The Directorate General for the Information Society (DG INFSO) will change its name. As of 1 July 2012, it will be known as the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, or “DG CONNECT”. “Our new...[more]
The 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, NI2012 (http://www.ni2012.org) will take place at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure from 23–27 June, 2012. As NI Congress Chair, Dr. Patricia Abbott, notes in the progamme,...[more]
The “Arctic Light e-health Conference” (ALEC) 2012 is scheduled for 19–20 June in Luleå, Norrbotten/Sweden. The general motto of the event is “From Policy to Action”.“The future of our health and social services depends on our...[more]
The 24th European Medical Informatics Conference – MIE2012 – will take place in Pisa/Italy, August 26–29 (www.mie2012.it). Organizers are the Italian Medical Informatics Association (AIIM), the Italian e-health Community, and the...[more]
From June 7 to 10, the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) will host its 2012 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida/USA. The event will offer “an ideal balance of education and scientific sessions, exhibit hall hours,...[more]
Information and communication technology has recently helped professionalize, and improve, emergency care in Denmark. Systems implemented in the country’s regions appear to be “rather well integrated compared to other European...[more]
The new information strategy – “The power of information: Putting all of us in control of the health and care information we need” – from the Department of Health in England was launched on 21 May, 2012. The strategy, and...[more]