Update on WB on mHealth -

Notes from the eDevelopment Thematic Group event World Bank Day @ mHealth Summit - mHealth from policy to implementation.

See notes at ict4d.at

Asociaţia Americană Telemedicală oferă Standarde şi Ghiduri pentru telemedicină, inclusiv Ghidul pentru telesănătatea mintală

În octombrie 2009 Asociaţia Americană Telemedicală a publicat Ghidul practic pentru telesănătate mintală, bazat pe videoconferinţe.

Standarde, ghiduri şi mecanisme de asigurare a calităţii sunt direcţii prioritare pentru activitatea Asociaţiei. Prin intermediul Comitetului pentru Standarde şi Ghiduri, Asociaţia implementează identificarea, supravegherea şi suportul grupelor de lucru care elaborează standarde individuale şi ghiduri, recomandează priorităţi în fiecare domeniu aparte. Grupuri de lucru se preocupă cu revizuirea standardelor şi ghidurilor existente, menţinerea terminologiei telemedicale şi de telesănătate. Standarde şi ghiduri elaborate de ATA pot fi găsite aici.

Participate in the Live Webcast on m-Health: From Policy to Implementation (The World Bank Day @ mHealth Summit)

Watch live and recorded webcast at: www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live (please register at: http://go.worldbank.org/BGZ8XU3KF0 )

Jointly sponsored by World Bank Group, UN Foundation/mHealth Alliance and FNIH, in collaboration with NIH and many others, the World Bank Day @ mHealth Summit will raise awareness of the possibilities for mobile-enabled innovations for improving health care and health care outcomes in developing countries and seeks to:

Contribute to putting m-health on the map of the mainstream public health agenda in developing countries.

Explore options as to how to translate mHealth applications into measurable health outcomes.

Provide concrete examples of experience at the country level – what questions to ask, what to look for, what tools are available, and what are the policy implications for implementation.

Establish a basis for future collaboration and continued dialogue on mHealth.

This unique one-day workshop will bring together lessons, innovations, and perspectives from over 30 practitioners and policy makers from key organization in the m-Health field. The workshop will discuss specific case studies and country perspectives on mHealth and address scaling up mobile innovations in World Bank Health Sector Projects. World Bank @ mHealth Day is an integral part of the mHealth Summit focusing on Mobile Technologies as a platform for health research and health care delivery. The mHealth Summit is an unprecedented event that will bring together researchers, policy-makers, collaborators and visionaries from around the world to exchange ideas, novel approaches, research and findings surrounding mHealth issues both in the United States and in developing countries.

Register for the webcast at: http://go.worldbank.org/BGZ8XU3KF0

Med-e-Tel 2010 (14-16 April 2010)

THE INTERNATIONAL eHEALTH,
TELEMEDICINE AND HEALTH ICT FORUM
For Education, Networking and Business

eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT are a tool at the service of medical and nurse practitioners, patients, citizens, healthcare institutions and governments. It involves many different stakeholders who need to be brought face-to-face to share aspirations, learn from research and experiences, show the possibilities, understand the market, discover new applications. Med-e-Tel is the meeting place with a proven potential for Education, Networking and Business among a global audience with diverse professional backgrounds.

Med-e-Tel focuses on ehealth and telemedicine applications and a wide range of other medical ICT applications and on the convergence of information and communication technology with medical applications, which lead to higher quality of care, cost reductions, workflow efficiency, and widespread availability of healthcare services.

The services and applications presented at Med-e-Tel include:

• computer hard/software and peripherals
  
• consulting services
  
• diagnostic/monitoring systems and devices
  
• electronic health cards
  
• electronic medical records and personal health records
  
• home and personal monitoring services and equipment
  
• hospital information systems
  
• imaging devices and systems
  
• internet/intranet services
  
• mobile/wireless devices and applications
  
• satellite communication
  
• secure data transmission
  
• surgical systems
  
• systems integration
  
• telecommunication services and devices
  
• telecare/telehealth/telemedicine equipment and assistive technologies
  
• videoconferencing
  
• vital signs monitoring

The event is supported by a wide range of national and international associations, institutions and media who are equally involved in the research, development or funding of ehealth and telemedicine initiatives.

For more information please visit the official site of Med-e-Tel.

XVI Международная школа «Современные аспекты телемедицины»18- 28 мая 2010, г. Москва

Уважаемые коллеги !

Российская ассоциация телемедицины проводит прием заявок для участия в работе XVI Международной школы «Современные аспекты телемедицины», которая будет проходить c 18 по 28 мая 2010 г. в Москве на базе головного телемедицинского центра ОАО «РЖД» по адресу: Москва, ул. Будайская, д. 2 (станция метро «ВДНХ»). Обучение проводится при поддержке Международной ассоциации телемедицины, Департамента здравоохранения ОАО «РЖД» и Центра современных медицинских технологий «СОМЕТ».

В течение 10 дней слушателям школы будет предложен 72-часовой курс теоретических и практических занятий по телемедицине, которые будут проводиться ведущими российскими и зарубежными специалистами. Успешно прошедшие обучение получат соответствующие сертификаты.

Обучение проводится на русском языке. Лекции зарубежных специалистов из Германии, Франции, Норвегии, Италии, США, Канады и других стран будут сопровождаться синхронным переводом. В ходе школы планируется проведение круглых столов по проблемам использования телемедицинских технологий.

Обучение рассчитано на организаторов здравоохранения, курирующих создание и работу телемедицинских центров и IT-специалистов, обеспечивающих работоспособность оборудования и каналов связи телемедицинского центра.

В ходе обучения слушатели школы с помощью консультантов должны подготовить и защитить проекты телемедицинских центров для своих клиник.

Часть лекций проводится на базе видеоконференцсвязи. По этой же технологии будет заслушан ряд сообщений российских и зарубежных телемедицинских центров об опыте использования телемедицинских технологий.

Для получения места для обучения в школе необходимо прислать заявку, анкету и, получив счет, оплатить обучение до 18.04.2010 г.

Получить дополнительную информацию и анкету Вы можете в Российской Ассоциации Телемедицины:
E-mail: Telemed@ntt.ru
Тел. (8-495) 414-79-34; (8-495) 727-22-40
Видеоконференция: (ISDN) (8-495) 727-02-32; (8-495) 727-22-42; IP 195.28.51.46
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В Республике Молдова, информацию и анкеты можно получить, обратившись в Ассоциацию Телемедицины Республики Молдова (ATRM) - email

Cisco to buy Tandberg for $3B (San Jose Business Journal)

Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to buy Norway's Tandberg ASA for about $3 billion.

San Jose Business Journal

eHealth Week 2010

15-18 March 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
For the first time, the ministerial event known as the "High Level eHealth Conference" and the "World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition" will take place in the same week in a joint initiative called "eHealth Week 2010", the most prestigious event in the European eHealth sector of the year. The Convention Center CCIB in Barcelona will open its doors from March 15-18th, to the most complete assembly of healthcare stakeholders in Europe. On March 15 th the prestigious High Level eHealth Conference - an EU event organised by the Spanish EU Presidency, the European Commission, the Government of Catalonia and the Foundation TicSalut - is a closed ministerial conference in its 8th edition, a milestone in the process undertaken by the EU Member States to work together to facilitate wider deployment of effective eHealth applications. In parallel to the High Level eHealth Conference, the fourth edition of the World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition (WoHIT), from 16 th 18 th March, will offer a compelling programme and exhibition to enable Healthcare transformation via eHealth.

You can access it at the following url:

http://www.ehealthnews.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1759&Itemid=37

Information on previous European eHealth conferences and declarations

Înregistrarea la un curs de învăţămînt la distanţă e-Scart (terapia antiretrovirală) . STI, Anvers

Institul Tropic de Sud (South Tropical Institute) din Anvers anunţă înregistrarea la un curs certificat de învăţămînt on-line în domeniul terapiei antiretrovirale. e-Cursul interactiv este destinat medicilor de familie şi specialiştilor care activează în condiţii de resurse limitate şi a fost elaborat cu scopul îmbunătăţirii accesului la învăţămînt în domeniul terapiei ante-retrovirale. Un număr limitat de burse este disponibil pentru profesionişti din ţări cu venituri joase.

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Totodată, în cadrul instituţiei există şi posibilităţi de consultaţii telemedicale în domeniu.