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Empirica researchers present at this year's TeleMed & eHealth Conference in London

Thu, 25 September 2008 11:53:56 GMT.

Citizen Services for Borderless Healthcare TEN4Health mid-term Event Presents Successful Solutions

Wed, 24 September 2008 11:14:34 GMT.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 Commission’s TEN4Health project. The workshop focused on current e-Health solutions of cross-border healthcare from a variety of European countries....

Further eAccessibility Country Profiles published

Tue, 26 August 2008 11:16:25 GMT.

EU workshop on Fostering Global Collaboration of European Companies

Wed, 13 August 2008 13:59:43 GMT.

eHealth initiatives to support medical assistance while travelling and living abroad.

Fri, 11 July 2008 12:40:14 GMT.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 ...

Two new reports: Understanding and measuring transformative use of ICTs in Europe's regions

Tue, 1 July 2008 12:13:54 GMT.

EU Workshop on Market Barriers for Uptake of ICTs for Independent Living and Active Ageing at Home

Tue, 1 July 2008 12:00:03 GMT.

MobilAlarm recognised as leading European Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) service

Wed, 25 June 2008 14:35:11 GMT.

eAccessibility in the European Member States

Thu, 17 June 2008 15:48:27 GMT.

empirica presents the results of the study on "ICT and eHealth use among General Practitioners in Europe" at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:07:54 GMT.

Advisory Board meeting of the "eHealth Benchmarking" study took place at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:05:34 GMT.

Ten4Health project on citizen services for borderless healthcare in the European Union presented at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:01:18 GMT.

empirica presents results of the EHR IMPACT and Financing eHealth studies at the European Ministerial eHealth Conference 2008

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:07:54 GMT.

The main lesson is that ICT is only part of the solution

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:42:01 GMT.

European Commission publishes the results of the empirica "Pilot on eHealth Indicators".

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:01:03 GMT.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

Developing Successful Business Cases for Telehealth: An Interactive Workshop

Thu, 10 April 2008 13:22:24 GMT.

First findings of the EHR IMPACT study will be presented next month.

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:34:51 GMT.

Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann, Senior Research Associate with empirica, gave an invited key note speech on Ten4Health

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:24:33 GMT.

"New eHealth Possibilities with the Project Ten4Health" presented at international conference in Basel (Switzerland)

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:34:37 GMT.

First results from the Financing eHealth study have been published on the study website www.financing-ehealth.eu.

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:24:57 GMT.

The "Benchmarking in a Policy Perspective" project has been completed successfully.

Sun, 31 Jan 2008 15:44:01 GMT.

Start of the "STudy of the impact of Educational technology in Primary Schools (STEPS)" in partnership with the European Schoolnet

Wen, 30 Jan 2008 11:31:57 GMT.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.

eHealth Benchmarking – the second phase study to develop eHealth benchmarking at European level was awarded to empirica

Wen, 30 Jan 2008 10:17:29 GMT.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.

The "Benchmarking e-skills Policies on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Europe" study has been completed by empirica

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:33:06 GMT. 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.

European Commission makes computer-assisted translation easier and more accessible

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:25:53 GMT.

6th issue of the SEN@ER newsletter published

Sun, 20 Dec 2007 13:50:57 GMT.

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

Sun, 20 Dec 2007 13:46:18 GMT.

MobilAlarm presented at e-Inclusion Ministerial Debate

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:50:12 GMT.

Empirica senior research associate Dr. Karl Stroetmann presents at RSM's TeleMed & eHealth 07 conference

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:26:48 GMT.

Wellcome & Nuffield Trust EHR Symposium

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:17:33 GMT. An expert symposium concerned with ”Critical Issues for Electronic Health Records” was co-hosted by The Nuffield Trust and The Wellcome Trust

eHealth ERA project concluded - all reports online

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:12:58 GMT. The eHealth ERA project has been concluded successfully.

empirica experts contribute to eHealth COMPASS Special Issue on "Patient Safety"

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:12:58 GMT.

New Sectors and Special Topics of the Sectoral eBusiness Watch Work Programme 2007/08

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:18:35 GMT.

e-Business W@tch holds workshop on RFID at Next Generation Supply Chain Summit in Milano in co-operation with IDC

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:23:14 GMT.

Invitation to the European Good Practice in eHealth Workshop - Systems and Applications for Hospitals at WHIT 07 (October 22, 2007 2:00 PM, Vienna, Austria).

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:29:22 GMT.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.

Gareis, Karsten: IANIS+ Guide to Regional Good Practice Indicators and Benchmarking, 2007, Brussels: ERISA.

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:14:32 GMT.Karsten Gareis (empirica) has authored a Guide to Good Practice in using indicators and benchmarking as a tool in regional Information Society policy. ...

What use do European General Practitioners make of eHealth? A representative EU-wide survey is underway to provide up-to-date figures

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:54:12 GMT.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. ...

eHealth for Safety final report released

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:44:26 GMT.

Latest results from the empirica-coordinated eTEN project

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:27:55 GMT.

SOPRANO launches its project website

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:45:15 GMT. The SOPRANO project (Service Oriented PRogrammable smArt enviroNments for Older Europeans) has recently launched its project website.

Searching for financing opportunities

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:22:35 GMT. 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.

Seamless Healthcare Provision Throughout Europe - the TEN4Health Service

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:15:35 GMT. The TEN4Health project had its kick-off meeting on 1 August 2007 at the AOK Rheinland/Hamburg premises in Grevenbroich....

eHealth ERA provides contact details to eHealth RTD organisations

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:50:02 GMT. The website of the eHealth ERA project now provides contact data about organisations promoting or conducting eHealth research and technology development (RTD) in Europe.

First eHealth country reports now available at eHealth ERA website

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:58:26 GMT. 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.

Optimizing eHealth in B.C. : A discussion Forum. on Friday, July 13, 2007

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:32:06 GMT. The Event is on Friday 13th July 2007. The Cordula and Günter 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. How can we work together to maximize their full potential? This workshop will focus on our state of play on eHealth in B.C., and draw on the European experience to shed key insights and good practices for consideration. This meeting will provide excellent value to senior leaders and decision makers, leaders, and experts in health and eHealth implementation in B.C.

Successful SOPRANO EU Project Kick-off meeting - next generation technology for elderly care

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:14:25 GMT. 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. It includes partners from three SEN@ER regions cooperating in the development of independent living services.

SAVE@Work4Homes – A new European project led by empirica on supporting European Housing Tenants in Optimising Resource Consumption

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:14:25 GMT. 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.

“Pilot on eHealth Indicators” study awarded to empirica by the European Commission

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:09:01 GMT. 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.

ICT Improves Patient safety

Tue, 29 May 2007 13:29:11 GMT. Flyer By Dr. Veli Stroetmann, of Empirica, germany.

Measures to increase trust and confidence of consumers in the Information Society

Mon, 14 May 2007 15:11:19 GMT. 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,...

Successful EU support: MobilAlarm device available at the market

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:20:56 GMT. 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.

New brochure "Information Society and Health: Linking European Policies" viewable

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:26:15 GMT. The European Commission's brochure "Information Society and Health: Linking European Policies" has been produced by Information Society Policy Link (ISPL)

3rd European Silver Economy Conference in Andaluci

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:57:33 GMT. The Department of Equality and Social Welfare of the Junta de Andalucía 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.

eHealth priorities and strategies in European countries

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:52:22 GMT. 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.

The UK Royal Society of Medicine, Telemedicine & eHealth Forum, will organise its annual TeleMed & eHealth 2007 International Conference in London on November 26 - 27.

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:34:24 GMT. 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.

Database of eHealth strategies and priorities in European countries now online available

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:45:54 GMT. 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).

SeniorWatch II - Assessment of the senior market for ICT - progress and development: new contract awarded to empirica by the European Commission DG INFSO and Media

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:55:45 GMT. 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.

"Benchmarking policies on multi-stakeholder partnerships for e-skills in Europe" for DG ENTRI covering more than 30 countries started ist fieldwork

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:05:28 GMT. 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".

"Benchmarking Access and Use of ICT in European Schools 2006 - Results from Head Teacher and Classroom Teacher Surveys in 27 European Countries": reports are now available for download on the i2010 website

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:06:01 GMT. Read the Final report and the 27 country briefs and the European Commission's press release on the i2010 website.

Benchmarking in a policy perspective: five new empirica reports published for the i2010 initiative of DG INFSO and Media

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:59:38 GMT. Benchmarking plays a central role in measuring progress on i2010 priorities.

International eInclusion@EU Workshop "The Contribution of ICTs to Equal Opportunities and Work-Life-Balance of Informal Carers for Older People"- Presentation slides now online available

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:12:45 GMT. A one day workshop organised by the eInclusion@EU project with support of the European Commission on 30 November 2006 in Brussels, Belgium

Process model for the development, implementation and evaluation of measures for active ageing at work

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:35:39 GMT. 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.

LearnInd results presented at the International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education (m-ICTE2006) in Seville (Spain)

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:44:11 GMT. Werner B. Korte presented results from the LearnInd study which was just completed for the European Commission DG INFSO & Media and DG EAC.

On the 6th, 7th, and 8th November 2006 the ICT for Health Unit organised a series of meetings within the framework of the i2010 subgroup on eHealth

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:58:46 GMT. 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.

Just published: empirica Working Paper on success factors and impacts of "New Work Environments"

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:20:44 GMT. A new addition to the empirica Working Paper Series presents an overview of findings from existing research on virtual collaborative ways of working.

Hospital survey presentation at WoHIT

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:33:11 GMT. 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.