Health Care Technology is attending World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition

In March WoHIT2010 (World of Health IT) in cooperation with European Union is organising an e-health conference and exhibition in Barcelona. The exhibition is focusing mainly on IT solutions for health care services by different companies and the presentations and lectures are covering the most urgent and relevant e-health subjects in Europe today. Health Care Technology (HCT) Master's programme is participating the conference as exhibitors with Estonian e-Health Foundation. HCT goal is to promote the Master's programme and find possible industry partners who are interested in offering Apprenticeships, Scholarships or to hold Guest Lectures to Health Care Technology students.

If anybody is interested in attending the WoHIT2010 conference then contact Mariliis at healthcare@ttu.ee for cheaper conference badges.

Take care and keep warm!

World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition

WoHIT 2010 will for the first time be held in conjunction with the European Union’s annual High Level eHealth Conference on 15-18 March 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. The objective is to create the largest European high level platform for stakeholders sharing the common goal of advancing eHealth in Europe.

Take a look at the website, what Health and IT companies are presented and what services and products are they offering. 

Spring Semester 2010

Admission to Open University will start on 26th of January. If anyone is interested in Health Care Technology Master's programme but missed the Autumn Semester, it is possible to enroll now and later on transfer the subjects and points. But please keep in mind that the enrolment to Open University will finish on 16th of February, but the Health Care Technology Spring Semester starts from 1st of February.

eAmbulance

From the same issue of HEI, Boriss Gubaidulin is writing about the new eAmbulance project - how effective it could be and what do we gain from having it.

HEI - Life in Estonia

Health Care Technology Master's programme was introduced in two Estonian magazines. HEI is about the Good Estonian Ideas and Life in Estonia - is about life in Estonia. Read the article from the latest winter 2009/2010 edition.

So it begins

Ad Hoc Researcher Thomas Fehniger from the Institute of Clinical Medicine sent an interesting piece of news from the New York Times, how Denmark Leads the way in Digital Care. The Americans are comparing their health care system with the Danes system, whether it is possible to implement the same ideas.