International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)

• Autorzy: Rudowski R.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Międzynarodowe Towarzystwo Telemedycyny i eZdrowia

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper presents International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth. In the Introduction the history of the Society, starting from establishing in Kobe, Japan in1997, is described. Next the types of membership are listed. Following the mission, cooperation with key institutions (WHO among them) and activities are described. The mission of the ISfTeH is: The ISfTeH exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth and to provide access to recognized experts in the fi eld worldwide. The main ISfTeH activities are: the organization of annual international eHealth/telemedicine conferences, support for local conferences and start-up of national societies. Activities correspond to Working Groups which are Newsletter & Communication, Students and Education. Activity in which the author of the paper has been engaged is the promotion and dissemination of tools for achieving semantic interoperability, namely SNOMED CT. The registration of a new society in Poland – Polish Society of eHealth (PSeH) and the application for ISfTeH membership is mentioned. In Summary the opportunities given by the ISfTeH membership are listed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ISfTeH; mission; cooperation; activities; interoperability; e-Health

• Wydawca: Uniwersytet Jagielloński - Collegium Medicum ; Index Copernicus Sp. z o.o.
• Czasopismo: Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 3, no. 6
• Strony: 5--9
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 3 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Rudowski R.

• Department of Medical Informatics and Telemedicine Medical University of Warsaw

Bibliografia

• 1. ISfTeH Newsletter, February 2008, Vol.1, Issue 1.
• 2. IsfTeH. http://www.isft.net.
• 3. R. Rudowski , M. Grabowski, J. Michalik, B. Kaczyński. SNOMED CT standard in eHealth. Is it really needed? Med-e-Tel Proceedings, Luxexpo, Luxemburg 2007, 212-214.