Belgian Health Telematics Commission
Encyclopedia
The Belgian Health Telematics Commission (BHTC) is a Belgian
government committee
working on standards for exchanging and sharing of health information, between health care participants. The committee provides advice on eHealth
to the Belgian government. Professor Georges De Moor
is head of the committee.
The BHTC consists of several working groups:
Georges De Moor
, together with Jos Devlies
and Geert Thienpont, authored the 2006 eHealth strategy and implementation activities in Belgium report.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
government committee
Committee
A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
working on standards for exchanging and sharing of health information, between health care participants. The committee provides advice on eHealth
EHealth
eHealth is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, dating back to at least 1999...
to the Belgian government. Professor Georges De Moor
Georges De Moor
Professor Georges J. E. De Moor is a Belgian MD and head of the Department of Health Informatics and Medical Statistics of the University of Ghent .-Education:...
is head of the committee.
The BHTC consists of several working groups:
- Data
- HospitalHospitalA hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
s - TelemedicineTelemedicineTelemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities...
- Label: homologationHomologationHomologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologeo for "to agree", which is generally used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority...
of (para)medical softwareMedical softwareIn computers, medical software is a significant branch of software engineering. Many medical devices that monitor or control patients are predominantly controlled by software. Medical devices are frequently regulated and must comply with local and regional laws. In the European Union, these...
Georges De Moor
Georges De Moor
Professor Georges J. E. De Moor is a Belgian MD and head of the Department of Health Informatics and Medical Statistics of the University of Ghent .-Education:...
, together with Jos Devlies
Jos Devlies
Jos Devlies is a Belgian Medical Doctor and an expert in eHealth at the European Institute for Health Records .He graduated in Family Medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1969 and in Occupational Healthcare at the University of Ghent in 1972...
and Geert Thienpont, authored the 2006 eHealth strategy and implementation activities in Belgium report.
See also
- Belgian Medical Informatics AssociationBelgian Medical Informatics AssociationThe Belgian Medical Informatics Association or Belgian Society for Medical Informatics is a Belgian non-profit organization, which was established in 1974, to promote and develop medical information science and technology in Belgium....
- BeHealthBeHealthBeHealth is a Belgian eHealth digital platform which provides digital access to all health information and applications through one portal site, on behalf of both healthcare providers and patients. BeHealth has been created on 23 December 2004...
- FLOWFLOW (Belgium)FLOW is a Belgian national health care network, meant for health care providers and patients. It is an acronym which stands for Facilities , Legal implementation , Organisations and Wisdom...
- KMEHRKmehrKMEHR or Kind Messages for Electronic Healthcare Record is a proposed Belgian medical data standard, in order to enable the exchange of structured clinical information...
- SumEHRSumehrSumEHR or Summarised Electronic Health Record is a KMEHR message, used for the exchange of medical information. It summarizes the minimal set of data that a physician needs in order to understand the medical status of the patient in a few minutes and to ensure the continuity of care...
- HL7
- European Institute for Health RecordsEuropean Institute for Health RecordsThe European Institute for Health Records or EuroRec Institute is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 as part of the ProRec initiative. On 13 May 2003, the institute was established as a non-profit organization under French law. Current President of EuroRec is Prof. Georges De Moor...
- ProRecProRecThe ProRec initiative of 1996 is a network of national non-profit organisations . The initiative was a consequence of the conclusions of the Concerted Action MEDIREC regarding the reasons why Electronic Health Record systems were not used more widely in any of the European Union...
- EUDRANETEUDRANETEUDRANET, the European Telecommunication Network in Pharmaceuticals , is an IT platform to facilitate the exchange of information between regulatory partners and industry during submission and evaluation of applications...