European eHealth Community News

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European Directory of Health Apps: 2012-2013

This first edition of the "European Directory of Health Apps" was launched on October 3rd 2012 at the European Health Forum 2012. The Directory contains facts about 200 smartphone health apps capable of helping patients self manage their medical conditions. It lists health apps that run on all of the major operating systems, e.g. Read More »

European Journal of ePractice

The European Journal of ePractice is a peer-reviewed online publication on eTransformation, launched in November 2007. The Journal belongs to the ePractice.eu community, is sponsored by the European Commission as part of its good practice exchange activity and is run by an independent Editorial Board. Read More »

European Public Health Association (EUPHA)

The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) is an umbrella organization for public health associations and institutes in Europe. EUPHA was founded in 1992 by 15 members and now has 71 members from 40 countries: Read More »

European Union (EU) Joinup Web Site

I have been following Gijs Hillenius for the past year on several social media and news sites. He is a journalist with over 25 years of experience and is currently the news editor of the Open Source Repository & Observatory (OSOR). The focus of many of his posts is on the use of open source and open standards by national, regional, and local governments across the European Union (EU). Read More »

European Union eHealth Task Force Report

The European Union eHealth Task Force just released a report entitled "Redesigning Health in Europe for 2020".   This is an excellent and concise report on changes the EU nations need to make to radically improve the way these countries and their citizens manage and receive health care. The report focuses on how to achieve a vision of affordable, less intrusive and more personalized care. Their vision calls on the use of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) and 'open' access to healthcare data to increase the quality of life and improve mortality rates for its citizens.

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Health-EU Portal

The Health-EU Portal, the official public health portal of the European Union (EU), provides European citizens with easy access to comprehensive information on Public Health initiatives and programmes at the EU level. The portal is intended to help positively influence behaviour and promote the steady improvement of public health in the 27 EU Member States. Read More »

HEIDI

Health in Europe: Information and Data Interface (HEIDI) is an internet web site, wiki, and tool focused on European health information and data. It aims to offer a broad spectrum of articles and data, relating to health status, diseases, determinants, health systems and policies. Information in Heidi is presented as text, tables, graphs, charts and maps.

How Munich rejected Steve Ballmer and kicked Microsoft out of the city

Nick Heath | Tech Republic | November 18, 2013

Breaking up with Microsoft is hard to do. Just ask Peter Hofmann, the man leading the City of Munich's project to ditch Windows and Office in favour of open source alternatives. Read More »

Italian Public Administration gives priority to Open Source Software

Guglielmo Troiano | OpenSource.com | November 11, 2013

Italian public administrations are now obliged to give priority to free and open source software. Public administrations in Italy and elsewhere in the European Union are expected to provide efficient services to businesses and citizens, to share software solutions, to discuss best practices, and to generally share their experiences. Read More »

Italy finalising guide for comparing open and closed source

Guglielmo Troiano | EU Joinup | November 18, 2013

The Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale (AGID) is finalising its recommendations on how to best compare open source and proprietary software solutions. The Agency will soon publish the criteria and a guideline written by an expert committee. Read More »

Latest 'Open Source' & eHealth News from Europe

The news just keeps coming about the widespread acceptance and increasingly rapid deployment and use of 'open source' software solutions by local and national government agencies in Europe. Federal, state, and local government agencies across the U.S. should pay close attention. Read More »

Latest Report on Health IT Market in Europe

Frost & Sullivan | PR Newswire | December 27, 2012

"Analysis of the European Healthcare IT Professional Services Market", finds that the market earned revenues of $1.58 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $1.93 billion in 2017. The research covers consulting, training, integration and implementation as well as support and maintenance services. Read More »

New Report Shows Europe Needs More Strategic High-Tech Investment

Editor | eHealthNews | December 16, 2013

Europe remains a main knowledge production centre of the world, but lags behind North America and Asia in fast-growing technologies of the future. This is a key conclusion of the latest Innovation Union Competitiveness Report. Read More »

NHS & VHA: Transatlantic Exchange of Ideas and 'Lessons Learned' on Adoption of Health IT Solutions

Britain's 2020Health.Org has just released a major report outlining how the United Kingdom can transform its healthcare system by enhancing its existing collaboration effort with the U.S. Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) and by sharing technology, knowledge and lessons learned on the effective use of Telehealth, PHR, and EHR systems. Entitled "Making connections - A transatlantic exchange to support the adoption of digital health between the US VHA and England’s NHS", the report lays out step by step how Britain's National Health Service (NHS) can create a digital revolution that can significantly enhance its ability to provide health care. Read More »

NHS Choices

NHS Choices is the online 'front door' to the U.K. government's National Health Service (NHS). It is the country's biggest health website and gives all the information consumers need to make choices about their health - from decisions about one's lifestyle, such as smoking, drinking and exercise, to finding and using NHS services across England.