The European Health Telematics Observatory (EHTO) is a non-profit organization

Organization

An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...

 which collects, analyses and makes available in a user-friendly form information on developments in the field of health telematics

Telematics

Telematics typically is any integrated use of telecommunications and informatics, also known as ICT...

. The organization contributes to the deployment of health telematics applications and standards 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...

. EHTO works on the dissemination of results of the European Telematics Applications Programme (TAP) of the Fourth Framework Programme

Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development

The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 through FP8, are funding programmes created by the European Union in order to support and encourage research in the European Research Area...

 to the European health care

Health care

Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...

 sector.

Participants

• Portugal
  Portugal
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
  
  : Portugal Telecom
  Portugal Telecom
  Portugal Telecom is the largest telecommunications service provider in Portugal. Although it operates mainly in Portugal and Brazil, it has also a significant presence in Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Timor-Leste, Angola, Kenya, the People's Republic of China, and São Tomé and...
  
  
• Belgium
  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...
  
  : RAMIT (Research in Advanced Medical Informatics and Telematics)
• France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  : CNEH (Centre National de l’Equipement Hospitalier)
• Ireland
  Ireland
  Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
  
  : IHC Centre for Health Informatics
• Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  : IETT Ingenieria y Prevencion de Riesgos
• Greece
  Greece
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
  
  : BIOTRAST
• Finland
  Finland
  Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
  
  : VTT Information Technology

See also

• Health informatics
  Health informatics
  .Health informatics is a discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care...
  
  
• European Institute for Health Records
  European Institute for Health Records
  The 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...
  
  
• European Health Telematics Association
  European Health Telematics Association
  The European Health Telematics Association is a European non-profit organization, which provides a platform to all European eHealth stakeholders to exchange information on eHealth...
  
   (EHTEL)
• ProRec
  ProRec
  The 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...
  
  

Source

• EHTO (Doc)
• European Telematics