EU "connect-a-thon" to test e-health systems integration:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The integration of over 120 individual healthcare systems, spanning cardiology, radiology, laboratory and IT infrastructure, is to be tested in the EU this month during a "connect-a-thon" organised under the Integrating the Health Care Enterprise initiative. A total of 70 companies will be taking part in the event, with the aim of developing specific solutions to support the implementation of electronic health records on the part of healthcare institutions, and their exchange between different healthcare entities.