The study "European and International Perspectives on Telematics in Healthcare" was written by Stephan H. Schug on behalf of the Association for Social Security Policy and Research (GVG). The work of the author was accompanied by a team of the Health Telematics Action Forum for Germany (ATG). The ATG team members represent self-governing organizations from German Healthcare and the German Ministry of Health. Starting from an analysis of the international status quo, the study identifies up-to-date trends and strategies in e-Health. Building on this evidence, top priorities of health telematics policy and strategies for German healthcare are highlighted. The present document was written in two languages in order to facilitate international communication relating to the priorities of health telematics.

This volume focuses on the activities on Health Telematics Education. In Europe, coordinated activities in healthcare informatics education started in the late 1980's with the establishment of European Courses in Health Teematics. At the same time the European Commission foresaw the need for spreading the knowledge of IT in the Healthcare Sector. Therefore the EC, since then, have supported the initiatives that aim to create awareness, stimulate diffusion, educate and train the users (healthcare professionals) in the application of Information Technology to the Healthcare Sector. Such an initiative is the NIGHTENGALE project which is an essential project in the planning and implementation of strategy timing the Nursing profession in using and applying healthcare information systems, as well as, the IT EDUCTRA project which covers a more wide spectrum of the Health Telematics Education. The objective of this book is to promote the appropriate use of the developed Telematics infrastructure across Europe by educating and training healthcare professionals in a harmonising way across Europe in the upcoming field of Health and Nursing Informatics. For achieving this objective the European Commission established a series of European Conferences on Health Telematics Education, and Workshops by experts (users, developers and policymakers). In this book the Proceedings of the first European Conference in 'Health Telematics Education' (HTE'96), organised by the NIGHTINGALE project and supported by the IT EDUCTRA project, are included as well as the minutes and the presentations of the NIGHTINGALE Workshops.

Global Perspectives in Health is a component of Encyclopedia of Biological, Physiological and Health Sciences in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Global Perspectives in Health provides the essential aspects and with a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Global Perspectives in Health; Determinants of Health and Their Interactions; Epidemiology: Health and Disease in Populations; Health Care Systems; Ethical Issues in Health; New Problems in Global Health. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Title page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- A Telemedicine Guideline for the Practice of Teleconsultation -- Medical Telematics in Disaster Response -- Architecture and Tools for Open, Interoperable and Portable EHRs -- Telemedicine in Extreme Environments: Analogs for Space Flight -- Development of a Robotic Navigation and Fracture Fixation System -- A Readiness Model for Telehealth Is it possible to Pre-Determine How Prepared Communities are to Implement Telehealth? -- An Automated Diagnostic System for Tubular Carcinoma of the Breast - An Overview of Approach and Considerations -- Data Analysis Now and Then: Significant Changes in Approaches and Results -- Software Agents in Surgery: An Update -- Technologies for Haptic Systems in Telemedicine -- Cybercare NDMS: An Improved Strategy for Biodefense Using Information Technologies -- A Communication-Theory Based View on Telemedical Communication -- Implementation of TeleCare Services: Benefit Assessment and Organisational Models -- LifeGuard - Recording, Evaluation and Wireless Transmission of Medical Data -- NOAH - A Mobile Emergency Care System -- Author Index

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This book presents the state of the art and trends in Health Care Telematics, the valuable results of the research and development work carried out by more than 50 projects during the AIM programme 1991-94. Project information regarding the dissemination and validation of the project results is elaborated and in the annex a full list of the participants in each project including contact details can be found. The second part of the book focuses on the shift of paradigm in the Health Care sector within the Information Society. This shift is characterised by a general turn from informatics towards multimedia telematics including the Health Care Telematics. The new Telematics Application Programme under the Fourth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development is user driven and focuses on the need for industry and users to collaborate and develop common solutions to secure validation and exploitation of the research results. The book gives an insight into the state of the art in a world wide context and helps the reader to understand the trends in Health Telematics. The target groups for reading the book are besides experts, researchers and industry in the area as well as decision makers and potential users of Health Telematics. Covered by Current Contents, Life Sciences (ISI), volume 39, no. 9, Februari 1996, p. 15-18 "The book gives insight into the state of the art in a worldwide context and helps the reader to understand current trends in European health telematics" Health Informatics Europe, volume 4, no. 1, March 1996, p. 14