    Updated: 21 May 2008

"Economic impact of interoperable electronic health records and ePrescription in Europe"

The study is carried out by "Empirica" for the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Unit H1: ICT for Health
Obs : the "EHR IMPACT" Study should be viewed as closely linking to the EC- Empirica Study "FINANCING eHEALTH"

Source: EHR IMPACT Study Web Site - http://www.ehr-impact.eu/index.htm
15 May 2008

The "EHR IMPACT" Study has started in the 1st of January 2008, and its ending date is 31 December 2008.
Key dates relating to the EHR IMPACT work are as follows:

May 2008: The case study of the computerised clinical information system at the University Hospitals in Geneva (HUG) , Switzerland, was presented at the European Union Ministerial Conference on eHealth 2008 in Portorož, Slovenia. Findings from the "Financing eHealth" and EHR IMPACT studies were illustrated on the basis of HUGs experience. The discussion focused on insights of strategic eHealth investment decisions , as well as the costs and benefits associated with complex, interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems. The presentation material is available on the EHR IMPACT Study website: www.ehr-impact.eu.

April 2008: First findings of the EHR IMPACT study will be presented next month at the European Union Ministerial Conference on eHealth 2008 in Portorož, Slovenia. The case study of the computerised patient record system at the University Hospitals in Geneva, Switzerland will be used as an example to illustrate the benefits, as well as lessons learnt for future investments in interoperable EHR and ePrescribing systems. The session will be shared with the Financing eHealth study, which focuses on the investment aspects of eHealth.

March 2008: The EHR IMPACT study team currently finalised the conceptual framework of the study, developing and adapting the eHealth IMPACT methodology. The goal is the evaluation of the socio-economic impact of eHealth in the specific setting of interoperable electronic health record and ePrescribing systems. The first two evaluations have started. These are the computerised patient record system at the University Hospitals in Geneva, (Switzerland), and the Scottish Emergency Care Summary Programme, in the UK.
More updated and detailed information on this Study could be found at the Web Site : http://www.ehr-impact.eu/index.htm ,   or following the links:

About

Context
Goals
Approach
Administrative details
Study team

Downloads
Links

NEST organises a scientific exchange on neurological diseases as ALS in April (Moscow)
14-16 Apr 2008
Moscow
Russia
Visit the NEST Site

16th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services
14-16 May 2008
Berlin
Germany
Visit the Conference Site

Industry agrees standardised interface for EPRs

Source: eHEALTH Europe
20 Nov 2007

After one year of negotiations - faster than expected - more than 30 health IT companies have agreed on a new standardised interface for electronic patient records (EPR). The agreement will make it easier for EPR-solutions of different vendors to share personal medical data.

The new interface was being developed under the umbrella of the intiative EPA NRW in the German federal state of North-Rhine Westfalia. Companies involved include, among others, Agfa Healthcare, Careon, CompuGroup, DocExpert, fliegel, IBM, ICW, Microsoft, Siemens and T-Systems.

Like other federal countries, Germany is moving towards a system of regional eHealth networks of different providers with a high demand for interoperability. The basic concept is to have, next to each other, hospital-owned case records, life-long web-based personal health records (PHR), and regional server-based records for managed care-scenarios. All these electronic patient record solutions of different kinds will have to share data. This means that both a standardised interface and semantic standards are needed.
(read more...)

Free version of medavis DICOM Importer
Source: MEDICA.de
Date: 21 Sept 2007
"Medavis" released a free tool to import medical image data into PACS Archives
The international standard DICOM for medical image data has been implemented for several years, but in reality the data exchange between hospitals or private institutes often fails due to technical problems. Even though nowadays nearly all software solutions offer the possibility to write individual patient image data onto data carriers like CD or DVD, this in many cases fails due to the data not being accepted by the receiver´s system. This is why important information for treatment or specific diagnostic is often not accessable.
In order to create a smooth exchange of information in the future, medavis GmbH has developed a software that can be used intuitively and free of charge for non-commercial use.
With the help of medavis DICOM Importer, DICOM media, as well as many other formats, can be imported and saved into a PACS archive. Apart from the possibility of importing the entire data of a data carrier by the push of a single button you can also choose between importing an image series or just single images with the built in preview function. For improved report assessment the users have, within the image preview function, functions like Pan, Zoom, Window-Center, at their disposal.
The free version can be used for non-commercial use without time limitation and may be freely copied. The current version can be found in the download area of www.dicomimporter.com

The DICOM Conformance Statement can be downloaded in the download area of the medavis GmbH under www.medavis.com

European Conference on eHealth 2007
11-12 Oct 2007
Oldenburg
Germany
For more information click here

First Health Card Connector

Source: MEDICA.de ( www.medica.de )
Date: 9 May, 2007

(Walldorf/Berlin) – The operation company for the introduction of the electronic health card in Germany received the first connector for licensing pursuant to the current specification 1.0 today: eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) and network equipper Cisco submitted their jointly developed health card connector "Cisco Healthcare Router" to gematik for provisional licensing.

With grant of the provisional license by gematik, the Cisco Healthcare Router can now be applied in all German electronic health card test regions. The rollout for connectors with the current 1.0 specification in offline mode is planned for June. This connector version now allows the use of modern Secure Interoperable Chipcard Terminals (SICCT) for the first time. These terminals are also provided for application with the final version of the health card. Presently, the test regions Saxony and Schleswig Holstein still use MKT+ card readers, which are directly connected to the physicians' PCs without a connector. Together with this connector, the new terminals provide a clearly higher degree of data integrity. (read more....)

ISPro and Mednovo agreed to cooperate

Source: eHealth News - EC
Date: 9 May, 2007

The ISPro GmbH, Germany, Hattingen, and MEDNOVO GmbH & Co. KG Medical Software Solutions, Germany, Berlin, agreed in April 2007 to cooperate in coupling the telemarketing platform jesaja.net and the picture and finding documentation system MediColor.
As point of this cooperation MediColor will provide hospitals examination data such as pictures, videos, measuring data or test results for the referring physician portal jesaja.net.
Read more... http://www.ehealthnews.eu/content/view/546/26/

IRC workshop focuses on legal aspects of international trade

A seminar addressing international licences, supply and sales contracts, organised within the framework of northern Germany's Innovation relay centre (IRC) and supported by the European Commission's Enterprise DG will take place in Teltow, Germany on 21 to 23 February. (more)

7th International Conference on Telemedicine

The 7th International Conference on Telemedicine will be held in Germany next year. The conference will take place in Regensburg under the patronage of the International Society of Telemedicine (ISfT) from September 22nd to 25th 2002. (more)

IPR at National Level

A resource of practical information on intellectual property and innovation in Germany. (link)

The Impact of Telematics on the Healthcare Sector

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Trends in Health Telematics in the European Union

Trends in Germany

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Health Telematics - AIM     (3rd Framework Programme 1991-94)
- Analyses of organisations and countries breakdown
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	"Economic impact of interoperable electronic health records and ePrescription in Europe" The study is carried out by "Empirica" for the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Unit H1: ICT for Health Obs : the "EHR IMPACT" Study should be viewed as closely linking to the EC- Empirica Study "FINANCING eHEALTH" Source: EHR IMPACT Study Web Site - http://www.ehr-impact.eu/index.htm 15 May 2008 The "EHR IMPACT" Study has started in the 1st of January 2008, and its ending date is 31 December 2008. Key dates relating to the EHR IMPACT work are as follows: May 2008: The case study of the computerised clinical information system at the University Hospitals in Geneva (HUG) , Switzerland, was presented at the European Union Ministerial Conference on eHealth 2008 in Portorož, Slovenia. Findings from the "Financing eHealth" and EHR IMPACT studies were illustrated on the basis of HUGs experience. The discussion focused on insights of strategic eHealth investment decisions , as well as the costs and benefits associated with complex, interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems. The presentation material is available on the EHR IMPACT Study website: www.ehr-impact.eu. April 2008: First findings of the EHR IMPACT study will be presented next month at the European Union Ministerial Conference on eHealth 2008 in Portorož, Slovenia. The case study of the computerised patient record system at the University Hospitals in Geneva, Switzerland will be used as an example to illustrate the benefits, as well as lessons learnt for future investments in interoperable EHR and ePrescribing systems. The session will be shared with the Financing eHealth study, which focuses on the investment aspects of eHealth. March 2008: The EHR IMPACT study team currently finalised the conceptual framework of the study, developing and adapting the eHealth IMPACT methodology. The goal is the evaluation of the socio-economic impact of eHealth in the specific setting of interoperable electronic health record and ePrescribing systems. The first two evaluations have started. These are the computerised patient record system at the University Hospitals in Geneva, (Switzerland), and the Scottish Emergency Care Summary Programme, in the UK. More updated and detailed information on this Study could be found at the Web Site : http://www.ehr-impact.eu/index.htm , or following the links: About Context Goals Approach Administrative details Study team Downloads Links
	NEST organises a scientific exchange on neurological diseases as ALS in April (Moscow) 14-16 Apr 2008 Moscow Russia Visit the NEST Site
	16th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services 14-16 May 2008 Berlin Germany Visit the Conference Site
	Industry agrees standardised interface for EPRs Source: eHEALTH Europe 20 Nov 2007 After one year of negotiations - faster than expected - more than 30 health IT companies have agreed on a new standardised interface for electronic patient records (EPR). The agreement will make it easier for EPR-solutions of different vendors to share personal medical data. The new interface was being developed under the umbrella of the intiative EPA NRW in the German federal state of North-Rhine Westfalia. Companies involved include, among others, Agfa Healthcare, Careon, CompuGroup, DocExpert, fliegel, IBM, ICW, Microsoft, Siemens and T-Systems. Like other federal countries, Germany is moving towards a system of regional eHealth networks of different providers with a high demand for interoperability. The basic concept is to have, next to each other, hospital-owned case records, life-long web-based personal health records (PHR), and regional server-based records for managed care-scenarios. All these electronic patient record solutions of different kinds will have to share data. This means that both a standardised interface and semantic standards are needed. (read more...)
	Free version of medavis DICOM Importer Source: MEDICA.de Date: 21 Sept 2007 "Medavis" released a free tool to import medical image data into PACS Archives The international standard DICOM for medical image data has been implemented for several years, but in reality the data exchange between hospitals or private institutes often fails due to technical problems. Even though nowadays nearly all software solutions offer the possibility to write individual patient image data onto data carriers like CD or DVD, this in many cases fails due to the data not being accepted by the receiver´s system. This is why important information for treatment or specific diagnostic is often not accessable. In order to create a smooth exchange of information in the future, medavis GmbH has developed a software that can be used intuitively and free of charge for non-commercial use. With the help of medavis DICOM Importer, DICOM media, as well as many other formats, can be imported and saved into a PACS archive. Apart from the possibility of importing the entire data of a data carrier by the push of a single button you can also choose between importing an image series or just single images with the built in preview function. For improved report assessment the users have, within the image preview function, functions like Pan, Zoom, Window-Center, at their disposal. The free version can be used for non-commercial use without time limitation and may be freely copied. The current version can be found in the download area of www.dicomimporter.com The DICOM Conformance Statement can be downloaded in the download area of the medavis GmbH under www.medavis.com
	European Conference on eHealth 2007 11-12 Oct 2007 Oldenburg Germany For more information click here
	First Health Card Connector Source: MEDICA.de ( www.medica.de ) Date: 9 May, 2007 (Walldorf/Berlin) – The operation company for the introduction of the electronic health card in Germany received the first connector for licensing pursuant to the current specification 1.0 today: eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) and network equipper Cisco submitted their jointly developed health card connector "Cisco Healthcare Router" to gematik for provisional licensing. With grant of the provisional license by gematik, the Cisco Healthcare Router can now be applied in all German electronic health card test regions. The rollout for connectors with the current 1.0 specification in offline mode is planned for June. This connector version now allows the use of modern Secure Interoperable Chipcard Terminals (SICCT) for the first time. These terminals are also provided for application with the final version of the health card. Presently, the test regions Saxony and Schleswig Holstein still use MKT+ card readers, which are directly connected to the physicians' PCs without a connector. Together with this connector, the new terminals provide a clearly higher degree of data integrity. (read more....)
	ISPro and Mednovo agreed to cooperate Source: eHealth News - EC Date: 9 May, 2007 The ISPro GmbH, Germany, Hattingen, and MEDNOVO GmbH & Co. KG Medical Software Solutions, Germany, Berlin, agreed in April 2007 to cooperate in coupling the telemarketing platform jesaja.net and the picture and finding documentation system MediColor. As point of this cooperation MediColor will provide hospitals examination data such as pictures, videos, measuring data or test results for the referring physician portal jesaja.net. Read more... http://www.ehealthnews.eu/content/view/546/26/
	IRC workshop focuses on legal aspects of international trade A seminar addressing international licences, supply and sales contracts, organised within the framework of northern Germany's Innovation relay centre (IRC) and supported by the European Commission's Enterprise DG will take place in Teltow, Germany on 21 to 23 February. (more)