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Webinar Announcement: Assessing Clinical and Economic Benefits of Biocomputational Models. A Case Study with Physiome Models.

2012-03-22 13:16:12 - How do you assess the impact of biocomputational models? In this webinar, you will learn about general principles to evaluate the prospective economic and clinical benefits of simulation methods.

Call for Papers for HCist 2012 in October (Algarve, Portugal)

2012-02-01 17:02:46 - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies

European-American dialogue on eHealth opportunities at Medica 2011

2012-01-04 12:48:15 - With about 135,000 visitors from around the globe, the MEDICA World Forum for Medi-cine - is the largest and most important European and international exhibition and fair for the health sector. On November 18, 2011, a special session of the MEDICA Media Scientific Forum was devoted to continue the AmericanGerman Dialogue on Globalisation in (e)Health.

European-American dialogue on eHealth opportunities at Medica 2011

2011-12-15 15:16:28 - With about 135,000 visitors from around the globe, the MEDICA World Forum for Medicine is the largest and most important European and international exhibition and fair for the health sector.

Termin-Erinnerung

2011-12-01 12:52:52 - Zum 11. Mal vergibt die Integrata-Stiftung für humane Nutzung der Informationstechnologie den Wolfgang-Heilmann-Preis, der mit insgesamt 10.000,-- dotiert ist und auf bis zu 3 Preisträger verteilt werden kann. Herausragende Vorschläge zum Computereinsatz, die die Verhältnisse in unserer Informationsgesellschaft nachhaltig zu bessern versprechen, können bis zum 10. Dezember 2011 bei der Integrata-Stiftung, Tübingen, eingereicht werden.

Competition to reward the best eHealth solution developed by an EU SME.

2011-11-10 11:27:07 - With the endorsement of the ICT for Health Unit at the European Commission, TICBioMed has organized a competition for rewarding the best eHealth solution of 2012 produced by an European SME. The objective of the competition is to support business success of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by giving them visibility together with marketing opportunities to attract customers, partners and external capital.

Future eHealth Leaders Summer Camp 2012, Cape Town, South Africa

2011-09-22 17:19:36 - From 21st-25th February 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa, the next Future eHealth Leaders Summer Camp will provide ambitious young eHealth professionals with the opportunity for enhancing personal leadership skills and developing quality professional networks.

Beyond Silos - The Why and How of ICT in Integrated Care Service Provision. European Conference 23 November 2011

2011-09-02 12:48:11 - Unsynchronised social and health care service delivery leads to inefficiencies, duplication of resources, reduced levels of quality of care, and in extreme cases to premature death. Older people are particularly affected by this situation. They often need both types of services, such as support with daily living activities and chronic disease management.

CommonWell at the International Telecare & Telehealth Conference 2011

2011-08-31 15:48:02 - Members of the CommonWell team will attend the International Telecare & Telehealth Conference 2011 on 14 - 16 November 2011 in London to present first outcomes of our pilot trials on integrated social and health care in the UK, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands.

Mehr Demokratie durch Informationstechnologie - Aufruf zur Bewerbung um den Wolfgang-Heilmann-Preis für humane Nutzung der Informationstechnologie

2011-05-27 12:53:19 - Zum 11. Mal vergibt die Integrata-Stiftung für humane Nutzung der Informationstechnologie den Wolfgang-Heilmann-Preis, der mit insgesamt 10.000,-- dotiert ist und auf bis zu 3 Preisträger verteilt werden kann. Herausragende Vorschläge zum Computereinsatz, die die Verhältnisse in unserer Informationsgesellschaft nachhaltig zu bessern versprechen, können bis zum 10. Dezember 2011 bei der Integrata-Stiftung, Tübingen, eingereicht werden.

World Health Day 2011 on antibiotics resistance

2011-04-07 16:26:58 - Today is World Health Day (WHD) 2011. The theme of this year's WHD is antimicrobial resistance, which is a lead topic of the European Union supported research project DebugIT. The project builds IT tools that can have significant impact on surveillance and control of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistances in Europe.

Making integrated social and health care provision a reality - CommonWell pilots started

2011-03-02 03:38:31 - [Bielefeld, Malaga, Veldhoven, Milton Keynes. 1 February 2011] - In four countries in Europe, CommonWell's integrated social and health care services are now being piloted to determine how integration improves the efficiency and quality of services and ultimately the quality of life of older people and people with chronic disease. The pilots are the culmination of two years of development and implementation work carried out by the project consortium and expectations are high.

empirica expert presents on Legal eHealth Challenges in National eHealth Strategies at CPDP 2011

2011-02-14 15:10:43 - empiricas Senior Research Associate Dr. Karl Stroetmann presented an overview of the status quo and progress made on privacy and data protection issues in national eHealth strategies at this years Conference on Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP) which took place from January 25 to 27 in Brussels, Belgium.

empirica eHealth expert joins the IT @ Networking Awards 2011 expert panel of judges

2011-02-01 14:59:46 - empirica's Senior Research Fellow Dr. Karl Stroetmann was asked to join as one of seven experts the prestigious IT @ Networking Awards 2011 expert panel of judges. The two-day competition took place at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Brussels from January 19 to 20. Organised by the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers and the European Association of Hospital Managers, this distinguished event recognises innovators in healthcare IT and medical technology from around the world.

SmartPersonalHealth satellite workshop at the Continua European Symposium 2011

2011-01-11 17:04:39 - The two-day symposium starting on 17 January in Brussels will explore the options of personal connected health systems in areas such as chronic condition and health management, independent ageing, and wellness.

EuroFound publishes Working Paper by WRC and empirica about Reconciliation of Work and Informal Care

2010-12-08 10:22:26 - The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, has published a report authored by WRC and empirica on the basis of a study on Company initiatives for Workers with Care Responsibilities for Disabled Children or Adults.

Comparative analysis of eHealth in Austria

2010-10-28 00:00:00 - A recent article by the eHealth Strategies team looks at eHealth in Austria from a European perspective

empirica and the Work Research Centre, Dublin have been awarded and started the second phase of the Work+Care project

2010-10-05 05:27:17 - empirica and the Work Research Centre, Dublin have been awarded and started the second phase of the Work+Care project for the EuroFound

Europe is the global leader in nation-wide implementation of eHealth solutions

2010-09-23 00:00:00 - "Europe is leading the rest of the world in advancing towards modern eHealth infrastructures and implementations" was the conclusion of Dr. Karl Stroetmann of empirica Consultants at an eHealth Strategies Symposium in Brussels.

The European Commission DG INFSO & Media has awared a contract on "eCareBench" to empirica

2010-09-15 00:00:00 - The European Commission DG INFSO & Media has awared a contract on "eCareBench - Coping with an ageing population - Learning from good eHealth and telecare practices" to empirica

empirica to co-organise eHealth Workshop on EU-US cooperation in Washington, DC

2010-09-13 00:00:00 - On November 12, 2010, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) will convene a stakeholder meeting of the ARGOS eHealth Consortium in conjunction with its annual conference in Washington, DC, which empirica is co-organising. Funded by the European Commission, DG External Relations, the ARGOS eHealth Project contributes to establishing a “Transatlantic Observatory for Meeting Global Health Policy Challenges through ICT-Enabled Solutions”.

eHealth Strategies in European Countries: Study validation workshop On Sept. 16, 2010 in Brussels

2010-09-08 05:15:13 - On Sept. 16 the European Commission and empirica, in cooperation with the Belgium Presi-dency of the EU, will present the final results of the eHealth Strategies study to a wider public.

New publication by the European Commission on securing benefits from interoperable Electronic Health Record

2010-07-09 09:44:26 - New publication by the European Commission on securing benefits from interoperable Electronic Health Record and ePrescribing systems

First European Convergence Workshop on a pan-European eHealth Infostructure take place at EFMI-STC in Reykjavik 03.06.10

2010-05-18 12:00:20 - The first European Convergence Workshop aiming at the design of a pan-European eHealth Infostructure will take place at the 10th International Special Topic Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI - STC), Reykjavik, Iceland, 3rd of June 2010.

eHealth in Switzerland

2010-05-05 00:00:00 - Recommendations to sucessfully meet implementation challenges in a federal context

Invitation to an event on 'Challenges and Issues in Health Care Information Management'

2010-04-15 05:35:44 - The European FP7 Research Project DebugIT 'Detecting and Eliminating Bacteria UsinG Information Technology' (www.debugit.eu) is delivering first results.

Establishing the European Virtual Physiological Human Institute

2010-03-30 18:08:29 - To provide strong support for both the European Union Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) research initiative and the global "Physiome" community, the process to establish a European VPH Institute has now officially started.

The Swiss Medical Informatics journal publishes article with empirica insights on the Swiss eHealth strategy

2010-03-30 17:23:39 - empirica researchers Karl Stroetmann, Alexander Dobrev, JÃ¶rg Artmann and Rainer Thiel report on the results of their critical review of the Swiss eHealth strategy, with a special emphasis on progress in the financing and incentive structures sub-project.

empirica participates in Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) cooperation project with Stanford University

2010-03-30 00:00:00 - The unique EU-funded transatlantic cooperation project NeuroMusculoSkeletal (NMS) Physiome recently had its official kick-off on January 27th, 2010....

Interoperable eHealth is Worth it - Securing Benefits from Electronic Health Records and ePrescribing

2010-03-16 00:00:00 - Health information systems can help make our healthcare systems economically sustainable. The recent EHR IMPACT study shows the importance of interoperability in this quest, as well as what needs to be in place in order to realise the potential.

empirica presents study results "ICT and eHealth use among General Practitioners in Europe" at the European Conference

2010-03-10 12:31:28 - empirica presents the results of the study on "ICT and eHealth use among General Practitioners in Europe" at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

empirica joins in new European effort to promote personal health systems interoperability

2010-02-05 00:00:00 - The European Commission (EC) has selected empirica Communication & Technology Research along with the industry’s global Continua Health Alliance, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) -Europe, and The Centre in Brussels for supporting its Smart Personal Health systems initiative

ValuePlus project presents key results at Swedish presidency conference

2009-12-11 02:48:38 - Under the patronage of the Swedish presidency, the ValuePlus project has presented key outcomes of its research on patient invovlement in EC-funded research projects.

VPHOP Symposium Event: "Fracture risk modeling: the future for designing new therapies"

2009-12-09 02:52:36 - The VPHOP organizing committee is happy to invite you to the Fracture Risk Modeling Symposium in connection with IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis & 10th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (IOF WCO-ECCEO1O).

New emprica study now available on the European Commission's web site

2009-12-09 00:00:00 - New emprica study now available on the Europen Commission's web site: "Web accessibility in European countries: level of compliance with latest international accessibility specifications, notably WCAG 2.0, and approaches or plans to implement those specifications"

Sectoral e-Business Watch Conference 2009: Presentations now available

2009-11-25 02:56:08 - The 2009 Conference of the Sectoral e-Business Watch (SeBW), a programme of the European Commissionâ€™s Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, took place in Brussels on 29 October. It has been the 6th conference since the beginning of the programme in 2002.

eHealth week 2010 in Barcelona combining the eHealth Ministerial Conference and the World of Health IT Co

2009-10-13 01:28:10 - Save the date: eHealth week 2010 in Barcelona combining the eHealth Ministerial Conference and the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition

Sectoral e-Business Watch Conference: ICT and e-Business for an Innovative and Sustainable Economy

2009-09-17 02:58:05 - The upcoming 2009 Conference of the Sectoral e-Business Watch, a programme of the European Commissionâ€™s Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, focuses on the economic impact of ICT on innovation and environmental sustainability as well as on resulting implications for competitiveness and policy.

empirica's research acknowledged in recent US report on Health IT adoption in the USA and beyond

2009-08-14 03:02:20 - A recent US report sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and carried out by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Partners Health System highlights the state of Health IT adoption in the USA.

empirica started the ICEAC study

2009-08-11 03:08:54 - empirica started the ICEAC study on "Analysis of the role of Creativity and Innovation in school curricula in the EU27" for IPTS, Sevilla

empirica started a project on "CULTUREMAP"

2009-08-11 03:07:36 - empirica has been successful with a bid for an EU service contract by DG EAC and started a project on â€œCULTUREMAP - Study on the mapping and evaluating of existing platforms (websites) within the cultural sector aimed at stimulating debate and cross border exchange of matters concerning European culture"

EHR IMPACT preliminary results introduced to i2010 Sub Group on eHealth

2009-08-11 03:05:52 - Preliminary results of the EHR IMPACT study were presented to the i2010 Sub Group on eHealth in Brussels.

HealthGrid 2009 conference empirica consultant presents on "Economic Performance and Sustainability of HealthGrids"

2009-08-11 00:00:00 - For three days, until July 1st, Berlin became the centre of attention for those interested in HealthGrid technology in Europe.

Ontology-driven semantic interoperability in eHealth: workshop presentations now online!

2009-06-30 03:11:44 - In the framework of the epSOS project, a recent workshop at EC premises dealt with the role of ontology-driven semantic interoperability in eHealth.

DebugIT organises an International Workshop on Information Technology for Patient Safety

2009-06-12 03:12:54 - The International Workshop on Information Technology for Patient Safety, held in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine ITAB 2009, is envisaged as a compilation of the latest trends and developments in the field of information technology for patient safety.

Indicators eHealth: French translation of country profile available

2009-06-08 03:13:58 - The French results of the ICT and eHealth survey among General Practitoners are now available in a French translation under the title: "Analyse comparative sur lâ€™usage des TIC par les mÃ©decins gÃ©nÃ©ralistes europÃ©ens en 2007."

HIT Congress 2009: empirica presents results of eHealth Benchmarking and Good eHealth studies

2009-06-08 00:00:00 - empirica researcher JÃ¶rg Artmann was invited to this year's Health Information Technologies Congress in Paris to present and discuss results of the eHealth Benchmarking and Good Practice eHealth studies.

OECD expert meeting on eHealth indicators: empirica invited

2009-05-26 03:17:05 - Both the European Union and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have recognised ICT-facilitated solutions as key enablers for modern, patient-centered and efficient healthcare services.

eHealth Benchmarking study concluded

2009-05-20 03:17:58 - Bonn/Brussels. Quantitative monitoring and benchmarking of eHealth is rather widespread in the European Union.

VPHOP at the Infinity Initiative BioICT - The Heart in the Computer in Sophia Antipolis

2009-05-06 03:19:35 - Member of the VPHOP consortium Karl A. Stroetmann gave an invited expert presentation on the vision and clinical potentials of VPH during a series of advanced seminars about Ã¢â‚¬ËœBio ICT-The Heart in the ComputerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢, organised at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France. Delegates included leading scientists and important industry leaders, EC decision-makers and major players in the field.

Dr. Stroetmann presented at "Telemedicine and Reimbursement" executive expert work-shop

2009-05-06 00:00:00 - On Feb. 24, 2009, AIM (Association Internationale de la Mutualitie) held an executive expert workshop on "TELEMEDICINE AND REIMBURSEMENT" at its prem-ises in Brussels. The invited opening key note on “Telemedicine and reimbursement: a framework, business models, practical examples” was presented by empirica eHealth ex-pert Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann.

Financing eHealth study

2009-04-21 03:21:28 - The result of the Financing eHealth study served as input to an article on â€œeHealth Investment: High Potential Opportunity and Managerial Challengeâ€ in â€œHospitalâ€, the official journal of the Euro-pean Association of Hospital Managers.

ICT, the economic crisis and climate change: empirica analyses the ICT potential and business impact

2009-03-19 03:30:26 - European companies are confronted with huge challenges on several fronts: they have to cope with the consequences of the financial crisis, increasing pressure from global competition and compliance with tightening environmental regulation â€“ all at the same time.

epSOS makes a strong first impression

2009-03-17 03:25:43 - As part of the management team in epSOS, a unique European initiative for interoperable ePrescriptions and eSummaries that brings together 27 partners in 12 Member States, empirica is proud to announce that the first months of the project are perceived as a success.

eHealth use among primary care physicians in Europe of great international interest

2009-03-03 03:29:02 - eHealth use among primary care physicians in Europe of great international interest - presentation at a conference in Victoria, Canada

Successful workshop on eHealth Benchmarking in Prague

2009-03-03 03:27:40 - Bonn/Prague, 18 February 2009. How widely spread is eHealth monitoring and benchmarking in the EU, Canada and the US? What activities, applications and health actors are covered by current monitoring activities? What needs to be done to come to a comprehensive, EU-wide eHealth benchmarking?

Access Your Needed Medical Data When Abroad

2009-02-24 03:39:36 - Interoperable eHealth in Europe achieves significant momentum through successful epSOS - CALLIOPE co-operation.

Laying the foundations for semantic interoperability in eHealth

2009-02-20 03:47:57 - Report from the SemanticHealth project published by the European Commission

eHealth in Action - Report on eHealth good practice in Europe now available for download

2009-02-20 00:00:00 - The three-year Good eHealth project is proud to present a collection of good practice case stud-ies from 30 European countries.

European services standard for cross-border healthcare provision agreed

2009-02-12 03:48:51 - European services standard for cross-border healthcare provision agreed - an important step towards improved healthcare provision for mobile European Union citizens

First case study reports available for download on the EHR IMPACT website!

2009-02-04 03:50:26 - First case study reports available for download on the EHR IMPACT website! The detailed case studies present evidence on the socio-economic impact of the Emergency Care Summary in Scotland, and the hospital-wide EPR system in the National Heart Hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria. A second round of cases will be published soon.

EHR IMPACT case studies presented at high-level conferences

2009-01-16 03:53:25 - Two EHR IMPACT case studies were presented at this yearâ€™s TeleMed & eHealth 2008 Conference of the British Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London.

Financing eHealth workshop and final report

2009-01-16 03:52:27 - The second Financing eHealth workshop, â€Procuring for health benefits: critical factors for beneficial deployment of innovative eHealth and telemedicine servicesâ€, took place at the World of Health IT 2008 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The TEN4Health project has been presented in the eTEN News Q4/2008

2009-01-16 03:51:14 - 15 January 2009 - The article published refers to the TEN4Health workshop on 9 September 2008 in Kiel, Germany.

eAccessibility in the EU countries and beyond

2009-01-09 04:02:09 - The MeAC study recently published 28 eAccessibility Country Profiles, providing an overview of relevant policies and levels of eAccessibility actually achieved in 25 EU countries, Australia, Canada and the United States of America. The Profiles are based on the information gathered by the MeAC study team over the past three years.

Assessing progress towards an interoperable European eHealth space

2009-01-09 04:00:48 - - New study commissioned by the European Union to empirica eHealth experts - Fostering the development and implementation of national eHealth policies and strategies has been a key goal of the European Union (EU) eHealth Action Plan of 2004.

EU project CommonWell launched to improve quality of life for older people

2009-01-07 04:03:10 - EU project CommonWell launched to improve quality of life for older people and support independent living though integration of health and social care

SOPRANO's "Second phase prototype testing"- First tests successfully held

2009-01-05 00:00:00 - empirica is currently managing usability tests of AAL components developed within the SOPRANO project. The usability tests belong to the second phase of prototype testing with future SOPRANO users.

The European Commission DG Enterprise has awarded the study "Monitoring e-Skills Demand and Supply in Europe"

2008-12-22 04:06:57 - The European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry has awarded the study "Monitoring e-Skills Demand and Supply in Europe" to empirica

The secrets of eHealth success

2008-12-10 04:08:33 - Dr Karl Stroetmannâ€™s talk given at the EHTEL/EUROREC symposium held as part of the World of Health IT 08 conference was highlighted by Jon Hoeksma, editor of the leading eHealth news platform eHealth Europe and the associated eHealth Insider newsletter.

The ICT & Ageing project publishes Preliminary Findings

2008-12-05 04:09:28 - On the occasion of the e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference in Vienna/Austria (30 Novâ€“2 Dec, 2008) the ICT & Ageing project, coordinated by empirica, presents a new report on the conditions for development of ICT & Ageing markets in Europe.

ICT standards in the health sector: current situation and prospects

2008-11-24 05:22:08 - This new study about ICT standards in the health sector by empirica provides a structured overview of eHealth standards development and uptake in a European context, paying special attention to standards for electronic health records.

Steel and e-business - a robust relationship

2008-11-11 05:19:07 - ICT is important for the steel industry. It can increase productivity, reduce costs and improve customer relationships.

Sectoral e-Business Watch 2008 illustrates impact of ICT and e-business on European industries

2008-11-11 04:11:18 - The 2008 Sectoral e-Business Watch studies analyse the dynamic developments in ICT adoption and e-business activities in the European Union.

Selling online provides opportunities for retailers

2008-11-11 04:10:13 - For retailers, the internet remains a sales channel that can attract new customers.

Chemical, rubber and plastics industry: already 75% use e-business

2008-11-11 00:00:00 - There has been a dynamic uptake of e-business activity in the European chemical, rubber and plastics industries, according to a recently released empirica study (2008).

US report reveals key role for eHealth in the fight against hospital acquired infections.

2008-10-24 05:33:46 - The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides a timely reminder of Information Technology's relevance in the fight against hospital acquired infections.

Empirica's research in the eInclusion domain features prominently in new EC information campaign.

2008-10-17 00:00:00 - Three projects with empirica lead or participation feature among others in a new e-inclusion brochure edited by the European Commission.

Empirica's eHealth projects feature in European Commission's I2010 review.

2008-10-17 00:00:00 - The European Commission recently published the Mid-Term Review of its i2010 strategy, a policy-framework for the information society.

presentation on "Benchmarking Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for e-Skills" at the European e-Skills 2008 Conference

2008-10-13 05:39:09 - empirica presentation on "Benchmarking Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for e-Skills" at the European e-Skills 2008 Conference in Thessaloniki

Ten4Health workshop results highlights in the media

2008-10-13 05:36:55 - Under the heading "Citizen Services for Borderless Healthcare - EU Workshop Presents Successful Solutions" the publication Hospital Post Europe has published the results of the Ten4Health workshop held at the eHealth Conference 2008 in Kiel, Germany in September 2008.

Empirica researchers present at this year's TeleMed & eHealth Conference in London

2008-09-25 05:40:43 - This year's TeleMed & eHealth 2008 Conference of the British Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) will take place on the 24th and the 25th of November in London. At this prominent scientific European meeting, empirica will be present with several contributions:

Citizen Services for Borderless Healthcare TEN4Health mid-term Event Presents Successful Solutions

2008-09-24 00:00:00 - Travelling abroad for pleasure, education, or work has become a natural part of life for many European citizens. Products and services can be bought in another member state when required, but obtaining healthcare outside their country of residence still presents a problem to most European citizens. This was the starting point for a recent workshop which was part of the “eHealth 2008” conference in Kiel, Germany, organized by the European Commission’s TEN4Health project.

Further eAccessibility Country Profiles published

2008-08-26 05:45:33 - About two months ago, the MeAC study team published a first set of ten Country Profiles. Now, a further ten Profiles were added, covering Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Malta and Poland. Again, the Profiles provide an overview of relevant policies and levels of eAccessibility for each country.

eHealth initiatives to support medical assistance while travelling and living abroad.

2008-07-11 05:47:27 - On July 2, the European Commission released, as part of the Renewed Social Agenda, two documents with significant importance to suppoting cross-border healthcare delivery. empirica is proud of its substantial contributions to the conceptual groundwork of cross-border and interoperable healthcare delivery through its various studies and projects ...

EU Workshop on Market Barriers for Uptake of ICTs for Independent Living and Active Ageing at Home

2008-07-01 05:50:36 - As part of the ICT+Ageing study, empirica will organise an expert workshop on "Market Barriers for Uptake of ICTs for Independent Living and Active Ageing at Home" to take place at the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, on 22 July 2008.

Two new reports: Understanding and measuring transformative use of ICTs in Europe's regions

2008-07-01 00:00:00 - The TRANSFORM project, which is coordinated by empirica, explores the conditions for transformative use of ICTs by European regions as well the ways in which such use can be measured and benchmarked.

MobilAlarm recognised as leading European Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) service

2008-06-25 05:51:26 - By 2020, 25% of the EU's population will be over 65. To respond to this growing demographic challenge, the European Union Council of Ministers approved, on 23 June 2008, a European Commission (EC) plan to make Europe a hub for developing digital technologies designed to help older people to continue living independently at home.

eAccessibility in the European Member States

2008-06-17 05:52:32 - Further to last year's successful eAccessibility benchmarking report, the MeAC study ("Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe") now published individual eAccessibility country profiles.

Ten4Health project "citizen services for borderless healthcare in the European Union" presented at the Conference 2008

2008-05-13 06:01:23 - Ten4Health project on citizen services for borderless healthcare in the European Union presented at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

Advisory Board meeting took place at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

2008-05-13 06:00:11 - Advisory Board meeting of the "eHealth Benchmarking" study took place at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

empirica presents results of "EHR IMPACT and Financing eHealth studies"

2008-05-09 06:03:03 - empirica presents results of the EHR IMPACT and Financing eHealth studies at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

The main lesson is that ICT is only part of the solution

2008-05-09 05:54:16 - At the recent European eHealth Conference in Slovenia, an EU commissioned study on the â€œSocio-economic impact of interoperable electronic health records and ePrescription in Europe - EHR Impactâ€ was presented.

European Commission publishes the results of the empirica "Pilot on eHealth Indicators".

2008-04-25 06:03:58 - Survey takes pulse of e-Health in Europe and prescribes wider ICT use among doctors - European Commission publishes the results of the empirica "Pilot on eHealth Indicators" study

Developing Successful Business Cases for Telehealth: An Interactive Workshop

2008-04-10 05:53:15 - Organised by the Telemed and eHealth Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine, this half-day workshop will support healthcare commissioners, public and private service developers, physicians and other healthcare providers as well as telehealth equipment vendors in developing successful business cases for sustainable telehealth services, and in better understanding the requirements and constrains of other actors involved in the healthcare value system.

First findings of the EHR IMPACT study will be presented next month.

2008-04-08 06:05:43 - First findings of the EHR IMPACT study will be presented next month at the European Union Ministerial Conference on eHealth 2008 in PortoroÅ¾, Slovenia.

Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann, Senior Research Associate with empirica, gave an invited key note speech on Ten4Health

2008-03-06 06:06:29 - Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann, Senior Research Associate with empirica, gave an invited key note speech on â€œTen4Health: Supporting trans- European healthcare services for mobile citizensâ€ at the 3rd Portuguese IT for Health Congress March 4 and 5, 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.

"New eHealth Possibilities with the Project Ten4Health" presented at international conference in Basel (Switzerland)

2008-02-23 06:07:10 - Ten4Health actively participated with a presentation on "New eHealth Possibilities with the Project Ten4Health" of Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann in the session on "Best practice examples for cross-border health co-operation" at the Conference "European Co-operation in the Health Sector - Added Value for People, Economy and Regions" which was orangised by the Association of the European Border Regions (AEBR) and the REGIO BASILIENSIS on 22 February 2008 in Basel (Switzerland).

First results from the Financing eHealth study have been published on the study website www.financing-ehealth.eu.

2008-02-07 06:08:06 - First results from the Financing eHealth study have been published on the study website www.financing-ehealth.eu. One of the reports describes the conceptual framework in which eHealth investments are and should be made.

eHealth Benchmarking the second phase study to develop eHealth benchmarking at European level was awarded to empirica

2008-01-30 06:17:27 - After having successfully won the call for tender on the study for the first phase (Pilot on eHealth Indicators), a study including a survey of more than 6000 General Practitioners in all European countries which will be completed by empirica in March 2008, also the second study in a series of three linked studies to develop eHealth benchmarking at European level was awarded to empirica. The study will cover all 27 EU Member States plus Norway and Iceland as well as Canada and the USA.

European Commission makes computer-assisted translation easier and more accessible

2008-01-24 06:15:36 - The European Commission is going a step further in its efforts to foster multilingualism as a key part of European unity in diversity.

The "Benchmarking in a Policy Perspective" project has been completed successfully

2008-01-13 06:08:48 - Its objective was to carry out an in-depth analysis of the results of the annual Information Society Surveys of households and enterprises and to relate them to a number of specific themes.

Large Success of the Third European Conference "Silver Economy in Europe 2007" in Seville

2007-12-20 06:10:18 - Large Success of the Third European Conference "Silver Economy in Europe 2007" in Seville with a good practice award for the Limousin region in France

6th issue of the SEN@ER newsletter published

2007-12-20 06:09:37 - The newsletter contains again a lot of interesting information on relevant Silver Economy issues from all over the European Union and its regions. A special focus is on the recent 3rd European Silver Economy Conference, held on 15 and 16 November 2007 in Sevilla Spain (cf. above).

Wellcome & Nuffield Trust EHR Symposium

2007-12-17 06:20:39 - An expert symposium concerned with â€Critical Issues for Electronic Health Recordsâ€ was co-hosted by The Nuffield Trust and The Wellcome Trust

Empirica senior research associate Dr. Karl Stroetmann presents at RSM's TeleMed & eHealth 07 conference

2007-12-17 06:19:54 - Empirica senior research associate Dr. Karl Stroetmann was keynote speaker at the Royal Society of Medicine's Conference TeleMed & eHealth â€™07: Supporting Self Care.

MobilAlarm presented at e-Inclusion Ministerial Debate

2007-12-17 06:18:21 - The MobilAlarm device and service were presented at the European Union Ministerial Debate on eInclusion in December 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal.

empirica experts contribute to eHealth COMPASS Special Issue on "Patient Safety"

2007-12-14 06:22:22 - As was recently observed by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, "ICT systems that provide timely information can save live, improve the quality and efficiency of the health delivery system and contain the cost."

eHealth ERA project concluded - all reports online

2007-12-14 06:21:26 - The eHealth ERA project has been concluded successfully. Funded by the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, eHealth ERA investigated and analysed eHealth priorities and deployment activities in European countries.

New Sectors and Special Topics of the Sectoral eBusiness Watch Work Programme 2007/08

2007-10-25 01:22:28 - Six sectors and four cross-sector topics have been selected for the new Sectoral eBusiness Watch (SeBW) work programme of 2007/08. Sectors include chemicals, rubber and plastics; steel; furniture; retail, transport services and logistics; and banking.

Invitation to the European Good Practice in eHealth Workshop - Systems and Applications for Hospitals at WHIT 07

2007-10-18 01:25:02 - Deloitte, together with empirica and the European Commission, will present an upbeat view of the Exchange of Good Practices in eHealth during a half day free of charge workshop in Vienna. The session will take place on 22nd of October from 14.00 to 18.00 CET.

e-Business W@tch holds workshop on RFID at Next Generation Supply Chain Summit in Milano in co-operation with IDC

2007-10-18 01:21:37 - The workshop "Perspectives and Impacts of RFID adoption in European Supply Chains" is organised by e-Business W@tch in co-operation with IDC and took place at the Next Generation Supply Chain Summit in Milano on 23rd October 2007.

Gareis, Karsten: IANIS+ Guide to Regional Good Practice Indicators and Benchmarking, 2007, Brussels: ERISA.

2007-10-09 06:23:01 - Karsten Gareis (empirica) has authored a Guide to Good Practice in using indicators and benchmarking as a tool in regional Information Society policy. ...

What use do European General Practitioners make of eHealth? A EU-wide survey is underway to provide uptodate figures

2007-10-09 01:23:19 - Three quarters of European General Practitioners in the EU15 were already active internet users and online in 2002, as was revealed by a Eurobarometer survey. This is in line with global results presented by a recent Commonwealth Fund study. ...

eHealth for Safety final report is released

2007-10-01 01:20:35 - V. N. Stroetmann, J.-P. Thierry, K. A. Stroetmann, A. Dobrev eHealth for Safety - Impact of ICT on Patient Safety and Risk Management 25 September 2007 eHealth, the beneficial application of ICT-based systems and solutions, has been identified as potentially the key enabler to fundamentally improve patient safety in clinical contexts.

Latest results from the empirica-coordinated eTEN project

2007-10-01 01:19:42 - Latest results from the empirica-coordinated eTEN project "Trans-European healthcare support network for Europeâ€™s mobile citizens: Meeting the challenge of cross-Member State healthcare services" (www.ten4health.eu) will be presented at the World of Health IT, Vienna, Thursday 25 October 2007.

SOPRANO launches its project website

2007-09-18 01:18:50 - The SOPRANO project (Service Oriented PRogrammable smArt enviroNments for Older Europeans) has recently launched its project website.

Searching for financing opportunities

2007-08-28 01:17:16 - Our second contributor, Alexander Dobrev from Empirica, looks at financing opportunities in the three phases of the eHealth investment life-cycle, and explains how the financing model changes as the eHealth project goes through planning, implementation and operation.

Seamless Healthcare Provision Throughout Europe - the TEN4Health Service

2007-08-07 01:16:35 - The TEN4Health project had its kick-off meeting on 1 August 2007 at the AOK Rheinland/Hamburg premises in Grevenbroich....

eHealth ERA provides contact details to eHealth RTD organisations

2007-08-07 01:15:49 - The website of the eHealth ERA project now provides contact data about organisations promoting or conducting eHealth research and technology development (RTD) in Europe.

First eHealth country reports now available at eHealth ERA website

2007-07-17 01:14:45 - The database of the eHealth ERA project (http://www.ehealth-era.org), co-ordinated by empirica, now includes a first set of extended country reports.

Optimizing eHealth in B.C. : A discussion Forum. on Friday, July 13, 2007

2007-07-06 01:13:35 - The Event is on Friday 13th July 2007. The Cordula and GÃ¼nter Paetzold Auditorium. This forum will bring to life two important and pivotal issues in eHealth today: - eHealth Priorities and Implementation Strategies - The Benefits of eHealth eHealth solutions have great potential to improve access, quality, and efficiency of healthcare.

Successful SOPRANO EU Project Kick-off meeting - next generation technology for elderly care

2007-06-12 01:11:54 - SOPRANO is an Integrated Project (IP) which started in early 2007 where empirica is one of the partners. The project was officially launched at Tunstall's world headquarters in Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire on the 1st February 2007, and was attended by 40 delegates from the UK and European partner organisations. The SOPRANO project resulted from a successful proposal submission to the European Commissionâ€™s IST Programme which is part of the Framework Programme 6.

A new European project led by empirica on supporting European Housing Tenants in Optimising Resource Consumption

2007-06-12 01:10:14 - The SAVE@Work4Homes project aims to achieve a very significant reduction in energy consumption in social housing across Europe, across all types of existing building and across all tenant groups, by providing information and support to tenants enabling them to optimise their energy consumption behaviour.

"Pilot on eHealth Indicators" study awarded to empirica by the European Commission

2007-06-12 01:08:44 - In this study for the European Commission DG INFSO and Media a survey of almost 6,000 primary care physicians on their use of ICT and internet for communication with patients and between primary and secondary care and other health agencies will be carried out in all 27 Member States of the European Union and in Norway and Iceland. The fieldwork will start in the third quarter of 2007.

Measures to increase trust and confidence of consumers in the Information Society

2007-05-14 01:07:18 - The objective of the study is to support the i2010 initiative by analysing the origins as well as the impacts of the current lack of confidence in the information society products and services,...

Successful EU support: MobilAlarm device available at the market

2007-04-23 01:03:19 - As of May 2007, the mobile emergency device that was tested in the international project MobilAlarm (http://www.mobilalarm-eu.org) will be marketed. empirica co-ordinated this project from April 2004 to August 2005.

New brochure "Information Society and Health: Linking European Policies" viewable

2007-04-12 01:02:26 - The European Commission's brochure "Information Society and Health: Linking European Policies" has been produced by Information Society Policy Link (ISPL)

3rd European Silver Economy Conference in Andaluci

2007-04-12 01:00:38 - The Department of Equality and Social Welfare of the Junta de AndalucÃa will organise the 3rd SEN@ER Conference in the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Seville/Spain on the 15th and 16th of November 2007.

eHealth priorities and strategies in European countries

2007-04-10 12:59:38 - eHealth matters to the whole of Europe: All European countries undertake great efforts to improve access, quality and efficiency of their health services through innovative information technology-based solutions.

The UK Royal Society of Medicine, Telemedicine & eHealth Forum, will organise its annual TeleMed & eHealth 07 Conference

2007-04-03 12:56:29 - Supporting Self Care - The Role of eHealth. The Call for Abstracts is open, the Deadline for submission is Monday 30 April 2007. The same holds for the Call for workshops.

Database of eHealth strategies and priorities in European countries now online available

2007-03-23 01:06:14 - A database with documents about European eHealth priorities and strategies is now available at the website of the EU-funded project eHealth ERA (http://www.ehealth-era.org).

SeniorWatch II - Assessment of the senior market for ICT - progress and development: new contract awarded to empirica

2007-03-22 12:53:00 - The SeniorWatch study is aimed at assessing and measuring changes in the ICT market for older people, which occurred since 2002 when the first SeniorWatch study was conducted, and follow up the developments.

"Benchmarking policies on multi-stakeholder partnerships for e-skills in Europe"

2007-03-21 12:51:25 - In November 2006 empirica supported by the ENIR network (www.enir.org) has been awarded the contract for the European study on the "Benchmarking policies on multi-stakeholder partnerships for e-skills in Europe".

Benchmarking Access and Use of ICT in European Schools 2006 - Results from Teachers Surveys in 27 European Countries

2007-03-20 12:48:03 - Read the Final report and the 27 country briefs and the European Commission's press release on the i2010 website.

Benchmarking in a policy perspective: five new empirica reports published for the i2010 initiative of DG INFSO and Media

2007-03-19 04:24:49 - Benchmarking plays a central role in measuring progress on i2010 priorities.

"STudy of the impact of Educational technology in Primary Schools (STEPS)" in partnership with European Schoolnet

2007-01-30 06:11:13 - The 18 months study for DG Education and Culture of the European Commission will provide a comparative analysis report detailing the main strategies for the integration of ICT in primary schools in the EU27, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland, their impact and future development perspectives.

The "Benchmarking e-skills Policies on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Europe" study has been completed by empirica

2007-01-24 06:13:29 - It brings higher levels of transparency to the IT practitioner training and certification market and recommendations providing useful inspiration for policy makers, industry, social partners and other stakeholders.

Workshop "The Contribution of ICTs to Equal Opportunities and Work-Life-Balance of Informal Carers for Older People"

2006-12-15 04:21:01 - A one day workshop organised by the eInclusion@EU project with support of the European Commission on 30 November 2006 in Brussels, Belgium

Process model for the development, implementation and evaluation of measures for active ageing at work

2006-12-12 04:19:49 - The Active@Work process model divides the promoting of active ageing at work into clear phases and activities in order to help planning and implementing improvements in working conditions.

On November 06 the ICT for Health Unit organised a series of meetings

2006-11-27 00:00:00 - On 8th November 2006, the last of the three days, the day was devoted to a second thematic workshop on Health Terminologies, which was co-organised with the EU co-funded project, Semantic Health.

LearnInd results presented at the International Conference on Multimedia, Information in Education in Seville

2006-11-27 00:00:00 - Werner B. Korte presented results from the LearnInd study which was just completed for the European Commission DG INFSO & Media and DG EAC.

Just published: empirica Working Paper on success factors and impacts of "New Work Environments"

2006-11-15 04:13:12 - A new addition to the empirica Working Paper Series presents an overview of findings from existing research on virtual collaborative ways of working.

Hospital survey presentation at WoHIT

2006-10-19 00:00:00 - At the World of Health IT conference in Geneva, 10 - 13 October 2006, empirica consultant Stefan Lilischkis presented findings from the e-Business W@tch 2006 hospital survey. One of the most interesting results is that hospitals, in comparison with other economic sectors, are relatively strong in online procurement but they are relatively weak in patient-facing information technology solutions.