This paper analyses key issues towards a research roadmap for eHealth supported patient safety. The raison d'etre for research in this area is the high number of adverse patient events and deaths that could be avoided if better safety and risk management mechanisms were in place. The benefits...

As the Information Society turns from a concept to a European reality, the question of ensuring the accessibility and inclusiveness of such a society besomes impossible to ignore. EU policy makers are called on to draw up a coherent answer to this question but are facing considerable...

It is a dissertation about “Towards a European Approach for Monitoring eInclusion”. The main points are Measuring access, Internet access, Functional restrictions and Measuring competence.

This report presents the outcomes of the “Pilot on eHealth Indicators” study,carried out by empirica in association with IPSOS on behalf of the EuropeanCommission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General. The dataused for this report were collected by means of a survey of primary...

We sought to identify whether home telemonitoring (HTM) improves outcomes comparedwith nurse telephone support (NTS) and usual care (UC) for patients with heart failure whoare at high risk of hospitalization or death.

The dissertation is about use of “services of public interest” in 3 domains:• Government & public administration (eGovernment)• Lifelong learning / adult education (eLearning)• Healthcare (eHealth), attitudes, preferences, experiences, ICT take-up, eSkills, attitudes and extensive...

This report presents case studies from 30 European countriesfor which validated information was available to theproject by the end of November 2008.This informationreflects the situation of the cases at the date ofdelivery to the project by national correspondents duringthe time period...

The dissertation is about Compound Indicators, DIDIX, Regional divide, Digital Divide, eInclusion of older Europeans and the Riga Index. It is a Workshop towards a European Approach for Monitoring eInclusion.