Keywords: Law
06/12/2013
Continued access to MRI for patients in Europe
The Alliance for MRI welcomes the European Parliament's approval of a derogation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in its draft report on the revised Directive on Protecting …
05/13/2013
One third of German hospitals are in the red
Government grants €1.1 billion to help finance rising personnel costs and increase nurses specialists in infection prevention and control …
03/04/2013
UK labs face changes and challenges from new healthcare legislation
Aspects of new healthcare legislation are causing concern among medical laboratory experts in the United Kingdom – including the lack of future funding for innovation and …
03/04/2013
Rogue Dutch doctor prompts calls for EU early warning system
There are too many loopholes that allow bad or fraudulent physicians to beat the system. …
02/28/2013
Public debate in European Parliament on future medical device legislation
Eucomed, the European medical technology industry association, welcomes stakeholder calls at a public hearing of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food …
02/14/2013
MITA and COCIR applaud Obama for negotiations on partnership with EU
The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) applauded President …
01/31/2013
Essential role of personal data in healthcare
The Healthcare Coalition on Data Protection published a joint statement highlighting the role of personal data in delivering high quality, patient-centred healthcare and …
01/18/2013
BVMed asks for immediate action
The German Medical Technology Association BVMed is asking the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament to take immediate action in bringing forward appropriate measures …
01/10/2013
Personalised medicine
Individually customised drug therapies have been used for the last two years, particularly for cancer patients …
01/09/2013
Measles and whooping cough cases are on the rise
When country doctor Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps with pus from a cowpox lesion on a milkmaid’s hand, little did he know that he had started a long lasting …
12/18/2012
RAPS and Eucomed provide common online training
The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS), the largest global organization for regulatory professionals in the healthcare product sector, and Eucomed, the European …
12/14/2012
COCIR welcomes EU eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020
Rhe European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) congratulates the European Commission on its new eHealth Action Plan, …
12/06/2012
European Parliament committee for continuing patient access to MRI
The Alliance for MRI welcomed action by a European Parliament committee on Thursday that guarantees continued patient access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a critical tool …
11/29/2012
Agfa Healthcare ICIS offers plug-and-play EMR solution
America faces an enormous task as it begins to create the electronic medical records (EMRs) required by Obama-care. Agfa Healthcare is ready to help with ICIS, the first …
11/13/2012
Physicians fail to disclose conflicts of interest on social media
As the use of Twitter and other social media by physicians and patients rises, more and more physicians seem to forget to do what many consider crucial for building doctor-patient …
11/12/2012
National interests hamper EU cross-border research
Germany hopes for better research conditions as revision of the EU Clinical Trials Directive is nigh …
11/12/2012
The needs of European hospitals are similar
Procedures, financing and cultural philosophies can shape the difference, Michael Reiter, Mark Nicholls, Eduardo de la Sota, Jane MacDougall report …
11/09/2012
Does Germany top Europe in unnecessary diagnostics
Statistics show significant increase in scans and left heart catheterisations, Susanne Werner reports …
11/09/2012
Acute hospital care in England could be on the verge of collapse
With growing bed shortages and increased demand on clinical services, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) says that the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is approaching …
10/20/2012
Defining Tomorrow’s Legislation on the Privacy
COCIR applauds the Commission’s courageous move to harmonise the EU’s legal framework on data protection through the adoption of a EU Regulation, as proposed earlier this …
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