Additional materials

Look here for past cases of the month and an explanation for how cases of the month are selected.

Past cases of the month

This page contains all our past cases of the month since 2007.

• September 2007: IZIP, Czech Republic: a web-based, nation-wide electronic health record system
  The eHealth application is a national EHR, used by all relevant stakeholders in healthcare, including the patients themselves. It is supported by the largest health insurer in the Czech Republic, serving two thirds of the Czech population.
  
• October 2007: GesundheitsCard Europa (GCE) - access to healthcare abroad D/NL/B
  People insured by AOK Rheinland can be treated in 14 hospitals along the Dutch and Belgium coast by presenting the GesundheitsCard Europa (GCE), which physically is their German health insurance card. Insurance cover verification and reimbursement follow via a web application.
• November 2007: Portal website In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment
  A portal website targeted at empowering patients undergoing an In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment in a routine care situation.
• December 2007: Pentalfa project: videoconferencing brings continuing medical education to the workplace
  Multisite videoconferencing program providing continuing medical education (CME), organised by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Vlaams Ziekenhuisnetwerk (Flemish Hospital Network). Programs for a multi-specialty audience are preferably scheduled.