Failure to address interoperability has been identified as a major challenge for the growing personal health solutions market, states the conclusions of the SmartPersonalHealth project report published today.

The European Commission is seeking citizens' and other interested parties' views on how the EU can help to deliver widespread benefits to the quality and efficiency of healthcare by applying information and communication technologies (ICT) (so-called 'eHealth').

A newly redesigned website for IHE-Europe opens a window on the accelerating movement to electronic records across Europe, giving a new visibility to successful programs. The website features links to five pan-European initiatives, nine national programs, and highlights success stories from regional implementations.

The European Commission has been investing in eHealth research for over 20 years. Since 2004, it has been developing targeted policy initiatives aimed at fostering widespread adoption of eHealth technologies across the EU(1).

A major multi-national research databank on population ageing will be the first ever research infrastructure project to enjoy a new European legal status that will make such projects easier to set up and simpler to run, the European Commission decided.

The Austrian research institute AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has in cooperation with German industrial partner I.E.M. developed a 24-hour device to measure blood pressure that basically provides a more-exact diagnosis of high blood pressure than previous blood-pressure measurement devices.

This is the third and last call for proposals for VPH NoE Exemplar Projects (EPs), activities that are intended to reinforce VPH ToolKit development. Successful proposals will be awarded financing to hire a postdoc/engineer/programmer for 6 to 12 Person Months for work directly related to the VPH ToolKit.