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2009-12-09 02:52:36 - The VPHOP organizing committee is happy to invite you to the Fracture Risk Modeling Symposium in connection with IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis & 10th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (IOF WCO-ECCEO1O).
2009-11-25 02:56:08 - The 2009 Conference of the Sectoral e-Business Watch (SeBW), a programme of the European Commission’s Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, took place in Brussels on 29 October. It has been the 6th conference since the beginning of the programme in 2002.
Read more about: Sectoral e-Business Watch Conference 2009: Presentations now available
2009-10-13 01:28:10 - Save the date: eHealth week 2010 in Barcelona combining the eHealth Ministerial Conference and the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition
2009-09-17 02:58:05 - The upcoming 2009 Conference of the Sectoral e-Business Watch, a programme of the European Commission’s Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, focuses on the economic impact of ICT on innovation and environmental sustainability as well as on resulting implications for competitiveness and policy.
2009-08-11 03:08:54 - empirica started the ICEAC study on "Analysis of the role of Creativity and Innovation in school curricula in the EU27" for IPTS, Sevilla
Read more about: empirica started the ICEAC study
2009-08-11 03:07:36 - empirica has been successful with a bid for an EU service contract by DG EAC and started a project on “CULTUREMAP - Study on the mapping and evaluating of existing platforms (websites) within the cultural sector aimed at stimulating debate and cross border exchange of matters concerning European culture"
Read more about: empirica started a project on "CULTUREMAP"
2009-08-11 03:05:52 - Preliminary results of the EHR IMPACT study were presented to the i2010 Sub Group on eHealth in Brussels.
Read more about: EHR IMPACT preliminary results introduced to i2010 Sub Group on eHealth
2009-08-11 00:00:00 - For three days, until July 1st, Berlin became the centre of attention for those interested in HealthGrid technology in Europe.
2009-06-30 03:11:44 - In the framework of the epSOS project, a recent workshop at EC premises dealt with the role of ontology-driven semantic interoperability in eHealth.
2009-06-12 03:12:54 - The International Workshop on Information Technology for Patient Safety, held in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine ITAB 2009, is envisaged as a compilation of the latest trends and developments in the field of information technology for patient safety.
2009-06-08 03:13:58 - The French results of the ICT and eHealth survey among General Practitoners are now available in a French translation under the title: "Analyse comparative sur l’usage des TIC par les médecins généralistes européens en 2007."
Read more about: Indicators eHealth: French translation of country profile available
2009-06-08 00:00:00 - empirica researcher Jörg Artmann was invited to this year's Health Information Technologies Congress in Paris to present and discuss results of the eHealth Benchmarking and Good Practice eHealth studies.
2009-05-26 03:17:05 - Both the European Union and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have recognised ICT-facilitated solutions as key enablers for modern, patient-centered and efficient healthcare services.
Read more about: OECD expert meeting on eHealth indicators: empirica invited
2009-05-20 03:17:58 - Bonn/Brussels. Quantitative monitoring and benchmarking of eHealth is rather widespread in the European Union.
Read more about: eHealth Benchmarking study concluded
2009-05-06 03:19:35 - Member of the VPHOP consortium Karl A. Stroetmann gave an invited expert presentation on the vision and clinical potentials of VPH during a series of advanced seminars about ‘Bio ICT-The Heart in the Computer’, organised at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France. Delegates included leading scientists and important industry leaders, EC decision-makers and major players in the field.
2009-05-06 00:00:00 - On Feb. 24, 2009, AIM (Association Internationale de la Mutualitie) held an executive expert workshop on "TELEMEDICINE AND REIMBURSEMENT" at its prem-ises in Brussels. The invited opening key note on Telemedicine and reimbursement: a framework, business models, practical examples was presented by empirica eHealth ex-pert Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann.
2009-04-21 03:21:28 - The result of the Financing eHealth study served as input to an article on “eHealth Investment: High Potential Opportunity and Managerial Challenge” in “Hospital”, the official journal of the Euro-pean Association of Hospital Managers.
Read more about: Financing eHealth study
2009-03-19 03:30:26 - European companies are confronted with huge challenges on several fronts: they have to cope with the consequences of the financial crisis, increasing pressure from global competition and compliance with tightening environmental regulation – all at the same time.
2009-03-17 03:25:43 - As part of the management team in epSOS, a unique European initiative for interoperable ePrescriptions and eSummaries that brings together 27 partners in 12 Member States, empirica is proud to announce that the first months of the project are perceived as a success.
Read more about: epSOS makes a strong first impression
2009-03-03 03:29:02 - eHealth use among primary care physicians in Europe of great international interest - presentation at a conference in Victoria, Canada
Read more about: eHealth use among primary care physicians in Europe of great international interest
2009-03-03 03:27:40 - Bonn/Prague, 18 February 2009. How widely spread is eHealth monitoring and benchmarking in the EU, Canada and the US? What activities, applications and health actors are covered by current monitoring activities? What needs to be done to come to a comprehensive, EU-wide eHealth benchmarking?
Read more about: Successful workshop on eHealth Benchmarking in Prague
2009-02-24 03:39:36 - Interoperable eHealth in Europe achieves significant momentum through successful epSOS - CALLIOPE co-operation.
Read more about: Access Your Needed Medical Data When Abroad
2009-02-20 03:47:57 - Report from the SemanticHealth project published by the European Commission
Read more about: Laying the foundations for semantic interoperability in eHealth
2009-02-20 00:00:00 - The three-year Good eHealth project is proud to present a collection of good practice case stud-ies from 30 European countries.
2009-02-12 03:48:51 - European services standard for cross-border healthcare provision agreed - an important step towards improved healthcare provision for mobile European Union citizens
Read more about: European services standard for cross-border healthcare provision agreed
2009-02-04 03:50:26 - First case study reports available for download on the EHR IMPACT website! The detailed case studies present evidence on the socio-economic impact of the Emergency Care Summary in Scotland, and the hospital-wide EPR system in the National Heart Hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria. A second round of cases will be published soon.
Read more about: First case study reports available for download on the EHR IMPACT website!
2009-01-16 03:53:25 - Two EHR IMPACT case studies were presented at this year’s TeleMed & eHealth 2008 Conference of the British Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London.
Read more about: EHR IMPACT case studies presented at high-level conferences
2009-01-16 03:52:27 - The second Financing eHealth workshop, ”Procuring for health benefits: critical factors for beneficial deployment of innovative eHealth and telemedicine services”, took place at the World of Health IT 2008 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Read more about: Financing eHealth workshop and final report
2009-01-16 03:51:14 - 15 January 2009 - The article published refers to the TEN4Health workshop on 9 September 2008 in Kiel, Germany.
Read more about: The TEN4Health project has been presented in the eTEN News Q4/2008
2009-01-09 04:00:48 - - New study commissioned by the European Union to empirica eHealth experts - Fostering the development and implementation of national eHealth policies and strategies has been a key goal of the European Union (EU) eHealth Action Plan of 2004.
Read more about: Assessing progress towards an interoperable European eHealth space
2008-12-22 04:06:57 - The European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry has awarded the study "Monitoring e-Skills Demand and Supply in Europe" to empirica
2008-12-10 04:08:33 - Dr Karl Stroetmann’s talk given at the EHTEL/EUROREC symposium held as part of the World of Health IT 08 conference was highlighted by Jon Hoeksma, editor of the leading eHealth news platform eHealth Europe and the associated eHealth Insider newsletter.
Read more about: The secrets of eHealth success
2008-11-24 05:22:08 - This new study about ICT standards in the health sector by empirica provides a structured overview of eHealth standards development and uptake in a European context, paying special attention to standards for electronic health records.
Read more about: ICT standards in the health sector: current situation and prospects
2008-11-11 05:19:07 - ICT is important for the steel industry. It can increase productivity, reduce costs and improve customer relationships.
Read more about: Steel and e-business - a robust relationship
2008-11-11 04:11:18 - The 2008 Sectoral e-Business Watch studies analyse the dynamic developments in ICT adoption and e-business activities in the European Union.
2008-11-11 04:10:13 - For retailers, the internet remains a sales channel that can attract new customers.
Read more about: Selling online provides opportunities for retailers
2008-11-11 00:00:00 - There has been a dynamic uptake of e-business activity in the European chemical, rubber and plastics industries, according to a recently released empirica study (2008).
Read more about: Chemical, rubber and plastics industry: already 75% use e-business
2008-10-24 05:33:46 - The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides a timely reminder of Information Technology's relevance in the fight against hospital acquired infections.
2008-10-17 00:00:00 - The European Commission recently published the Mid-Term Review of its i2010 strategy, a policy-framework for the information society.
Read more about: Empirica's eHealth projects feature in European Commission's I2010 review.
2008-10-13 05:39:09 - empirica presentation on "Benchmarking Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for e-Skills" at the European e-Skills 2008 Conference in Thessaloniki
2008-10-13 05:36:55 - Under the heading "Citizen Services for Borderless Healthcare - EU Workshop Presents Successful Solutions" the publication Hospital Post Europe has published the results of the Ten4Health workshop held at the eHealth Conference 2008 in Kiel, Germany in September 2008.
Read more about: Ten4Health workshop results highlights in the media
2008-09-25 05:40:43 - This year's TeleMed & eHealth 2008 Conference of the British Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) will take place on the 24th and the 25th of November in London. At this prominent scientific European meeting, empirica will be present with several contributions:
Read more about: Empirica researchers present at this year's TeleMed & eHealth Conference in London
2008-09-24 00:00:00 - Travelling abroad for pleasure, education, or work has become a natural part of life for many European citizens. Products and services can be bought in another member state when required, but obtaining healthcare outside their country of residence still presents a problem to most European citizens. This was the starting point for a recent workshop which was part of the eHealth 2008 conference in Kiel, Germany, organized by the European Commissions TEN4Health project.
2008-07-11 05:47:27 - On July 2, the European Commission released, as part of the Renewed Social Agenda, two documents with significant importance to suppoting cross-border healthcare delivery. empirica is proud of its substantial contributions to the conceptual groundwork of cross-border and interoperable healthcare delivery through its various studies and projects ...
2008-07-01 00:00:00 - The TRANSFORM project, which is coordinated by empirica, explores the conditions for transformative use of ICTs by European regions as well the ways in which such use can be measured and benchmarked.
2008-06-25 05:51:26 - By 2020, 25% of the EU's population will be over 65. To respond to this growing demographic challenge, the European Union Council of Ministers approved, on 23 June 2008, a European Commission (EC) plan to make Europe a hub for developing digital technologies designed to help older people to continue living independently at home.
Read more about: MobilAlarm recognised as leading European Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) service
2008-06-17 05:52:32 - Further to last year's successful eAccessibility benchmarking report, the MeAC study ("Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe") now published individual eAccessibility country profiles.
Read more about: eAccessibility in the European Member States
2008-05-13 06:01:23 - Ten4Health project on citizen services for borderless healthcare in the European Union presented at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008
2008-05-13 06:00:11 - Advisory Board meeting of the "eHealth Benchmarking" study took place at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008
2008-05-09 06:03:03 - empirica presents results of the EHR IMPACT and Financing eHealth studies at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008
Read more about: empirica presents results of "EHR IMPACT and Financing eHealth studies"
2008-05-09 05:54:16 - At the recent European eHealth Conference in Slovenia, an EU commissioned study on the “Socio-economic impact of interoperable electronic health records and ePrescription in Europe - EHR Impact” was presented.
Read more about: The main lesson is that ICT is only part of the solution
2008-04-25 06:03:58 - Survey takes pulse of e-Health in Europe and prescribes wider ICT use among doctors - European Commission publishes the results of the empirica "Pilot on eHealth Indicators" study
2008-04-10 05:53:15 - Organised by the Telemed and eHealth Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine, this half-day workshop will support healthcare commissioners, public and private service developers, physicians and other healthcare providers as well as telehealth equipment vendors in developing successful business cases for sustainable telehealth services, and in better understanding the requirements and constrains of other actors involved in the healthcare value system.
Read more about: Developing Successful Business Cases for Telehealth: An Interactive Workshop
2008-04-08 06:05:43 - First findings of the EHR IMPACT study will be presented next month at the European Union Ministerial Conference on eHealth 2008 in PortoroĹľ, Slovenia.
Read more about: First findings of the EHR IMPACT study will be presented next month.
2008-03-06 06:06:29 - Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann, Senior Research Associate with empirica, gave an invited key note speech on “Ten4Health: Supporting trans- European healthcare services for mobile citizens” at the 3rd Portuguese IT for Health Congress March 4 and 5, 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.
2008-02-23 06:07:10 - Ten4Health actively participated with a presentation on "New eHealth Possibilities with the Project Ten4Health" of Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann in the session on "Best practice examples for cross-border health co-operation" at the Conference "European Co-operation in the Health Sector - Added Value for People, Economy and Regions" which was orangised by the Association of the European Border Regions (AEBR) and the REGIO BASILIENSIS on 22 February 2008 in Basel (Switzerland).
2008-02-07 06:08:06 - First results from the Financing eHealth study have been published on the study website www.financing-ehealth.eu. One of the reports describes the conceptual framework in which eHealth investments are and should be made.
2008-01-30 06:17:27 - After having successfully won the call for tender on the study for the first phase (Pilot on eHealth Indicators), a study including a survey of more than 6000 General Practitioners in all European countries which will be completed by empirica in March 2008, also the second study in a series of three linked studies to develop eHealth benchmarking at European level was awarded to empirica. The study will cover all 27 EU Member States plus Norway and Iceland as well as Canada and the USA.
2008-01-24 06:15:36 - The European Commission is going a step further in its efforts to foster multilingualism as a key part of European unity in diversity.
Read more about: European Commission makes computer-assisted translation easier and more accessible
2008-01-13 06:08:48 - Its objective was to carry out an in-depth analysis of the results of the annual Information Society Surveys of households and enterprises and to relate them to a number of specific themes.
Read more about: The "Benchmarking in a Policy Perspective" project has been completed successfully
2007-12-20 06:10:18 - Large Success of the Third European Conference "Silver Economy in Europe 2007" in Seville with a good practice award for the Limousin region in France
2007-12-20 06:09:37 - The newsletter contains again a lot of interesting information on relevant Silver Economy issues from all over the European Union and its regions. A special focus is on the recent 3rd European Silver Economy Conference, held on 15 and 16 November 2007 in Sevilla Spain (cf. above).
Read more about: 6th issue of the SEN@ER newsletter published
2007-12-17 06:20:39 - An expert symposium concerned with ”Critical Issues for Electronic Health Records” was co-hosted by The Nuffield Trust and The Wellcome Trust
Read more about: Wellcome & Nuffield Trust EHR Symposium
2007-12-17 06:19:54 - Empirica senior research associate Dr. Karl Stroetmann was keynote speaker at the Royal Society of Medicine's Conference TeleMed & eHealth ’07: Supporting Self Care.
2007-12-17 06:18:21 - The MobilAlarm device and service were presented at the European Union Ministerial Debate on eInclusion in December 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Read more about: MobilAlarm presented at e-Inclusion Ministerial Debate
2007-12-14 06:22:22 - As was recently observed by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, "ICT systems that provide timely information can save live, improve the quality and efficiency of the health delivery system and contain the cost."
Read more about: empirica experts contribute to eHealth COMPASS Special Issue on "Patient Safety"
2007-12-14 06:21:26 - The eHealth ERA project has been concluded successfully. Funded by the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, eHealth ERA investigated and analysed eHealth priorities and deployment activities in European countries.
Read more about: eHealth ERA project concluded - all reports online
2007-10-25 01:22:28 - Six sectors and four cross-sector topics have been selected for the new Sectoral eBusiness Watch (SeBW) work programme of 2007/08. Sectors include chemicals, rubber and plastics; steel; furniture; retail, transport services and logistics; and banking.
2007-10-18 01:25:02 - Deloitte, together with empirica and the European Commission, will present an upbeat view of the Exchange of Good Practices in eHealth during a half day free of charge workshop in Vienna. The session will take place on 22nd of October from 14.00 to 18.00 CET.
2007-10-18 01:21:37 - The workshop "Perspectives and Impacts of RFID adoption in European Supply Chains" is organised by e-Business W@tch in co-operation with IDC and took place at the Next Generation Supply Chain Summit in Milano on 23rd October 2007.
2007-10-09 06:23:01 - Karsten Gareis (empirica) has authored a Guide to Good Practice in using indicators and benchmarking as a tool in regional Information Society policy. ...
2007-10-09 01:23:19 - Three quarters of European General Practitioners in the EU15 were already active internet users and online in 2002, as was revealed by a Eurobarometer survey. This is in line with global results presented by a recent Commonwealth Fund study. ...
2007-10-01 01:20:35 - V. N. Stroetmann, J.-P. Thierry, K. A. Stroetmann, A. Dobrev eHealth for Safety - Impact of ICT on Patient Safety and Risk Management 25 September 2007 eHealth, the beneficial application of ICT-based systems and solutions, has been identified as potentially the key enabler to fundamentally improve patient safety in clinical contexts.
Read more about: eHealth for Safety final report is released
2007-10-01 01:19:42 - Latest results from the empirica-coordinated eTEN project "Trans-European healthcare support network for Europe’s mobile citizens: Meeting the challenge of cross-Member State healthcare services" (www.ten4health.eu) will be presented at the World of Health IT, Vienna, Thursday 25 October 2007.
Read more about: Latest results from the empirica-coordinated eTEN project
2007-09-18 01:18:50 - The SOPRANO project (Service Oriented PRogrammable smArt enviroNments for Older Europeans) has recently launched its project website.
Read more about: SOPRANO launches its project website
2007-08-28 01:17:16 - Our second contributor, Alexander Dobrev from Empirica, looks at financing opportunities in the three phases of the eHealth investment life-cycle, and explains how the financing model changes as the eHealth project goes through planning, implementation and operation.
Read more about: Searching for financing opportunities
2007-08-07 01:16:35 - The TEN4Health project had its kick-off meeting on 1 August 2007 at the AOK Rheinland/Hamburg premises in Grevenbroich....
Read more about: Seamless Healthcare Provision Throughout Europe - the TEN4Health Service
2007-08-07 01:15:49 - The website of the eHealth ERA project now provides contact data about organisations promoting or conducting eHealth research and technology development (RTD) in Europe.
Read more about: eHealth ERA provides contact details to eHealth RTD organisations
2007-07-17 01:14:45 - The database of the eHealth ERA project (http://www.ehealth-era.org), co-ordinated by empirica, now includes a first set of extended country reports.
Read more about: First eHealth country reports now available at eHealth ERA website
2007-07-06 01:13:35 - The Event is on Friday 13th July 2007. The Cordula and GĂĽnter Paetzold Auditorium. This forum will bring to life two important and pivotal issues in eHealth today: - eHealth Priorities and Implementation Strategies - The Benefits of eHealth eHealth solutions have great potential to improve access, quality, and efficiency of healthcare.
Read more about: Optimizing eHealth in B.C. : A discussion Forum. on Friday, July 13, 2007
2007-06-12 01:11:54 - SOPRANO is an Integrated Project (IP) which started in early 2007 where empirica is one of the partners. The project was officially launched at Tunstall's world headquarters in Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire on the 1st February 2007, and was attended by 40 delegates from the UK and European partner organisations. The SOPRANO project resulted from a successful proposal submission to the European Commission’s IST Programme which is part of the Framework Programme 6.
2007-06-12 01:10:14 - The SAVE@Work4Homes project aims to achieve a very significant reduction in energy consumption in social housing across Europe, across all types of existing building and across all tenant groups, by providing information and support to tenants enabling them to optimise their energy consumption behaviour.
2007-06-12 01:08:44 - In this study for the European Commission DG INFSO and Media a survey of almost 6,000 primary care physicians on their use of ICT and internet for communication with patients and between primary and secondary care and other health agencies will be carried out in all 27 Member States of the European Union and in Norway and Iceland. The fieldwork will start in the third quarter of 2007.
Read more about: "Pilot on eHealth Indicators" study awarded to empirica by the European Commission
2007-05-14 01:07:18 - The objective of the study is to support the i2010 initiative by analysing the origins as well as the impacts of the current lack of confidence in the information society products and services,...
Read more about: Measures to increase trust and confidence of consumers in the Information Society
2007-04-23 01:03:19 - As of May 2007, the mobile emergency device that was tested in the international project MobilAlarm (http://www.mobilalarm-eu.org) will be marketed. empirica co-ordinated this project from April 2004 to August 2005.
Read more about: Successful EU support: MobilAlarm device available at the market
2007-04-12 01:02:26 - The European Commission's brochure "Information Society and Health: Linking European Policies" has been produced by Information Society Policy Link (ISPL)
Read more about: New brochure "Information Society and Health: Linking European Policies" viewable
2007-04-12 01:00:38 - The Department of Equality and Social Welfare of the Junta de AndalucĂa will organise the 3rd SEN@ER Conference in the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Seville/Spain on the 15th and 16th of November 2007.
Read more about: 3rd European Silver Economy Conference in Andaluci
2007-04-10 12:59:38 - eHealth matters to the whole of Europe: All European countries undertake great efforts to improve access, quality and efficiency of their health services through innovative information technology-based solutions.
Read more about: eHealth priorities and strategies in European countries
2007-04-03 12:56:29 - Supporting Self Care - The Role of eHealth. The Call for Abstracts is open, the Deadline for submission is Monday 30 April 2007. The same holds for the Call for workshops.
2007-03-23 01:06:14 - A database with documents about European eHealth priorities and strategies is now available at the website of the EU-funded project eHealth ERA (http://www.ehealth-era.org).
2007-03-22 12:53:00 - The SeniorWatch study is aimed at assessing and measuring changes in the ICT market for older people, which occurred since 2002 when the first SeniorWatch study was conducted, and follow up the developments.
2007-03-21 12:51:25 - In November 2006 empirica supported by the ENIR network (www.enir.org) has been awarded the contract for the European study on the "Benchmarking policies on multi-stakeholder partnerships for e-skills in Europe".
Read more about: "Benchmarking policies on multi-stakeholder partnerships for e-skills in Europe"
2007-03-20 12:48:03 - Read the Final report and the 27 country briefs and the European Commission's press release on the i2010 website.
2007-03-19 04:24:49 - Benchmarking plays a central role in measuring progress on i2010 priorities.
2007-01-30 06:11:13 - The 18 months study for DG Education and Culture of the European Commission will provide a comparative analysis report detailing the main strategies for the integration of ICT in primary schools in the EU27, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland, their impact and future development perspectives.
2007-01-24 06:13:29 - It brings higher levels of transparency to the IT practitioner training and certification market and recommendations providing useful inspiration for policy makers, industry, social partners and other stakeholders.
2006-12-15 04:21:01 - A one day workshop organised by the eInclusion@EU project with support of the European Commission on 30 November 2006 in Brussels, Belgium
2006-12-12 04:19:49 - The Active@Work process model divides the promoting of active ageing at work into clear phases and activities in order to help planning and implementing improvements in working conditions.
2006-11-27 00:00:00 - On 8th November 2006, the last of the three days, the day was devoted to a second thematic workshop on Health Terminologies, which was co-organised with the EU co-funded project, Semantic Health.
Read more about: On November 06 the ICT for Health Unit organised a series of meetings
2006-11-27 00:00:00 - Werner B. Korte presented results from the LearnInd study which was just completed for the European Commission DG INFSO & Media and DG EAC.
2006-11-15 04:13:12 - A new addition to the empirica Working Paper Series presents an overview of findings from existing research on virtual collaborative ways of working.
2006-10-19 00:00:00 - At the World of Health IT conference in Geneva, 10 - 13 October 2006, empirica consultant Stefan Lilischkis presented findings from the e-Business W@tch 2006 hospital survey. One of the most interesting results is that hospitals, in comparison with other economic sectors, are relatively strong in online procurement but they are relatively weak in patient-facing information technology solutions.