eHealth Week 2010 draws to a close

The 2010 eHealth week in Spain has drawn to a close after several days of successful discussions regarding the integration of eHealth strategies in Europe.

The event, held in Barcelona, Spain, consisted of a varied programme of roundtables and presentations, giving participants the chance to interact with companies presenting the latest technological innovations.
The event also allowed interest groups on the Internet to be involved, thanks to mobile technology and social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Over six hundred comments were added to the one-hundred talks held during the event thanks to online media and networking, with sector media and professionals able to “attend” any talk with the help of Twitter microblogging.

“This action marks a point of inflection in further events and congresses with the combination of digital and mobile communication strategies” says Rosa Manaut, responsible for the congress communication.

“We believe that the mobile channel plays a strategic role in eHealth,” says Marc Bonavia, marketing manager for SITmobile. “[This] enabl[es] the improvement of hospital management with SMS reminders to the development of fast actions in health emergency situation or solutions for improving the quality of the assistance”.

The achievements of the eHealth conference should help future development in the health IT sector.

To find out more about eHealth 2010, visit the even website.

Published: Friday, 19th March 2010 by Tom Freeman

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