IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Die Universität Bonn hat mit einem besonderen Projekt zur psychosozialen Versorgung von an Krebs erkrankten Kindern begonnen: Damit betroffene Kinder und Jugendliche während ihrer stationären Chemotherapie zumindest den visuellen Kontakt zu ihrer Schule halten können, wird das Klassenzimmer mit geringem Kostenaufwand per Internet und Kamera vor Ort in das Krankenzimmer geholt.

Das nordrhein-westfälische Gesundheitsministerium hat das Internet-Portal www.krebs-nrw.de zur Information über Krebserkrankungen freigeschaltet. Das Internet-Portal enthält Informationen über Krebskrankheiten sowie zur Vorbeugung, Vorsorge, Früherkennung und Selbsthilfe.

The world is facing a once in a generation crisis, its scale matched only by the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 to 1920. Citizens face huge restrictions on the way they live their lives, cut off from loved ones and their livelihoods threatened. Meanwhile governments the world over battle with huge challenges trying to project and plan for the scale of the crisis, hoping to save as many lives as possible.

From a technology standpoint, the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has focused the world’s attention on how we’re overcoming social isolation using technology, as well as how it’s helping to reduce the scale of the tragedy and save lives.

Electronic health files have been created for 60%-70% of the people in every province on average, according to deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi.

“Electronic health files or the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system is a prerequisite for the Health Ministry’s family physician project, and we are trying to extend its coverage to 100% by September-end,” he was quoted as saying by ISNA.

Iran's Social Security Organization will also present new technologies in areas of medical informatics. They will show smart credit cards for medical costs as well as Management Information Systems, electronic patient records, Telemedicine, picture archiving and communication systems, and systems connecting medical, laboratory and imaging equipments to Hospital Information Systems.

Health Minister Kamran Baqeri-Lankarani said here Saturday at opening ceremony of Health Ministry’s Food & Medicine Deputy’s Information Station in response to Fars News Agency’s Social Desk reporter, Lankarani added, “Taking advantage of modern technologies at Health Ministry began in the years 1384 and 1385 at the Health Ministry.”

The Army's Joint Theater Support Contracting Command in Baghdad said it wants a vendor to install an open source version of the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture at the 50-bed Al Muthana Military Hospital, operated by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense.

Prizes in 11 categories were presented at the ceremony in Dublin on Thursday night. The contest, now in its third year, recognises excellence and creativity in technology initiatives in the public sector.

As part of the National Development Plan (NDP) for 2007 to 2013, the issue of e-health has been tagged as a “crucial enabling factor for achieving high performance” in the healthcare sector.

These pages will be under the banner 'Healthupdate' and are directly accessible at www.healthupdate.gov.ie or from the homepage of the Department's website www.dohc.ie.

The pages will include information from various sources including PQs, adjournment debates, HSE briefs, speeches, press statements, etc, according to the Department.

Northern Ireland's health minister Angela Smith announced the launch of the Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS) strategy on Monday saying that the ten-year programme would be backed by a STG95 million investment and will deliver new systems and technology across the health sector in Northern Ireland.

The European Union wants Government services to be accessible online by 2005, and many public sector organisations are making good progress towards this goal.

Minister Coughlan will introduce the Civil Registration Bill in the Dáil this week bringing significant changes to registration procedures for life events, such as births, deaths and marriages.

The portal was to have been a single online point of access for health information and health service transactions, with the address www.HealthIreland.ie.

It was initially planned that a phased development of the portal would be necessary, with progressive widening of the range of services made available online.

We are way behind. When it comes to embracing technology, health systems lag financial services by decades. Banks spend around one tenth of their money on ICT while health systems spend next to nothing.

Ireland trails behind most other OECD countries in terms of investing in healthcare ICT; 0.85 per cent of total healthcare spending compared to an EU range of two to three per cent.

VideoDoc report shows almost two-thirds would consider access online GP access a factor in job choice

The availability of e-health services, such as online GP consultations, would influence the decision of almost 65% of Irish employees when choosing a company to work for, according to a survey from telehealth service provider VideoDoc.

The African eHealth Economics Forum, Cape Town, which forms part of The Global Health Economics Series, was held recently at the One & Only Hotel. The forum focused on three major elements of eHealth projects; assessment of eHealth projects, financial aspects of project implementation and economics of mobile health.

One of the biggest challenges of eHealth project implementation is the complexity of tracking success of pilot projects and presenting benefits to key stakeholders and key healthcare providers. Healthcare delivery is a complex process and eHealth interventions have been cited to have been lost in this complexity.