eStandards Final Conference, June 26-27, Brussels
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eStandards organises a tutorial during the “Informatics for Health 2017” event
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eStandards – Public Consultation D6.3. Cost-effectiveness of standardsdriven eHealth interoperability
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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
eStandards Workshop, 5 April 2017, Venice
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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
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
Public consultation eStandards deliverables
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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
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
Watch video interviews with European experts and patient representatives on the new i~HD web site
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i~HD appointed to join the European Commission’s eHealth Stakeholder Group
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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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Report of the First eStandards conference
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Report on i-HD Inaugural Conference
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First impressions of the i~HD Inaugural Conference (March 10, 2016 in Paris)
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BioData World Congress 2016
26-27 October 2016 Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge … more
1st eStandards Conference
Next steps for standardization in health information sharing – Berlin 21st April 2016 in conjunction with conHIT 2016. … more
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
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
i~HD Inaugural Conference – March 10, 2016, Paris
Inaugural Conference of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) … more
i-HD public website launched
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Lisbon eHealth week & EXPAND Final event (Lisbon 9-11 Dec 2015)
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Dipak Kalra keynote speaker @ European Epidemiological Forum 2015
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EHR4CR article published by Oxford Journals in International Data Privacy Law
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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
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
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
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
Final SemanticHealthNet Deliverables
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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
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
eStandards @ MEDINFO2015 in Brazil
19 – 23 August 2015, São Paulo, Brazil … more
EU Projects to Speak at eHealth Week 2015
Call for EU Projects to Speak at eHealth Week, Riga, Latvia … more
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
Our E.C. blog has gone live
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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
Sign up for the EHR4CR Webinar!
EHR4CR: RESULTS OF THE PROTOCOL FEASIBILITY PILOTS … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Invitation for ISHEP Conference and Medical Informatics 2013 Symposium, Dubrovnik, 6-9th of November, 2013
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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
EuroRec at the eHealt Week 2013
Presentations available for the EuroRec Sessions at eHealth Week in dublin, Ireland … more
EHR4CR: First video available
Within the EHR4CR project, a video has been compiled in which the project is explained briefly. … more
EuroRec welcomes the European eHealth Governance Initiative (eHGI) on semantic and technical interoperability.
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Successful Annual EHR4CR meeting in Basel
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Follow EuroRec on Twitter
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Announcement of the new EuroRec Board
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EC Projects Convergence Round Table Basel, November 7, 2012
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SemanticHealthNet first consortium meeting
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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
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
EuroRec Seals slightly updated
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EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “Le Généraliste version 5.5.086”, marketed by S.A. PCSol
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EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “OmniPro version 2.16.0.d”, marketed by Société MIMS sa
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EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “Pro_Doc version 4.1”, marketed by Cegeka Healthcare N.V.
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EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “HEALTHOne version 7.2”, marketed by Cegedim, Health Data Management Partners
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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
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
28th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management
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EuroRec Seal Level 2 granted to the application “WINDOC version 8.8.2”, marketed by CompuGroup Medical Belgium bvba
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SIMI 2012: Semantic Interoperability in Medical Informatics
Full-day workshop of the ESCW 2012: Extended Semantic Web Conference … more
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
European-American dialogue on eHealth opportunities at Medica 2011
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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
Kieran Hickey will be this year’s O’ Moore medal recipient.
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The launch of the permanent program for certification of electronic health records will be delayed in the USA
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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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EuroRec 2011 Annual Conference: presentations available
Regional Conference EHR Systems Quality Labelling and Certification & EuroRec 2011 Annual Conference … more
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
EuroRec Seal in Serbia
Funds for Primary Health Care Centres to Purchase Certified Software in the Republic of Serbia … more
Global E-Health Forum – Hamburg 2011
“Designing Personalized Healthcare” … more
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
eHealth week 2012
The eHealthWeek 2012 in Copenhagen Focuses on the Continuity of Care and Patient Centric Health Services. … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
EuroRec presence at WoHIT2011
PS 16: EuroRec Session on EHRs and Strategic Developments … more
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
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
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
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
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
First Certified Solution for Hospitals and Primary Care Health Centres in SE Europe
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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
Quality Labelling für KIS und Arztsoftware im Europäischen Umfeld
Invitation for the workshop organised by ProRec Austria on friday 17 December. … more
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
MIE2011 – Call for papers
XXIII International Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics Oslo, Norway August 28th – 31st … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Publication mentioning the HITCH project, EuroRec and IHE
An overview of current approaches from the US and Europe. … more
EuroRec 2010 Conference: report
All presentations are available. … more
Upcoming events
Save the date for the following interesting Conferences. … more
Annual EuroRec 2010 Conference
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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
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
Upcoming events
Save the date for the following interesting Conferences: EuroRec 2010 Annual Conference (Tallinn), WoHIT 2011 (Budapest), … … more
Press coverage on the Barcelona WoHIT 2010 – eHealth 2010 Conference
Links to articles on HealthcareIT News … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Presentations EuroRec 2009 Sarajevo now available
All presentations given on EuroRec’s Annual Conference (September 1, 2009 in Sarajevo) can now be viewed. … more
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
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
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
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
New presentations of Prof. G. De Moor available
Presentations on Certification, Privacy and Public Private Partnerships are now available. … more
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
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
EuroRec 2009 Annual Conference
Organised in collaboration with IMIA and the MIE2009 Conference … more
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
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
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
EuroRec Executive Body: New Secretary General
The EuroRec Institute welcomes Glyn Hayes as new Secretary General of the EuroRec Institute … more
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
EuroRec continues its activities on Clinical Archetypes
The European EHR standard: Archetypes and Templates explained. … more
EuroRec invites EHR vendors to apply for the EuroRec Seal
EHR Quality Label : Submit your application now! … more
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
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
The added value of electronic health records (EHRs): Linking patient care, clinical research and public health
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Europe sets goal of EHR interoperability by 2015
Europe is setting its sights on the interoperability of electronic health records by 2015. … more
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
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
Establishment of ProRec Serbia
Our Serbian colleagues have informed us, that they have successfully established and registered Prorec-Serbia! … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Prof. G. De Moor Thought Leader at WHIT ’07
Prof. G. De Moor agreed to act as Thought Leader at WHIT ’07 … more
EuroRec Executive Body reinforced
The EuroRec Executive Body has been reinforced with 3 extra vice presidents, a new treasurer and a deputy treasurer … more
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
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
Presentation ot the first HIMSS emea eSiminar
Presentation of the first HIMSS emea eSiminar available. … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
The new version of the document:
The new version of the document: “Archetype paradigm: an ICT revolution is needed” … more
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
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
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
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
Quality Labelling and Certification of EHRs in Europe
Supporting Pan-European eHealth Interoperability … more
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
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
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
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
Impact The Development Of Standards
Join the CCHIT IP EHR Work Group for Phase 3 Comments. … more
10. CCHIT Update
CCHIT Transitions To Independent Nonprofit; Names Trustees … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Q-REC Pan European Assay longer available
Q-REC European Assay will be available until the end of October … more
Prorec’s presence at the IST 2006 Congres
Prorec (and Prof. G. De Moor) will be present at the IST 2006 congres. … moreEHR Implement
Eurorec informs the start of the EHR Implement project. … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Primary care 80% automated in Europe
Ilias Iakovidis at HIMSS … moreEuroRec 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Q-REC at …
the 6th Telematics@health.be Annual Symposium in Brussels (1/12/2005/) … more
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
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
Product certification group moves closer to testing
Product certification group moves closer to testing … more
Electronic Patient Records
Healthcare Informatics (10/05);Garets, Dave; Davis, MikeMany health professionals, legislators, journalists, and decision-makers in care delivery organizations (CDOs) have confused the conce … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Global Health Information Technology Standards Summit
moreE-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
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
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
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
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
Call for Papers and Presentations
10th Annual Irish Conference & Scientific Symposium … more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
More Funds for Certification Body
The California Healthcare Foundation has given a $219,000 grant to the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology … more
ICT EXPO 2005
EuroRec present at ICT EXPO 2005 in Ireland … more
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
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