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IHE Interoperability Showcase  will demonstrate how IHE-based electronic patient records work in an ambulatory care setting in Barcelona.

At the World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition, taking place during eHealth week 2010 in Barcelona from 15-18 March 2010; the IHE Interoperability Showcase (extended deadline: December 1st 2009) will demonstrate how IHE-based electronic patient records work in an ambulatory care setting. Creating an interoperable health information architecture enabling access by patients and authorised doctors to the patient data at the point of care is a key focus for Europe. Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) plays a major role in facilitating access to and sharing of patient information, thereby enhancing patient safety and eliminating the cost of modifying the connection between each system to share the data.

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise is a joint initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. Systems developed in accordance with IHE communicate with one another better, are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information more effectively.

The benefits for professionals of an easier access to patient-related information are enormous. Healthcare information on a particular patient can be accessed at any moment and no matter whether it was generated in a primary care center, a hospital or a private physician's practice. IHE enables such an access and has become the technical framework for nationwide electronic patient records (EPR).

The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition/eHealth Week will be an occasion to learn the progresses of projects in which IHE is involved, for example the Large Scale Pilot epSOS.

"eHealth Week 2010 is the ideal platform to present, share and experience the advantages of pan-European electronic health records," says Gerard Comyn, Head of Unit, ICT for Health, DG Information and Media, the European Commission.

Source: WoHIT

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