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January 23, 2002

In this newsletter:

  • Card Guard's complete telemedicine solutions
  • Wireless telehomecare solutions by HomeFree
  • Geratherm: new technologies for the telemedical sector
  • Health Information Network Europe (HINEurope) by Deloitte & Touche
  • Telemedicine and the role of tele-consultation within NATO
  • Academic Exchange Quarterly issue devoted to health informatics and telemedicine
  • Business opportunities in Yugoslavia
  • Media Corner offers a look at (tele)medical information resources
  • Make your plans now to join exhibitors, visitors and speakers from over 40 countries worldwide
  • In need of a visa to attend the Telemedicine Trade Fair?


Card Guard is a leading medical technology company specializing in telemedicine systems and monitoring services for both high-risk and chronically-ill patients to ordinary consumers of health products. Card Guard is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and has wholly-owned subsidiaries in Israel, the United States, Japan and Brazil. Card Guard has strengthened it's portfolio of products and services through the acquisition of leading US providers, LifeWatch, Inc., Instromedix, and Quality Diagnostic Services (QDS). Card Guard's solutions provide all of the tools needed for efficient monitoring, transmission, acquisition, processing, and storage of patient's medical data. With product line expansion, rigorous quality control, clinically evaluated products, and a continued focus on providing cost-effective telemedicine solutions, Card Guard has emerged as a global leader in telehealth.
Card Guard will be among the companies presenting their products and services at the new Telemedicine Trade Fair in Luxembourg next April.


HomeFree Systems’ wireless devices have the ability to gather, analyze and intelligently act upon medical data derived from various sensors attached to a patient’s body. HomeFree’s personal homecare systems comprise of:
- Personal Watcher™ - external, small body-worn device, equipped with micro data-collection units and built-in computing and RF communication capabilities. The personal watcher may be connected to medical sensors which are attached to a patient’s body and continuously transfer data to a home monitoring hub. - Home monitoring unit - mini control-center capable of collecting, analyzing and acting on information from multiple sensors. The home hub communicates with a central monitoring center via direct phone lines or cellular communication.
- Central monitoring center - advanced database servers that collect the information from the patient's home for further analysis and handling by physician and medical facilities. HomeFree Systems, a subsidiary of the London listed Dmatek Ltd., applies its personal communication platform to the monitoring of Dementia / Alzheimer’s patients in their homes or at care centers.
HomeFree Systems is actively seeking joint ventures with telemedicine service providers and telemedicine technology providers, in search of wireless applications for their existing products. Meet up with them at the Telemedicine Trade Fair in Luxembourg!


Geratherm Medical AG, an international and leading company in the field of medical temperature measurement, focuses on the development of new products, especially telemedical technologies since 1998. The aim consists in developing new, mobile and internet oriented monitors.
Geratherm develops solutions and technologies for use in the most important growth market for the future: the telemedical sector. These solutions and technologies mean better monitoring and diagnosis, which represents an essential feature for doctors and patients.
Geratherm's screens "babywatch" and Geratherm "ax II" permit a permanent monitoring and diagnosis.
The registered biodata, for example temperature measurement, can be gathered on a longer period of time, can be transferred into a graphic and can be transferred by the patient to his doctor thanks to telecommunication means.
Geratherm is exhibiting its new developments in the field of telemedicine at the Telemedicine Trade Fair in Luxembourg. Make a note to visit them there!


Despite several attempts to understand the transformation facing healthcare delivery systems following the e-Health revolution, no comprehensive study has yet been completed to accurately track behaviour, identify barriers, and predict future trends. Understanding the current level of usage of ICT as well as anticipating which health delivery systems and technologies will be in place in the coming years is now a critical requirement for active players in the health sector. Without this baseline, governments will continue to have difficulty in making informed political decisions and the industry will not have the information on which to base investment decisions. Health players will continue to invest in fragmented solutions and the potential value of the changes needed to implement e-Health will remain very difficult to quantify.
To address these questions, Deloitte & Touche presents the second in a series of market studies on the e-Health revolution. The first study, Emerging European Health Telematics Industry Market Analysis, offered an assessment of current and forecasted levels of usage of ICT products and services in the European healthcare sector. Looking ahead to the second phase of the Health Information Society Technology Industry assessment, Deloitte & Touche Health Centre of Excellence in co-operation with DG Information Society of the European Commission and UK partner Silicon Bridge Research has launched a major new research programme - Health Information Network Europe (HINEurope).
The main purpose of the Health Information Network Europe project is to build a permanent networked information knowledge base, allowing actors in the healthcare delivery sector to access information useful in determining strategic action plans to increase effective use of ICT.
Once set up and under way, this knowledge network will help formulate ICT strategies and investment plans. Effective strategies require creation of synergy and co-operation between key sector stakeholders including the ICT industry, health professionals, public authorities and consumer organisations to identify more exactly user needs and expectations. Ongoing research and insights into critical European and industry-specific issues facing healthcare industry leaders will help pinpoint the way ahead. The pilot project will be deployed initially in the following countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. HINEurope membership is an opportunity for all health players to anticipate the next wave in health care, the "e-Health" revolution. It is an opportunity for your company/organisation to help drive the adoption of healthcare information management and technology, and to optimise your continued success and leading position in the marketplace. HINEurope is a forum where top health executives will meet. If your company/organisation provides or makes use of products, services or solutions to the health sector and you are interested in linking to a network of information technology knowledge leaders, HINEurope is the organisation.
For further information about the Health Information Network Europe, click here and make sure to meet with Deloitte & Touche representatives at the Telemedicine Trade Fair in Luxembourg next April, or contact .


The 50th Medical Working Group (MED WG) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established a Telemedicine Panel tasked to develop common principles, policies, and techniques for all aspects of the utilization of telemedicine and tele-consultation in the NATO multinational operational environment. A draft policy document - "NATO Telemedicine Interoperability" – was written and staffed throughout the 19 member nations for comment in June 2001.
Each NATO member nation has a range of military telemedicine capabilities for either garrison or deployable situations. The challenge of the NATO Telemedicine Panel will be to incorporate the varied national telemedicine functions and requirements into a comprehensive and standardized telemedicine system.
The Telemedicine Panel will convene in Luxembourg during the Telemedicine & Telecare International Trade Fair and will also participate in the educational program of this event to describe the background and current status of the NATO Telemedicine effort, as well as provide information on a series of representative nations current deployable telemedicine programs. In addition, mention will be made as to how the national military telemedicine programs mesh with civilian telemedicine capabilities in Europe.


The Fall 2002 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Academic Exchange Quarterly (AEQ) will be devoted to education in the fields of health informatics and telemedicine. For anyone interested in submitting a manuscript for publication in this issue, see www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/fall02.htm or www.higher-ed.org/AEQ/fall02.htm for the call for papers and instructions.
Manuscripts are sought that deal with topics such as, but not limited to, those raised by the following questions. What unique, creative instructional methods, programs, or curriculum are being used in clinical, lab or classroom settings to teach informatics and telemedicine to health care professionals? How are the policy and ethical issues raised by health informatics and telemedicine being taught? How do financial constraints affect the instructional process? Manuscripts are also sought that describe evaluations (quantitative or qualitative) of informatics and telemedicine instructional programs.
The print journal of AEQ has over 23.000 readers, and the electronic version, available free world-wide, has hundreds of thousands of potential readers as it is available from the world's leading knowledge source Gale's InfoTrac Expanded Academic Index.


A delegation from DieMME, a leading Yugoslavian company in the field of telemedicine, will be present at the Telemedicine & Telecare International Trade Fair. DieMMe will be looking for cooperation on the Yugoslavian market with manufacturers of telemedicine related products. They are also developing their own system for remote diagnostics, consultation and education for which they would like to find business partners abroad. If you are interested in meeting with the DieMMe team at the Telemedicine Trade Fair in Luxembourg next April, contact us at .


The Telemedicine Trade Fair will feature a "Media Corner" in which publications, journals, magazines and on-line information services, dealing with telemedicine and e-health, or with medicine and healthcare in general, will be represented. This Media Corner will be an opportunity for attendees to find new sources of information which will help them making better informed decisions in their daily business or healthcare practice. Actual copies or general information of these publications and information services will be available for attendees to pick up.
So far, international publications and media from Argentina, Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States are already represented. If you have a publication you would like to feature in the Media Corner, contact us at or submit your information here.


Join exhibitors, visitors and speakers from over 40 countries worldwide at the Telemedicine & Telecare International Trade Fair and make your plans now to travel to Luxembourg in April!
Visitor registration fee for pre-registration is only €20 for three days of exhibition, information-packed presentations and conferences, social events and a chance to meet and discuss with colleagues from around the world. Go to www.telemedicine.lu to register now at the fee of just €20, or follow the direct link to the 'visitor registration form' which is mentioned at the end of this newsletter.
Hotel reservations can still be made at special discounted rates. Make sure to book now via the Luxembourg Convention Bureau in order to take advantage of these special rates. Go to www.telemedicine.lu to submit your reservation request, or follow the direct link to the 'hotel reservation request form' which is mentioned at the end of this newsletter.
With Carlson Wagonlit Travel offering special travel deals, travelling to Luxembourg will be very affordable. Go to www.telemedicine.lu to obtain Carlson Wagonlit Travel's contact details, or follow the direct link to the 'travel information contact details page' which is mentioned at the end of this newsletter.


For visitors who require a visa for travel to Luxembourg, don't delay your visa application and follow the following procedure. Send in your visitor registration form. Communicate your full name (last name + first names), date of birth, passport number, city where passport was delivered, passport delivery date and passport expiry date, using the "visa request" form (click here to access this form). Or if possible, fax a copy of your passport together with your visitor registration form. After receipt of the above mentioned documents and information, we will send you an official invitation letter. Present yourself, with the official invitation letter, your passport and a document certifying your professional activity, at the embassy or consulate representing the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in your country. Click here to view a list of these representations. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at .

 
 

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