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News: Newsletter 32

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March 22, 2005

In this newsletter:

  • Med-e-Tel Update
  • Cegeka patient care applications for hospitals
  • Multitel presents natural language-based decision support software for neuro-rehabilitation (ALLADIN) at Med-e-Tel
  • HICT: intramural and transmural integrated health information communication technology
  • COCOON announces major field trials of its information network to reduce risk management among healthcare professionals
  • EU promotes top research in biomedical informatics to support individualized medicine
  • Info World: "healthcare on demand" informatics solutions
  • Complete remote health monitoring solution from Honeywell HomMed
  • Siberian Silicon Valley represented at Med-e-Tel
  • International Society of Teledermatology launched
  • News from ISfT
  • News from the Med-e-Tel media partners
  • Newsbriefs


The Med-e-Tel website www.medetel.lu provides you with the latest updates of the Med-e-Tel conference program, a complete schedule of events, a list of exhibitors and sponsors, a list of media partners who will be represented in the Med-e-Tel Media Corner, and a list of supporting organizations, many of which are also involved in the Med-e-Tel conference programs.
Still need to register? Submit your registration form now and obtain your access to the entire event.
All participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception taking place at Abbaye de Neumunster in Luxembourg city on April 6th from 18h00 till 20h00 and again to the Exhibitor & Attendee Reception taking place at Luxexpo on April 7th from 17h00 till 19h00.
For hotel information and reservations, please click here and contact the Luxembourg Convention Bureau.
Any questions? Contact us at .


Cegeka Healthcare Systems, member of the Cegeka Group, develops, implements and supports patient care applications for hospitals, such as the electronic medical record, electronic drug prescription, nursing plans and clinical pathways.
The Cegeka solutions enable healthcare professionals to organize all patient care in an efficient way, aligning patient care with healthcare standards and best practice. All patient care activities are managed using the electronic therapy plan. Such a plan comprehends for instance the patient profile, drug prescriptions, lab order data, orders for technical exams, nursing orders, and alerts.
Meet with Cegeka representatives at Med-e-Tel to explore the benefits the Cegeka solutions can bring to your organization. Cegeka will also present a business case on the follow-up of drug prescriptions in the seminar on "Computerization of Hospital Ancillary Services", co-organized by CRP-Santé and the European Association of Hospital Managers during Med-e-Tel on April 7th.


From a European initiative supported by the Walloon Region, the independent Research Center Multitel was founded in Belgium in 1995.
Multitel services include applied scientific research as well as business services and consultancy. Its research activities focus on Speech & Signal Processing (Automatic Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech Synthesis and Speech Coding, safe navigation techniques, and intelligent clothing), Image Processing (traceability, Intelligent Video Surveillance), Optics & Telecommunications (fiber lasers, metrology) and Networking (test and implementation of new protocols and technologies on MPLS, DiffServ, ATM, VoIP, VPN's). Multitel also participates in various FP6 projects as well as in other European (Eureka) or national projects.
At Med-e-Tel 2005, Multitel will present ALLADIN, a STReP project in the field of e-health technology, coordinated by Artevelde Hogeschool with nine other partners from seven European countries. Multitel participates in this project for the multimodal speech interface.
ALLADIN focuses on the development of a user-friendly natural language-based decision support software for neuro-rehabilitation, mainly in stroke. Once implemented, it will provide an adequate and fast solution for a client centred practice, for discharge planning and for the use of rehabilitation resources.
Treatment techniques in neurological rehabilitation diverge in EU countries. ALLADIN will provide a report in an easily interpretable universal language. This project will then lead to a brand new method for decision support and risk management in neuro-rehabilitation.


HICT, an independent Belgian company with the ambition to become a European player in healthcare consulting and ICT, is offering industry specific solutions and services to the extended healthcare market place (care providers, patients, suppliers, public sector related services, 3rd payers, etc.).
HICT's vision is that healthcare-specific information, communication and technology solutions can bring measurable added value. HICT does so, by offering the healthcare market place consulting, application development and integration services based on healthcare specific value propositions, with the objective to raise the service level and quality of care for patients and their relations and to optimize the available resources for the healthcare providers.
HICT is participating at Med-e-Tel 2005 and is also one of the sponsors of the regional seminar co-organized by CRP-Santé and the European Association of Hospital Managers during Med-e-Tel on April 7th, where HICT will present a case study on the management of the Hospital Pharmacy (electronic dispensing cabinets for pharmaceutical products, RFiD for pharmacy and/or patients, portable data storage, etc.).


COCOON, an EU co-funded eHealth project aiming to develop an information network to support healthcare professionals in reducing risk management, expects to involve more than 10.000 general practitioners in a testing phase of the proposed information network, in cooperation with regional healthcare systems in Italy, France and Greece, and the European Medical Association. Other regions in Spain, Finland, Germany, England and Eastern Europe have already asked to participate in the field trial phase as well.
A study on the electronic health record, carried out by the Australian Committee of Ministers of Health, confirms that about 70% of deaths, caused by medical mistakes, could be avoided, and about 10% of these mistakes could be avoided through the use of a personal clinical path.
These data show that, in order to guarantee a patient's safety and to develop more reliable healthcare systems, a patient's medical history must be captured, cross-referenced with medical protocols and made available to the healthcare professional.
The COCOON project consortium, in close collaboration with electronic health record manufacturers, will elaborate information coming from the historical clinical data of the patient and his family, and cross-references these data with existing medical protocols in order to "provide the right information to the right place at the right time to the right person" and "develop a toolset of interoperable, scalable and reusable web services supporting community & knowledge management practices in a wide range of networks of healthcare professionals".
Visit COCOON representatives at the Med-e-Tel exhibition and attend their presentation on April 6h, during the Med-e-Tel conference session on "European 'ICT for Health' Research: From Managing Health Status to the Increasing Personalization of Health Diagnosis and Treatment".


The pan-European project INFOBIOMED, "Structuring European Biomedical Informatics to Support Individualised Healthcare", aims to develop tools and methods in Biomedical Informatics (BMI) and to create a stable and lasting structure for this discipline in Europe.
BMI is a discipline that is placed in the confluence of two disciplines that up to date have developed in an independent form, Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics. Although traditionally, Medical Informatics has been focused on the intersection between computer science and clinical medicine, and Bioinformatics has been predominantly centered on the intersection between computer science and biological research, the synergy between these two areas offers excellent opportunities for the advancement of personalised healthcare. The integration and exploitation of all the data and information generated at all levels by these disciplines requires a new synergetic approach that enables a two-way dialogue between them that comprises data, methods, technologies, tools and applications. BMI will help facilitate the translation of biological research results into clinical solutions.
Therefore the main purpose of the INFOBIOMED Network of Excellence is to enable the reinforcement of European BMI as an integrative discipline. BMI aims to create a common conceptual information space to further the discovery of novel diagnostic and therapeutic methods in the rapidly evolving arena of genomic medicine. The mission of BMI is to provide the technical and scientific infrastructure and knowledge to allow evidence-based, individualised healthcare using all relevant sources of information. Its implementation will help improve not only the treatment of diseases but also their diagnosis and prevention, also placing emphasis in public health and the reclassification of diseases. These foreseen benefits will improve health and quality of life of citizens and will probably have an effect on the efficiency of expenditure of the healthcare system.
Visit INFOBIOMED representatives at the Med-e-Tel exhibition and attend their presentation on April 6h, during the Med-e-Tel conference session on "European 'ICT for Health' Research: From Managing Health Status to the Increasing Personalization of Health Diagnosis and Treatment".


nfo World is a supplier of IT solutions dedicated exclusively to the healthcare field, providing customized modular integrated solutions for both clinical and economic management of healthcare facilities. Info World is currently active in Europe, Latin America, Southern Africa and Asia, with more than 100 healthcare facilities using their solutions.
Info World products create an integrated system customized for specific healthcare facilities, by also providing an integrated electronic health record for each patient.
Info World has more than 7 years of expertise exclusively in the medical software field with more than 200 employees (over 100 software developers). The company is a Microsoft Certified Partner and Fujitsu-Siemens certified, as well as HL7 and ISO 9001:2000 certified.
Info World offers very comprehensive information solutions, which cover the entire healthcare spectrum and responds to the demands of any type of healthcare institution. The systems are modular and can be combined into unique configurations to suit customer requirements. The clinical solutions are supported by executive and financial tools which streamline processes, control costs and provide decision support.
Visit Info World on stand no. 1C-67 at the Med-e-Tel 2005 exhibition in Luxembourg, where you can witness presentations and live demos of the integrated solutions. Info World specialists will be there to answer your questions and to explore future collaboration opportunities. Info World can be contacted at .


Honeywell HomMed concentrates its expertise on remote patient monitoring with over 15.000 patient units installed worldwide. Since it's inception, Honeywell HomMed has helped manage the care of over 300.000 patients. The Honeywell HomMed Health Monitoring System greets the user up to four times per day and guides them through a simple three minute process to collect their health information and answers to disease related questions. In additiona to weight, blood pressure and heart rate, the monitor can interface simultaneously with multiple medical peripheral devices including a glucose meter, spirometer and peak flow/FEV1 meter for measuring lung functions, PT/INR system to measure blood clotting time, and ECG device. User health data is automatically color coded and triaged for quick review. Voice and text prompts are currently available in 11 languages.
Using voice commands and light cues, the new MedPartner Medication Reminder (pending FDA 510K clearance) prompts users when it is time to take medication, the prescribed amount, appropriate bottle and if the wrong medication is selected.
Honeywell HomMed welcomes you to their stand at the Med-e-Tel exhibition to discover and test these health monitoring solutions.


A new project promoting the collaboration between Russia and Europe in IST started recently, SITE: Siberia, Information Technologies and Europe. SITE brings a very distant Russian region, covering an area in excess of 5 million square km, nearer to Europe: Sibirsky Federal District (SFD), the "Siberian Silicon Valley".
Mostly unknown to Europeans, SFD hosts approximately 250 universities and research institutes with some 66.000 researchers. The overall aim of SITE is to increase the number of IST-projects with Siberian research teams involved as partners.
SITE brings highly competent Siberian researchers from the remote SFD to European IST-conferences where they can present their most recent research results. By organising real and virtual brokerages as part of IST-conferences, SITE creates unique opportunities to meet the Siberian researchers in person and to talk to them. A partnering mechanism supports online partnerfinding via a database with 320 profiles of researchers from SFD with strong expertise in IT. The database makes it possible to carry out specific partner searches and enables Europeans to easily contact a selected Siberian research team. Apart from this, the SITE helpdesk assists Europeans to deal with any type of complex issue related to the collaboration with Russia.
SITE, together with its sister project Admire-P, is bringing several researchers to Med-e-Tel 2005 in Luxembourg. Meet them on their exhibition stand and join their various presentations in the Med-e-Tel conference program.
For more information on SITE and Admire-P and to make an appointment at Med-e-Tel, please visit www.singleimage.co.uk/russia-in-ist.


The International Society of Teledermatology has been launched recently. Info and contact details can be found under the new website www.teledermatology-society.org.
A few thoughts about teledermatology:
- The inherently visual nature of dermatology makes it easily applicable to virtual medicine.
- Teledermatology holds great potential for revolutionizing the delivery of dermatologic services.
- Teledermatology provides a well-defined channel for interaction with experts in dermatology.


In this section of the Med-e-Tel newsletter, we report news from the ISfT (International Society for Telemedicine), supporting partner of the Med-e-Tel event.
- ISfT will host a special conference session at Med-e-Tel 2005 in Luxembourg entitled "National Experiences in Telemedicine and eHealth". The session is scheduled for Thursday 7 April between 10h00 and 13h00 and will feature presentations by ISfT members from Brazil, Croatia, El Salvador, Finland, Georgia, Poland, South Africa, UK and Ukraine. For an updated schedule and more details about these presentations, please check www.medetel.lu.
- ISfT is also holding a Board Meeting and General Assembly at Med-e-Tel on Wednesday 6 April. For invitation and agenda, please refer to www.isft.net.
- If you would like to meet with ISfT representatives at Med-e-Tel, please send an e-mail to to arrange an appointment.
- The 10th ISfT International Conference will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 23-26 October 2005 in conjunction with the meeting of the Conselho Brasileiro de Telemedicina e Telesaude (www.cbtms.com.br/isft).
- For more information or to contact ISfT, see www.isft.net or send an e-mail to [email protected].


For information on publications, journals, magazines, reports and on-line information services that will help you to stay abreast of what is going on in the field of ehealth and to make better informed decisions in your daily business or healthcare practice, check out the list of Media Partners on www.medetel.lu. To follow is a review of just some of the publications that will be (April 6-8, 2005):
 
- IHE (International Hospital Equipment and Solutions), Med-e-Tel's main international media partner, will feature in its upcoming April issue a special focus on healthcare IT, telemedicine and risk management. Copies of the publication will be available at Med-e-Tel. To learn more about IHE as well as about the markets and areas served by IHE with its regular 27,000+ high quality BPA audited circulation, go to www.ihe-online.com.
 
- Hospital Post is GIT VERLAG's bi-monthly publication for decision makers in European hospitals - with a circulation of 25,000 copies, from Lisbon to Minsk, and from Oslo to Palermo. It provides a forum to opinion leaders in all healthcare-related fields and covers the major hot issues in medical technology, IT, general management, facility management, and clinical diagnostics. Ask for your free sample at www.hospital-post.com.
 
- In its 24th year, Management & Krankenhaus addresses 43,000 decison makers in German hospitals each month. Themes covered range from medical technology, IT, general management, facility management, to clinical diagnostics. Readers include leading medics, IT, technical, and facility managers, head administrative staff, and laboratory directors. Free sample upon request at www.management-krankenhaus.de.
 
- Produced in association with HOPE, Hospital Healthcare Europe is the essential resource for European hospital healthcare professionals with over 130 informed articles and case studies, individual sections on facilities management, IT and communications, laboratories, radiology and imaging, theatre and surgery, clinical care, nursing and patient care, pharmacy and therapeutics. More info at www.campden.com.
 
- Private Hospital Healthcare Europe is the essential new reference resource for the private hospital sector with comparative statistics analysing the private hospital sector and important information on EU health policy initiatives. Includes over 100 articles analysing important clinical and business trends for the future of private hospital healthcare. More info at www.campden.com.
 
- MedTech Business Review is a major new information resource for everyone concerned with the medical technology industry in Europe and around the world. The pharmaceuticals sector has a wealth of media surrounding it, feeding vital information to industry professionals, investors and the vast healthcare market; the fast-growing medical technology sector does not. MedTech Business Review is designed to redress that critical imbalance. MedTech Business Review will be launched in April 2005 and appear biannually (second edition due Sept 2005). It will focus on all aspects of innovative medical device/technology financing, manufacture, marketing and usage in all healthcare sectors, with a comprehensive mix of expert overviews and in-depth analyses of emerging technologies, market conditions and opportunities - all of which will make it essential reading for everyone concerned with medical technology in and around Europe and internationally. It will be targeted to a selec! ted key readership of industry manu facturers and investors and high-ranking healthcare professionals. More info at www.campden.com.


To follow are links to some interesting and recently published articles and studies (if you would like to suggest an article for inclusion into a following newsletter, feel free to send details to ):

  • Telemedical Wound Care Using a New Generation of Mobile Telephones (JAMA & Archives, Archives of Dermatology)
  • Access to communication technologies in a sample of cancer patients: an urban and rural survey (BMC Cancer)
  • What Is eHealth (3): A Systematic Review of Published Definitions (Journal of Medical Internet Research)
  • Telemedicine is a thrust area in India's race to become a developed nation (Express Health Management)
  • Relevance of telemedicine to Asian sub-continent (Express Health Management)
  • Nine Tech Trends - Healthcare IT advances are pulling together to manage an expanding universe (Healthcare Informatics)
  • Wireless Attractions - The devices sell themselves when introduced in a physician-friendly package (Healthcare Informatics)
  • NURSING THEORY AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OR ANALYSIS - Modelling novice clinical reasoning for a computerized decision support system (Journal of Advanced Nursing)
  • Chemotherapy via Telemedicine (The Rural Monitor)
  • Cardiology PACS: Heart at Work (HealthImaging&IT)
  • Teledermatology: Just Cool or a Real Tool? (Dermatology)
  • Telehealth (Healthcare Informatics)
  • Nursing Informatics of Tomorrow (Healthcare Informatics)
  • Telemedicine aids tsunami victims (Australian IT)
  • Good telecare comes in small packages, argue researchers (E-Health Insider)

 
 

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