first blueprint of an international electronic record standard that they hope will be used as a standard by software deve ... more
14/03/2006

Twitter  Primary care 80% automated in Europe

Ilias Iakovidis at HIMSS ... more
13/03/2006

Twitter  EuroRec to be nominated by CEN BT - TECHNICAL BOARD as Registration Authority for EN 1086: 2005

By resolution 787 of 2004-03-23 CEN/TC 251 Health informatics nominates the European Institute for Health Records (EuroRec) as the Registration Authority for EN 1068: 2005 Health informatics - Regis ... more
27/02/2006

Twitter  Become a Sponsor or a Exhibitor at The World of Health IT 2006 Conference & Exhibition

As an exhibitor, your company will gain increased visibility and credibility among prospects and customers throughout the industry. You will see and be seen by the people you want to reach – all under ... more
24/02/2006

Twitter  New GP choice proposals outlined

NHS Connecting for Health has outlined new proposals for delivering GP system choice based on a multi-step accreditation process. If adopted, the approach could potentially enable practices to buy sys ... more
20/02/2006

Twitter  Call for Papers for World of Health IT 2006 Conference & Exhibition

Welcome to the World of Health IT 2006 Conference & Exhibition! Through this link, https://www.WorldOfHealthIT.org you can apply to participate in this event through the Call for Papers. This promises ... more
25/01/2006

Twitter  Group selects EHR vendors

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has selected six ambulatory electronic health records vendors to participate in pilot tests to certify EHRs. CCHIT will incorporate f ... more
20/01/2006

Twitter  Certification group seeks EHR vendors for tests

A group that will certify electronic health records is looking for vendors in three market segments to participate in the group’s initial pilot tests of EHRs for physician offices and other outpatient ... more
12/12/2005

Twitter  Patient records to get quality checks

GP practices are to be paid to bring patient records up to national data accreditation standards as part of the NHS national IT programme. According to a report in Doctor magazine practices will h ... more
08/12/2005

Twitter  Better late than never?

The Care Records Development Board should be heartily congratulated on this pragmatic initiative. Priorities for decision support seem to have been clearly identified. The role of nominated pr ... more
08/12/2005

Twitter  Summary content

It's good to see a real value being placed on GP records, very many of which have well developed summaries. I'm aware that the full summary is not what will appear in the spine, and hope that it will ... more
08/12/2005

Twitter  Electronic health record certification group moves closer to testing

A group that holds a federal contract to certify electronic health records will begin a pilot test of EHRs for physicians' offices and other ambulatory settings next month. The Certification Commi ... more
06/12/2005

Twitter  EuroRec at the HC2006 Conference in Harrogate

Professor De Moor will attend as key note speaker and address the topic of trends in Health Informatics in Europe: "Quality Labelling and Certification of Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRs). ... more
05/12/2005

Twitter  Q-REC at ...

the 6th Telematics@health.be Annual Symposium in Brussels (1/12/2005/) ... more
24/11/2005

Twitter  Speech by professor Georges De Moor on the presentation of the O'Moore Medal.

Professor Georges De Moor received the O'Moore Medal for his contribution to the field of healtcare informatics. ... more
22/11/2005

Twitter  HHS awards three contracts to speed healthcare IT adoption

The government today awarded three contracts totaling $17.5 million to encourage widespread adoption of information technology in healthcare. ... more
14/11/2005

Twitter  Product certification group moves closer to testing

Product certification group moves closer to testing ... more
08/11/2005

Twitter  Electronic Patient Records

Healthcare Informatics (10/05);Garets, Dave; Davis, Mike

Many health professionals, legislators, journalists, and decision-makers in care delivery organizations (CDOs) have confused the conce ... more
31/10/2005

Twitter  GP manager tool can benchmark performance

A new tool has been launched to enable benchmarking of the organisation and management of GP practices. Developed by partners in nine European countries, including the National Primary Care Research a ... more
28/10/2005

Twitter  EMRs and EHRs

Whether you say EMR or EHR is more than a matter of semantics. Electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health records (EHRs) are not the same thing. The acronyms represent entirely different ... more
14/10/2005

Twitter  HHS awards three contracts to speed healthcare IT adoption

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology to develop a process for certifying electronic health records and the infrastructure providers will use to exchange the records. CCHIT, a ... more
14/10/2005

Twitter  EuroRec in Japan

Prof. De Moor, president of EuroRec, was the opening key-note speaker of the e-Health session during the 'Global Health Information Technology Summit'. ... more
03/10/2005

Twitter  EuroRec at the 2006 Annual HIMSS Conference in San Diego

Prof. De Moor will speak about Quality Labelling and Certification of Electronic Health Records on Tuesday, Feb. 14th at 9:45am - 10:45am. ... more
01/10/2005

Twitter  EuroRec present at 'Global Health Information Technology Standards Summit'

Prof. De Moor, president of EuroRec, will represent the Institute at 'Global Health Information Technology Standards Summit' in Hamamatsu City, Japan. ... more
31/08/2005

Twitter  EuroRec was present at 'Health IT Trends & Marketing 2005'

Prof. De Moor represented the Institute at "Health IT Trends & Marketing 2005" in Boston (USA). ... more
30/08/2005

Twitter  Healthcare IT product certification group moves closer to testing

A group that is developing ways to certify healthcare information technology products is moving closer to testing electronic health records and will create a series of use cases to fit a requirement o ... more
23/08/2005

Twitter  Health-IT Product Certification Group Seeks Comments

A group working to develop standards to certify health-IT vendor products says it will take public comments beginning next month on a set of simulated ambulatory medical cases and on a planned pilot t ... more
22/08/2005

Twitter  Health-IT Product Certification Group Seeks Comments

A group working to develop standards to certify health-IT vendor products says it will take public comments beginning next month on a set of simulated ambulatory medical cases and on a planned pilot t ... more
17/08/2005

Twitter  Global Health Information Technology Standards Summit

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04/08/2005

Twitter  E-Health data standards close to confirmation

The federal government is only weeks away from formalizing data standards for Australia's national electronic health record system. ... more
04/08/2005

Twitter  South Africa plans to go with open source software for e-Health system

The South African State Information Technology Agency (SITA) plans to develop an electronic health record system (EHR) for the national Department of Health. For the nationwide adoption of the project ... more
27/07/2005

Twitter  EHR standard takes one step forward

The healthcare industry is one step closer to creating a standard for electronic health records after a major standards organization incorporated new feedback into a draft functional EHR model that wi ... more
26/07/2005

Twitter  Study:Consumers want EMRs

A new consumer study released today by Accenture’s Health and Life Sciences division finds that more than nine out of 10 consumers believe electronic medical records can improve medical care and reduc ... more
26/07/2005

Twitter  HHS calls for healthcare IT standards advisory body nominees

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt in June announced the government’s intent to form the American Health Information Community, a 17-member group that will include representatives fro ... more
26/07/2005

Twitter  Call for Papers and Presentations

10th Annual Irish Conference & Scientific Symposium ... more
26/07/2005

Twitter  Majority of Consumers Believe Electronic Medical Records Can Improve Medical Care, Accenture Survey Finds

NEW YORK; July 20, 2005 – A majority of U.S. consumers believe that electronic medical records can provide valuable benefits, especially during medical emergencies, and can improve overall medical car ... more
25/07/2005

Twitter  Majority of Consumers Believe Electronic Medical Records Can Improve Medical Care, Accenture Survey Finds

NEW YORK; July 20, 2005 – A majority of U.S. consumers believe that electronic medical records can provide valuable benefits, especially during medical emergencies, and can improve overall medical car ... more
25/07/2005

Twitter  U.S. Will Offer Doctors Free Electronic Records System

There is no one in medicine who does not consider it both crucial and long overdue to have electronic records in doctor's offices and hospitals. With electronic files, patient records are not stuck ... more
25/07/2005

Twitter  Code of Practice on Managing NHS Eelectronic Health Records

The EHR Management: NHS Code of Practice has been published by the Department of Health. The guidance was drafted by a working group made up of representatives from the Department of Health, NHS Conne ... more
04/07/2005

Twitter  News Steps to Advance Health IT

"The use of electronic health records and other information technology will transform our health care system by reducing medical errors, minimizing paperwork hassles, lowering costs and improving qual ... more
01/07/2005

Twitter  Electronic Health Record Compliance Certification

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Program Support Center, has a requirement to develop and evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of an electronic health record compliance c ... more
01/07/2005

Twitter  Group looks to win EHR certification contract

A private sector group that has been developing a process to certify electronic health records hopes to win a government contract designed to develop and test certification of digital records. ... more
01/07/2005

Twitter  CCHIT Hosts Town Calls As Update On Current Activities

To further enhance communication, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) will host a series of Town Calls to explain the Phase II product, which is drafting and fin ... more
01/07/2005

Twitter  EuroRec present at "Health IT Trends & Marketing 2005"

Prof. De Moor, president of EuroRec, will represent the Institute at "Health IT Trends & Marketing 2005" in Boston (USA). ... more
01/07/2005

Twitter  A new website on the European Commission's Information Society Portal

The E.C. Information Society Portal launched a new website and a R&D; eNewsletter. ... more
30/06/2005

Twitter  Strategies for Funding & Grants and Medicare Part D & ePrescribing

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- JUNE 17, 2005: Even with the White House's strong support for electronic health records (EHRs), the transition to this technolog ... more
20/06/2005

Twitter  More Funds for Certification Body

The California Healthcare Foundation has given a $219,000 grant to the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology ... more
17/06/2005

Twitter  ICT EXPO 2005

EuroRec present at ICT EXPO 2005 in Ireland ... more
19/05/2005

Twitter  While no one questions the need for certification, some industry watchers are questioning the method

DALLAS — While the Certification Commission for Healthcare Technology is on a fast track to develop a way to put a seal of approval on electronic health record systems, some in the industry have raise ... more
26/03/2005

Twitter  Government seeks way to integrate standards process

WASHINGTON — The government is pursuing numerous strategies to spur information technology adoption in the healthcare industry, including examining how to tie the various healthcare IT standards deve ... more
07/03/2005