Interoperability Archives

18 August 2008

Version 3 of HL7 released

Developer of global healthcare standards, Health Level Seven, has announced the release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008, a globally-defined

7 August 2008

NHS Connecting for Health backs Healthcare Interoperability showcase

NHS Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for England’s IT modernisation programme, is sponsoring the Best Practice Showcase at E-Health-Insider’s

29 July 2008

Open eHealth Foundation sets out priorities

The Open eHealth Foundation (OeHF), an open source initiative for improving the exchange of medical information using existing standards, has

18 July 2008

Ambient assisted living set for growth

The German association of the electronics industry, VDE, has called for politicians and insurance companies to increase their engagement in

16 July 2008

Three standard types needed for e-health

A sub-group of the European Standardisation Organisations alliance has published a paper warning of gaps and overlaps in existing e-health

9 July 2008

Europe aims for interoperable EHRs by 2015

The European Commission has published new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records

8 July 2008

We live in digital times

Nick Timmins, public policy editor of the Financial Times, argues that the NHS has to succeed in digitisatising if it

7 July 2008

Belgium hospitals use dbMotion for interoperability

IRIS, a network of five public hospitals in Brussels, is to implement a project to provide an interoperability platform for medical

7 July 2008

CfH technology boss says paper not fit for purpose

Connecting for Health’s chief technology officer, Paul Jones has stressed the importance of integrating standards to achieve interoperability in healthcare,

2 July 2008