COCIR is the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological

Radiography

Radiography is the use of X-rays to view a non-uniformly composed material such as the human body. By using the physical properties of the ray an image can be developed which displays areas of different density and composition....

, Electromedical and Healthcare IT

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 Industry. It is a non-profit trade association

Trade association

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...

, which was founded in 1959, and represents the medical technology

Medical technology

Medical Technology encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor or treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. Such technologies are intended to improve the quality of healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and...

 industry in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. Since 2006 COCIR headquarters are located in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

. In 2007, Heinrich von Wulfen became its chairman and succeeded Frank Anton. COCIR is a member of the European Medical Devices Industry Group

European Medical Devices Industry Group

The European Medical Devices Industry Group is a non-profit trade association, and represents the medical devices industry in Europe as defined by the European Union Medical Devices Directives...

 (EMIG).

See also

• JIRA
• NEMA
  National Electrical Manufacturers Association
  is the association of electrical and medical imaging equipment manufacturers. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately manufacture products used in the generation, transmission, distribution, control, and end use of electricity. These products are used in utility,...
  
  
• Electronic health record
  Electronic Health Record
  An electronic health record is an evolving concept defined as a systematic collection of electronic health information about individual patients or populations...
  
  
• Electronic medical record
  Electronic medical record
  An electronic medical record is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office...
  
  
• Health Level 7
  Health Level 7
  Health Level Seven , is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization involved in development of international healthcare informatics interoperability standards...
  
  
• DICOM
• Medical device
  Medical device
  A medical device is a product which is used for medical purposes in patients, in diagnosis, therapy or surgery . Whereas medicinal products achieve their principal action by pharmacological, metabolic or immunological means. Medical devices act by other means like physical, mechanical, thermal,...
  
   - Medical technology
  Medical technology
  Medical Technology encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor or treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. Such technologies are intended to improve the quality of healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and...