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The World of Health IT e-newsletter

The e-Newsletter Meeting the Challenges in Healthcare IT Across Communities is now online. In the run up to the inaugural World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition to be held in Geneva 10 - 13 October, an issues-based e-newsletter has been launched.

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European Commission's recent Calls for tenders

The European Commission's Information Society and Media DG has published:

• I - a call for tenders for recommendations on exploiting research infrastructure potential in key areas of the information society (e-government, e-health, e-learning);
• II - a call for tenders for the move towards a European e-infrastructure for e-science digital repositories.

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The World of Health IT: 2006 Conference & Exhibition

For the first time in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, representatives from all spectrums of the world of health IT will come together (10-13 October, 2006) in Geneva, Switzerland.

The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition is a new concept for the healthcare community. Bridging the gaps between public policy and the realities of day-to-day implementation, The World of Health IT has been designed for and by the healthcare IT community in Europe, the Middle East and Africa - be they buyers, vendors, technology users, providers or healthcare regulators.

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European Commission launches new Health Portal

In 2005 at least one third of the European adult population, 130 million EU citizens, browsed the web in search of information on health. However, searching for health-related information is not always easy. Researchers can be confronted with thousands of sites, many of them complex, and it can be hard to know which are reliable or up to date. To help European citizens answer their health questions, the Commission has today launched the "Health-EU Portal". The launch event took place in Malaga, Spain, within the Commission-sponsored "eHealth" conference.

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Start of the Test Phase for the Health Card in Germany

"It was a good idea, perfectly clear and so obvious. Many dangerous side effects could be prevented if each physician knew all drugs his patients are currently taking. So many unnecessary examinations could be avoided if physicians could inform themselves about all the examination results their colleagues obtained before them." These are the arguments of the electronic health card's advocates, and they are right. "If this health care data were collected and transmitted electronically and in a standardized way, millions of people could receive better and less expensive treatment" , is what the Financial Times Deutschland wrote in an otherwise critical comment on the introduction of the electronic health card in Germany.

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ICW Presents Future Concept for E-Health in Europe

InterComponentWare AG (ICW) presents its concept for the networked future of the European healthcare system at the stand of the Austrian EU Council Presidency at the European eHealth Conference, which will take place in Malaga from May 10 to 12. Besides the health ministers of the 25 Member States, the acceding and the EFTA countries, high-ranking delegations representing the healthcare, information and communication technology industry are invited.

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The Tempus programme

Tempus funds are included in the budget allocated to each partner country, in the framework of cooperation programmes financed by the European Union. Indicative funds available per partner country can be consulted.

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Bioinformatics Grid Application for life science

The European Commission promotes the Bioinformatics Grid Application for life science (BioinfoGRID) project. The project aims to connect many European computer centres in order to carry out Bioinformatics research and to develop new applications in the sector using a network of services based on futuristic Grid networking technology that represents the natural evolution of the Web.

More specifically the BioinfoGRID project will make research in the fields of Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics and applications in Molecular Dynamics much easier, reducing data calculation times thanks to the distribution of the calculation at any one time on thousands of computers across Europe and the world.

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eHealth and Health Policies: Synergies for better Health in a Europe of Regions

Since 2003 the European Commission consistently supports the organisation of eHealth High Level Conferences as a successful way of fostering best practices exchange between European policy makers, experts and other stakeholders in eHealth; as well as a unique dissemination opportunity for innovative processes and implementations.

The first of these conferences took place in Brussels (Belgium), 22-23 May 2003, while the city of Cork (Ireland) hosted the second eHealth Conference, 5-6 May 2004. The third edition was organised by Norway in the city of Tromso, 22-23 May 2005.

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Trustworthy Handwritten Signatures

SOFTPRO and selected partners are introducing a new product for protecting doctors and hospitals from unnecessary costs while streamlining hospital operations: Electronic Patient Information Documentation using a tablet PC and secured with biometric handwritten signatures.

The signature is the most popular and trusted biometric feature for authentication as it is never given accidentally. It actively proves the signer's intent, which is significantly different from the use of passive biometrics - body characteristics such as finger, hand, face or iris.

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