The International Workshop on Security and Privacy in e-Health (WSPE'08)
In conjunction with The Third International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security - ARES 2008
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
As aging of the population and rising medical costs put more pressure on health and social care systems, improving the efficiency in the e-Health sector becomes increasingly important.
7-8 March 2008 Hannover, Germany
September 25, 2007
Increasingly, micro and medical technology are growing together and driving each other on to new developments. According to a survey by IVAM, the Professional Association for Microtechnology (Dortmund), medical technology is the principal target sector for European microtechnology companies, with a clear lead on the telecommunication and electronic industries. Over 43 percent of the companies asked regard medical applications as the primary focus of their marketing opportunities.